(Michigan Based - Full Relo Offered) Controller - Plant Finance Operational Excellence

Augmentis • Chicago, IL

23d • Hybrid

About The Position

Our client is seeking a strategic finance leader to partner with the Plant Manager and drive financial excellence at a key manufacturing facility. This role offers the opportunity to be at the center of operational decision-making, providing insights, analysis, and leadership that directly impact performance and profitability. As a Finance Business Partner, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Information Systems, Procurement, and Accounting, to ensure robust manufacturing systems are in place. You'll play a hands-on role in shaping business improvement initiatives, setting performance goals with plant leadership, and analyzing results across quality, productivity, delivery, cycle time, inventory optimization, and profitability. This position also involves building economic models to evaluate investments, cost savings opportunities, and product line decisions; supporting business unit initiatives; and leading the forecasting, planning, and reporting processes. You'll manage the capital appropriation process and post-project reviews, ensure compliance with financial reporting requirements and Sarbanes-Oxley controls, and provide leadership to a talented finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional who thrives in a dynamic manufacturing environment and enjoys being a true business partner, driving strategy, ensuring financial rigor, and helping the plant reach its full potential.

Requirements

• BS in Business Administration and/or Finance/Accounting from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 7 years of related financial/controllership work experience.
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• High proficiency in using MS Office software.
• Experience with Oracle, Hyperion, or similar systems.
• Project management skills.
• Multi-tasking skills.
• Developing/executing data queries.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Strong organizational skills in managing multiple projects with tight deadlines in a high-pressure/high-intensity environment.
• Strong cost accounting skills.
• Multi-level Routing and Bill of materials cost accounting experience.
• Enterprise-minded -- understands the needs of the business and how decisions affect P&L, balance sheet, and future capabilities; influences cap-ex based on a broad business case.
• Responsive expertise -- prepared with information to help guide decision-making, both upon request and for future planning.
• Compliance -- organized and aware of legal and local ramifications to decisions and practices; proactively prepared for audits.
• Data-oriented -- anticipates and solves problems from a data-informed perspective; forecasts accurately and tracks closely; intervenes in ways that influence numbers.
• Involved and curious.
• Analysis.
• Accountability.
• Interpretation and translation.
• Prioritization.
• Communication.
• Coach/Mentor/Manager.

Nice To Haves

• At least 5 years of supervisory experience with the ability to manage and develop Staff (Financial and Operational)
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment in the finance field
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
• MBA, CMA, and/or CPA
• Plant Controller experience for a manufacturing facility with at least $150 million in annual revenues.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Plant Manager to drive financial excellence.
• Provide insights, analysis, and leadership impacting performance and profitability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Information Systems, Procurement, Accounting) to ensure robust manufacturing systems.
• Shape business improvement initiatives.
• Set performance goals with plant leadership and analyze results across quality, productivity, delivery, cycle time, inventory optimization, and profitability.
• Build economic models to evaluate investments, cost savings opportunities, and product line decisions.
• Support business unit initiatives.
• Lead forecasting, planning, and reporting processes.
• Manage the capital appropriation process and post-project reviews.
• Ensure compliance with financial reporting requirements and Sarbanes-Oxley controls.
• Provide leadership to a talented finance team.
• Spend time on the shop floor to understand business in greater detail.
• Seek to make improvements and strengthen partnerships through relationships and comprehension.
• Understand operational consequences of decisions.
• Review decisions and data ex post facto to glean increased understanding and incorporate learning into future decision-making.
• Compare business case to actual performance and collaborate with other leaders to ensure success of investments.
• Tell a story with the data; bring life to the numbers through observation and familiarity with the business.
• Understand market and organizational conditions and prioritize efforts accordingly.
• Manage tension between revenue and costs.
• Proactively provide information about data, forecasting, and financials to enable the best possible decision-making.
• Seek information from others and disseminate accordingly as a conduit or hub.
• Formally and informally develop others and contribute to talent factory strategy.
• Provide direction, review, reassurance, encouragement, challenge, recognition on an individual basis.
• Promote growth and development in associates.
• Inspire risk.
• Continually assess and reassess talent and fit to role based on individual and collective performance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits starting Day 1, including medical, dental, vision, and more
• 9% 401(k) dollar-for-dollar match, with employer contributions to your Retirement Savings Plan each pay period
• Robust training programs and continuous learning opportunities
• Free on-site fitness center membership

What This Job Offers

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