Automotive Plant Controller

Plant Controller

US Farathane is seeking a Plant Controller at our Westland, MI facility. The Plant Controller is responsible for financial reporting and general accounting support, forecasting, plant budgets, incentive investigation and submission of required documents, capital budgeting and authorization reviews, product costing, reviews of product profitability, and preparing metrics for review at the plant level. This position sits fully onsite at our Westland, MI manufacturing plant.

US Farathane has been a leading source of plastics manufacturing, supplying the automotive industry for over 50 years. Through highly technical research and development, coupled with a diverse and knowledgeable Management Team and dedicated Associates, US Farathane has continued to grow each year. We provide customers with a wide range of full-service support from black-box design concepts to highly engineered composites, TPE's and TPO's as well as specialized extrusion and compression technologies.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparing financial statements and financial reporting
• Performing financial analysis and trend reporting
• Performing month end closing including the preparation of journal entries and account reconciliations
• Preparing budgets, forecasts, and analysis of actual verses budget/forecast for plant departments
• Assuring compliance with Company financial policies and procedures
• Researching incentives offered by state and local governments and preparing submissions
• Capital budgeting, authorization reviews and financial payback calculations, and follow up audits
• Develop annual overhead rates for cost accounting and review of variances
• Provide plant metrics to local management team and help guide performance for improvement
• Review of product profitability and presentation to various levels of management
• Other financial projects as required by the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis or local plant management
• Complete weekly Plant Status P/L and review with General Manager
• Maintain Top Open Commercial Issues list
• Advisor to General Manager on financial related matters
• Be actively involved in facility related meetings & teams - drive improvement
• Involved in BOM management, testing accuracy
• Prepare all other month end reports/documentation
• Participate in quarterly or annual physical inventory & steering committee member
• Assist General Manager with special projects as requested
• Assist corporate accounting with other facilities issues/meetings
• Sign off on all CI Projects at Month End - Confirm Value

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Business from a four-year college or university is required
• Three to five years of controlling or equivalent experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with an Automotive Supplier is a plus.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Products.
• Excellent verbal, written, group presentation and interpersonal communication skills.

US Farathane Offers an Impressive Compensation and Benefits Package Including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k with company match
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Job Promotional Opportunities and much more!

Interested applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and become the property of US Farathane. The specific statements above are not intended to be all-inclusive. Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.