Plant Finance Controller

About the role

Your Job As Plant Controller, you will serve as the finance leader for our Busbar manufacturing operation in Monee, IL, partnering with plant leadership to drive profitable growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly financial close process, including management reporting, variance analysis and executive reporting packages with plant lead team and Corporate consolidation team.
• Maintain strong internal controls and governance processes to safeguard company assets and ensure financial integrity.
• Lead standard costing processes, including annual cost rate development, overhead absorption, labor rates, material costing, and reconciliation of standard costs to actual results.
• Analyze and explain manufacturing variances, including PPV, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, inventory adjustments, and productivity performance.
• Oversee tariff recovery, duty management, and product cost absorption to ensure accurate profitability reporting.
• Develop, track, and communicate key operational and financial KPIs, including productivity, labor efficiency, inventory performance, asset utilization, gross margin, and cash flow metrics.
• Act as the primary finance business partner to plant leadership, providing real-time financial insights and recommendations to support operational decision-making.
• Drive business performance by supporting revenue growth, gross profit expansion, working capital optimization, and operational productivity improvements.
• Support customer profitability reviews and assist in Capex investment Decision Making Framework (such as DCF sensitivity models) and commercial (sales and procurement) negotiations through robust financial analysis.
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to optimize quotation models, validate cost structures, and improve product profitability.
• Support Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE) initiatives through financial modeling, cost-benefit analysis, and ROI assessments.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing finance team focused on business partnership, financial excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Build organizational capabilities through mentoring, succession planning, and development of future finance leaders.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning across the finance organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive finance experience.
• Strong expertise in standard costing, manufacturing accounting, variance analysis, and inventory management.
• Demonstrated experience supporting manufacturing operations as a finance business partner.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial modeling capabilities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights.

Qualifications

• CPA, CMA, or equivalent professional certification preferred.
• Experience working effectively with plant leadership, engineering, supply chain, commercial teams, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience with business analysis and data visualization tools (i.e. Power BI, Tableau, VBA, Hyperion, SQL etc.).
• Process Improvement / Process Transformation / Process Implementation experience.

Skills

• Financial Modeling
• Business Analysis
• Data Visualization
• Manufacturing Accounting
• Variance Analysis
• Inventory Management

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Pay

$120,000 - $140,000 per year.

Schedule

N/A