Senior Plant Controller

About the role

Welcome to Cascades! At Cascades, Sustainable Development means Respecting the True Nature of our 10,000 talents. We put you first: Salary for Plant Controller ranges from $80 - 115k yearly plus profit sharing with room to grow as you progress in your career!

Responsibilities

• Lead the month-end close process, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and continuous improvement of financial reporting cycles.
• Lead and support Continuous Improvement Program (CIP) projects, from initiative identification through execution and follow-up.
• Supervise and mentor the Senior Financial Analyst, ensuring accuracy, development, and timely financial reporting.
• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger by managing journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and resolving discrepancies.
• Oversee standard costing, inventory valuation, and cost of goods sold (COGS), including monitoring excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory.
• Lead plant-level budgeting and forecasting processes, providing financial modeling and insights to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and SOX requirements, and support internal and external audit activities.
• Oversee financial performance and reporting for two manufacturing plants: TAC and BHAM.
• Act as a strategic business partner to the General Manager (GM) and Plant Manager (PM), providing financial insights to support operational and strategic decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience; minimum of 5+ years in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong expertise in cost accounting, inventory management, manufacturing processes, and month-end close and financial reporting.
• Proven experience with SOX compliance, internal controls, and supporting internal and external audits.
• ERP system experience required, with SAP strongly preferred; experience with other ERP systems considered.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, slicers, and data analysis) and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint).
• Experience with financial and reporting tools such as Power BI (preferred), Longview, BOBJ (Business Objects), Serrala; familiarity with SuccessFactors is a plus.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, influence cross-functional teams, and escalate issues appropriately.

Qualifications

• Respect Your True Nature By Putting Forward Your Strengths

Skills

• Strong expertise in cost accounting, inventory management, manufacturing processes, and month-end close and financial reporting.
• Proven experience with SOX compliance, internal controls, and supporting internal and external audits.
• ERP system experience required, with SAP strongly preferred; experience with other ERP systems considered.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, slicers, and data analysis).
• Experience with financial and reporting tools such as Power BI (preferred), Longview, BOBJ (Business Objects), Serrala; familiarity with SuccessFactors is a plus.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Benefits

• Profit Sharing Plan
• Retirement Plan with company matching
• Stock Options & Annual flexible reimbursement program
• Employee assistance program (because we care about the physical and mental health of our people)

Pay

Salary for Plant Controller ranges from $80 - 115k yearly plus profit sharing with room to grow as you progress in your career!

Schedule

N/A

Benefits

• Profit Sharing Plan
• Retirement Plan with company matching
• Stock Options & Annual flexible reimbursement program
• Employee assistance program (because we care about the physical and mental health of our people)