Financial Production Controller
About The Position
The Controller will plan and direct the accounting operations at the assigned facilities. This role involves leading the facilities’ closing process, ensuring financial reporting meets corporate deadlines and complies with corporate policies. The Controller will also produce periodic financial reports, perform analyses and prepare accounting journal entries, and conduct monthly account reconciliations. Additionally, this position is responsible for producing budgets and forecasts, leading the development of quarterly forecasts, analyzing actual results versus forecasts, identifying financial trends, risks, and opportunities, and partnering with operations to analyze production metrics. The role also includes preparing ad hoc cost analyses, reconciling inventory balances, analyzing and reporting inventory reserves, and providing cost data for various business decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or Business Administration required.
- Five years or more of related experience
- Advanced Excel skills and the ability to learn new technologies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Proficient in accounting and tax preparation software.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.
Nice To Haves
- Experience of (Infor) Visual ERP is a plus
Responsibilities
- Leads the facilities’ closing process and ensures financial reporting meets corporate deadlines and complies with corporate policies
- Produces periodic financial reports; ensures the reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles and international financial reporting standards
- Performs analyses and prepares accounting journal entries related to numerous areas (prepaids, accruals, payroll, inventory, etc.)
- Performs monthly account reconciliations
- Produces budgets and forecasts; follows up on deviations
- Lead the development of quarterly forecasts for assigned locations
- Analyze actual results vs. forecasts and prepare variance analyses.
- Identify financial trends, risks, and opportunities, providing recommendations for action.
- Partner with operations to analyze various production metrics
- Prepare and present ad hoc cost analyses and reports
- Reconcile inventory balances across ERP system and physical counts.
- Analyze and report inventory reserves (slow-moving, obsolete).
- Provide cost data for make‑vs‑buy decisions, pricing updates, and profitability analysis
- Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
