Assistant Controller

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.•York, PA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Controller supports financial and cost accounting activities at a large, multi-business-unit manufacturing and distribution facility in York, Pennsylvania. The role executes plant month-end close activities, maintains accurate product costs and SAP master data, supports budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans, performs financial reviews and reconciliations, and partners with operations to understand business drivers and identify risks, opportunities, and performance improvements. This position is an A-shift daylight role, Monday through Friday, with hours that may vary. It is intended as a development pipeline for future Plant Controller opportunities. The successful candidate is expected to build the skills, experience, and leadership capabilities needed to assume a Plant Controller role in approximately five to seven years. The facility is not climate-controlled, so the role involves exposure to seasonal temperature variations. Employees must follow applicable PPE standards and the department dress code, and complete required training within the defined introductory period.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
At least 5 years of progressive accounting or finance experience, including at least 3 years of cost accounting experience.
At least 5 years of Microsoft Excel experience.
At least 1 year of finance experience in a manufacturing environment.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build positive relationships at all levels of the organization.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely through multiple media.
Strong organizational and time-management skills.
Ability to prioritize assignments in a fast-paced environment, remain calm under pressure, and adapt to changing schedules.
Strong leadership abilities, including team building, coaching, and mentoring.
SAP experience, preferably SAP S/4HANA; advanced Excel skills; and Power BI usage.
Strong knowledge of production operations, including equipment, materials, and workflow.
Ability to maintain absolute confidentiality in all situations.

Nice To Haves

Seven or more years of experience in a fast-paced, multi-business-unit manufacturing environment, including at least five years in a cost accounting role.
Prior responsibility for leading month-end close, forecasting, inventory accounting, and manufacturing-cost reporting.
Experience supervising or managing finance or accounting employees.

Responsibilities

Promote a safety culture and awareness within the area of responsibility, and support plant safety policies and procedures.
Support and execute timely plant month-end close activities, including SAP close processes, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, master data error resolution, financial review, and communication of key business drivers.
Partner with operations on annual budgets, quarterly forecasts (PPRs), and long-range plans, identifying assumptions, risks, opportunities, and performance improvement actions.
Maintain product costing, cost accounting processes, and SAP master data, including labor and utility rates, bills of materials, and other inputs, to ensure accurate inventory and manufacturing costs.
Analyze labor hours, labor dollars, temporary labor, and hourly benefit liabilities by functional area, and support accurate allocation and reporting of related costs.
Assist with monthly cost reports covering overhead and direct manufacturing cost (DMC) spending and analysis, and prepare planned-versus-actual spend and efficiency variance analyses.
Lead and support cross-functional yield improvement, scrap reduction, and cost-savings initiatives through opportunity identification, financial validation, tracking, reporting, and communication of sustainable results.
Partner with operations and supply chain leadership to improve inventory management, working capital performance, cycle count accuracy, and obsolete inventory reduction.
Use or develop proficiency in Power BI to create and maintain reporting and analytics tools for manufacturing spending, labor efficiency, material usage, yields, inventory performance, and overhead costs; translate data into insights that inform operational and financial decisions.
Promote and maintain fair and consistent compliance with Corporate Accounting requirements and applicable local and corporate policies and procedures.
Perform other related duties as required and assigned.