Business Unit Controller / Plant controller

Aptar Group • Midland, MI

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Controller ensures the integrity of financial information and provides a financial perspective in local decision-making. This Business partnership role is crucial for supporting strategic and operational decisions, maintaining a strong internal control environment, and promoting Aptar's corporate culture and values. The position will report solid line to the Regional Operations Controller and dotted line to the Local Operations Director.

Requirements

• College or university business degree (accounting or finance degree strongly preferred)
• SAP or similar software experience related to financial analysis and reporting.
• Financial experience in multinational public environment within manufacturing
• Experience in creating strategic business plans
• 7+ years relative experience in field
• Proven leadership and cooperative capabilities, including formal department supervisory experience.
• Ability to work in multicultural environments, manage multiple priorities, strong IT skills, and excellent decision-making and leadership abilities.
• English mandatory

Nice To Haves

• MBA or comparable degree/CPA or comparable certificate
• Spanish, German, or Italian is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist in creating the cross-regional business unit
• Manage financial aspects related to cross-regional business unit perimeter
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial information to support local decision-making.
• Harmonize and align controlling processes across plants and regions to ensure consistency and efficiency in financial reporting and analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, providing comprehensive and compelling financial perspective to operating issues: Generate / analyze / interpret / explain financial information in order to: Support sound operating decisions and educate management / others on the financial implications
• Develop and implement predictive analytics models to forecast financial performance, identify trends, and support strategic planning. Utilize cross-functional data (S&OP) to improve the accuracy and relevance of financial predictions (Quarterly, Budget, 5YP).
• Analyze and interpret financial data to support operational decisions, evaluate business opportunities, and review capital expenditures accordingly.
• Maintain a robust internal control environment, including annual SOX testing, ensuring compliance with tax and statutory requirements, and safeguarding company assets. Assure appropriate and timely information to support the filings required for a public company (10K, 10Q, etc.)
• Review contracts with customers and suppliers to assess financial impacts and legal risks.
• Promote the growth and training of the finance team to ensure succession planning.

Benefits

• Award-winning corporate university offering personal development and training opportunities.
• Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus plan.
• 401k & Retirement Savings plan
• vacation
• medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• disability
• pet insurance
• wellness plan
• generous paid maternity/paternity leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager