Senior Plant Controller

Role Description

Remote position with up to 50% travel to U.S. locations. Bonus eligible.

Hands-on operational finance leader responsible for maintaining strong plant-level accounting controls across multiple sites, including:

• Month-end close
• Account analysis
• Reconciliations
• Inventory and job cost management
• Forecasting
• Audit preparation
• Fixed asset accounting

This position serves as a key financial partner to plant managers by supporting interpretation of operating results, strengthening cost and margin visibility, and providing financial insight to improve operational performance and decision-making.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform ongoing plant accounting functions including balancing detail and general ledgers, month-end account analysis and reconciliations, and monthly general ledger close.
• Ensure accurate and consistent application of cost accounting principles, inventory controls, and operational reporting across all sites.
• Maintain the integrity of accounting information by reviewing variance analysis for all items impacting GM, including MUV and labor/burden absorption.
• Balance and maintain subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.
• Assist plant managers in interpreting operating results and provide recommendations for cost reduction, margin improvement, and profit enhancement.
• Maintain the fixed asset capitalization process and supporting FA system to ensure accurate asset values and depreciation.
• Lead Margin Committee activities, including follow-up and improvement tracking at each site.
• Mentor and develop plant finance support teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
• Collaborate with IT and finance systems teams to enhance reporting tools and ERP utilization for plant operational benefit.
• Support integration of new sites, systems, or processes as part of standardization, growth, or transformation initiatives.
• All other duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on accounting experience in a manufacturing environment required, multi-site experience a plus.
• Strong knowledge of cost accounting, inventory control, and financial analysis.
• Proven leadership and team development capabilities.
• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and communication skills.
• Comfortable in a multi-ERP environment (e.g., Epicor, JobBoss, M2M) and advanced Excel.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive financial accountability.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; advanced Microsoft Excel skills required.
• Ability to be highly accurate with a high attention to detail.
• Ability to maintain a sense of urgency, handle stressful situations, multitask and prioritize work.
• Ability to work in a multi-site team environment as well as autonomously.

Work Environment

• Open concept office environment.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
• The work environment described here is representative of that which an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit, stand or walk; use hands, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time up to 10 hours per day.
• Ability to view computer screens for extended periods of up to 10 hours per day.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Education, Certifications, and/or Licenses Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting required.