Manager, Site Controller

Regal Rexnord•Union Grove, WI

34d

About The Position

This dynamic and strategic leadership role is responsible for overseeing financial management and operational control at our Union Grove site. As a key business partner to the local operations team, this position plays a critical role in driving financial performance, ensuring fiscal accountability, and supporting strategic decision-making through in-depth analysis and forecasting. The role encompasses financial reporting, cost management, and variance analysis, providing leadership with the insights needed to optimize efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance profitability. Additionally, this position proactively collaborates with site leadership to develop and deploy key operational metrics, identify improvement opportunities, and implement sustainable financial strategies that align with the long-term goals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required.
Minimum of 7 years progressive experience in financial/accounting functions, including cost, in an industrial manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
Previous leadership experience is preferred.
Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications with expert level Excel skills.
Ability to clearly and concisely communicate complex financial information.
Ability to maintain professional skepticism – with capability to validate accuracy of reporting and draw general conclusions on the data.
Flexibility to work in a dynamic team environment – with requests from inside and outside of immediate work team – and some requests directly from senior leadership.
Ability to influence cross functionally and across multiple locations.
Continuous improvement mindset.
Results oriented with a bias for action, including ability to meet business critical deadlines.
Proven high personal integrity.

Nice To Haves

CPA designation is preferred.
Previous experience with Oracle, Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), and OneStream strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Summarize and present financial results and key sales and cost drivers.
Build and lead variance analysis to key benchmarks (budget, forecast, prior year, etc.) and clearly communicate key assumptions/inputs to site leadership to ensure achievement of performance objectives.
Collaborate closely with site leadership to provide clear, impactful financial analysis that supports operational and strategic goals.
Develop and deploy key operational metrics and analysis to support daily management of the business while proactively managing costs and working capital to drive sustainable improvement.
Make assessments and recommendations based on regular review/analysis to site leadership.
Take an active role in leading or facilitating cost-out or profit improvement initiatives.
Partner with operations to support make/buy decisions, capital investments, inventory management, ad hoc analysis, and other needs.
Lead inventory standard costing and margin analysis activities, including managing the annual standards roll and physical inventory.
Conduct ad-hoc financial analysis/special projects to assist team in understanding business performance & offer solutions to improve performance
Partner with central accounting to manage and maintain an effective controls environment.
Perform other duties as assigned.