Plant Finance Manager

Job ID: 10349Req ID: 1569Location: Hopewell, VA 23860, USAPosted: 2026-10-06Job Family: FI02 - ControllershipPay Type: SalaryAdvanSix plays a critical role in global supply chains, innovating and delivering essential products for our customers in a wide variety of end markets and applications that touch people’s lives, such as building and construction, fertilizers, plastics, solvents, packaging, paints, coatings, adhesives, and electronics. Our reliable and sustainable supply of quality products emerges from the vertically integrated value chain of our three U.S. based manufacturing facilities. AdvanSix strives to deliver best-in-class customer experiences and differentiated products in the industries of nylon solutions, chemical intermediates, and plant nutrients, guided by our core values of Safety, Integrity, Accountability and Respect. Please view a short video about our company here, AdvanSix Video . For more information on AdvanSix, please visit our website at Why work at AdvanSix?• We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being• Total Rewards program includes a competitive compensation, health, dental, vision & wellness programs, paid vacation, 401K with company matching, health savings programs, disability & life insurance, employee assistance program• Tuition reimbursement for continued education, certifications, training, and development• Work within a fast paced and innovative company, meeting passionate colleagues and partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences Position Summary AdvanSix is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to support site financial planning, analysis, cost accounting, forecasting, financial reporting, and business partnering activities for the Hopewell, VA manufacturing plant. Reporting to the Site Controller, this role serves as a key business partner to site leadership, operations, maintenance, engineering, supply chain, and corporate finance teams to support financial performance, operational decision-making, and cost competitiveness. The Finance Manager will play a key role in month-end close, forecasting, annual operating planning, cost accounting, inventory analysis, capital project support, and continuous improvement initiatives. This position offers broad exposure across manufacturing operations and provides the opportunity to influence business decisions through financial insight and analysis. This is an individual contributor role with significant interaction across site and corporate leadership teams. Key Responsibilities: Lead the monthly financial close process, including journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and variance analysis. Support the preparation and analysis of monthly financial results, highlighting key drivers of production, cost, inventory, and operational performance. Support and coordinate the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), budget, and periodic forecast processes, including fixed and variable costs, headcount, capital spending, and productivity initiatives. Partner with cost center owners to develop budgets, forecasts, spending plans, and variance explanations while providing financial guidance and support for operational decision-making. Support forecasting activities through analysis of cost, production, and spending trends, including identification of risks and opportunities. Lead and coordinate standard costing, inventory valuation, product costing, and cost accounting activities for manufactured products. Coordinate period-end inventory processes, standard cost updates, cost rolls, and manufacturing variance analysis. Support capital project activities through financial analysis, accounting guidance, and coordination with the Capital Projects team. Partner closely with operations, maintenance, engineering, and supply chain leaders to identify productivity improvements, cost reduction opportunities, and operational efficiencies. Serve as a trusted finance business partner by providing financial insight and business analysis to support site decision-making. Support compliance with SOX controls, company policies, and U.S. GAAP requirements. Support internal and external audits and assist with timely completion of audit requests. Prepare ad hoc financial analyses, reporting, and business cases to support operational and financial decision-making. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required . CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred. 7+ years of progressive finance or accounting experience, including at least 3 years of manufacturing finance, cost accounting, plant finance, or operations finance experience. Chemical, process manufacturing, industrial manufacturing, or heavy manufacturing experience preferred. Demonstrated ability to lead month-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and financial analysis. Strong knowledge of standard costing, product costing, inventory accounting, fixed asset accounting, capital project accounting, manufacturing variance analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and month-end close processes. Hands-on SAP experience required , including FI/CO, Product Costing (CO-PC), Cost Center Accounting, Inventory Valuation, Fixed Assets, and Month-End Close Processes. SAP S/4HANA experience preferred. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills. Working knowledge of SOX internal controls. Strong analytical, business partnering, and communication skills. Proven ability to communicate financial results and business insights effectively to non-finance leaders. Expected salary range is between 120,000.00-160,000.00 We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include periodic pay rate adjustments based on market competitiveness. Hired applicants will be eligible for paid holidays, paid time off including vacation, eligibility to purchase company stock, tuition reimbursement, and a 401K with a competitive company match. Certain roles may be eligible for discretionary financial benefits such as incentive pay, equity awards, and participation in a deferred compensation plan. Hired applicants will be eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings account eligibility, employer-provided short term disability benefits, eligibility to purchase long term disability benefits, employer-provided basic life insurance and eligibility to purchase voluntary life coverages. The pay range, incentives and benefits listed above are general guidelines only and not a guarantee of total compensation or benefits. The final offer will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, the responsibilities of the job, experience, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as the job location, applicability of a collective bargaining agreement, length of service, internal equity, and alignment with market data. The incentive pay is dependent on your role, business results and individual performance. All aspects of total rewards offered are subject to the terms and conditions of the specific plans. At AdvanSix, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past work experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to still apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.AdvanSix is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, veteran status, or any other protected classification.To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of AdvanSix about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at AdvanSix via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of AdvanSix, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by AdvanSix for this position and a valid agreement with AdvanSix is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the AdvanSix agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.