Cost Controller

Sibelco Group•Charlotte, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Sibelco, we advance life through materials. For over 150 years, we’ve been a trusted leader in sourcing, transforming, and distributing specialty industrial minerals. Our work powers progress across industries as diverse as glass, ceramics, construction, coatings, polymers, and water purification. Beyond our materials, we’re proud of our commitment to sustainability, innovation, and empowering people from all walks of life to thrive and make a meaningful impact. At Sibelco, we believe building a successful career is a two-way journey. We’re looking for individuals who share our values and vision, just as much as you’re seeking a company that aligns with your aspirations. Together, we can shape the future. As member of the HPQ Finance Team, this role will be responsible for ensuring consistency and transparency in financial reporting for HPQ Sub-Region, as well as oversight and compliance with all internal controls. This role will collaborate with manufacturing sites in the development and application of best practices throughout the Sub-Region. This individual will support a variety of recurring financial processes including monthly reporting and variance analysis, as well as the forecasting process. The Controller will be a key contributor to the Sub-Region team's processes, such as supporting the development of the annual operating budget and the strategic budget.

Requirements

Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and confidently through both oral presentations and written.
Work collaboratively with various groups throughout the organization including local Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, HR, Procurement, Corporate Reporting, Tax, and Treasury.
Contributes to effective team output through cooperation, participation and a commitment to shared vision and goals.
Must work effectively with other business and finance team members.
Relates and communicates well to all levels of the organization, builds appropriate rapport, listens, understands, and responds to others' concerns; builds effective relationships.
Understands general business and marketing concepts and principles.
Able to think like a business person and readily recognize or suggest viable business alternatives.
Ability to summarize vast quantities of data into meaningful information and identify critical insights.
Solid knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles.
Strong affinity with / Knowledge of IFRS.
Must have ERP, preferably SAP experience.
Strong/advanced Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint skills.
Strong analytical and process improvement skills.
Open minded
Team player
Pro-active
Able to work independently
Self-motivated
Detail oriented and accurate
Bachelor's degree in accounting
5 years relevant finance experience with a background in manufacturing preferred.
Must have ERP, preferably SAP experience.
Highly motivated individual with strong business interest and desire to act as a key finance support to various business leaders.
Must be flexible, innovative, and comfortable in setting own priorities.

Nice To Haves

MBA/CPA preferred.
SAP implementation experience a plus.
Experience with business intelligence tools such as Power BI is desirable
CMA preferred but not required, other accounting qualifications may be considered.

Responsibilities

Coordinate finance review for manufacturing variances, costing, general ledger accounting, performance metrics, inventory valuation and analysis, forecasting and budgeting.
Deliver monthly financial results to Sub-Region.
Costing ownership which includes oversight of the annual standard cost campaign for compliance with regional directives, cost estimates, cross site comparisons, review and presentation of actual cost evolution and trends.
Lead the Senior Accountants in order to comply with accounting policies, internal controls, improve processes, comply with reporting deadlines, ensure accuracy, among others.
Provide Sub-Region Finance support by leading the review and delivering monthly financial results, identification of areas needing corrective action, tracking of committed cost savings, supporting corporate and regional projects as needed
Identify and implement improvements across financial processes.
Coordinate and complete updates in financial systems (i.e. Tagetik, Power BI, SAP, etc.).
Lead the forecasting process, the annual budget and the strategic plan processes to consolidate functional results and coordinate presentation of final proposal to senior leadership.
Ensure that budget & forecast processes are completed within the business timetable, assist in driving accountability.
As part of the Finance team, the Controller will also be required to support special projects and ad hoc analyses as required.
Prepare and analyze various outputs for monthly reporting for the total company P&L, Spruce Pine Cluster.
Perform analytical review of actual functional results versus budget, forecast, and prior year at varying levels of the organization and across different information systems to ensure accurate and actionable plant business decisions.
Review manufacturing information; work with the business to understand weekly/monthly performance versus standards to enable improvement in performance.