Plant Controller

Crecera Brands•Holland, MI

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Controller is a key leader who partners with corporate and plant cross-functional operations support teams, applying manufacturing cost-accounting expertise. The role analyzes and communicates financial and operational data, identifies improvement opportunities, maintains the standard costing system, and drives necessary changes as the business and systems evolve. It is responsible for the timely and accurate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing process for the Holland location. The position works with the Senior Finance Manager, VP of Operations, operations, engineering, and product teams to support operational improvements, cost analysis, budgeting, financial controls, and reporting. The role is located in Holland, Michigan, and involves work in both office and manufacturing environments, travel between plant and office locations, and occasional overtime or weekend work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
At least 5 years of experience in manufacturing.
Strong technical and analytical skills with a solid cost-accounting background.
Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements, and projections with strong attention to detail.
Demonstrated ability to make sound, objective, and ethical decisions.
Continuous-improvement mindset focused on eliminating non-value-added activities.
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive financial information and demonstrate integrity.
Interpersonal skills to work effectively with people inside and outside The Stow Company.
Excellent customer-service skills and strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work with all levels of personnel in office and manufacturing environments.
Ability to take initiative and work independently with little supervision, as well as collaboratively.
Ability to travel between plant and office locations.
Ability to work overtime or occasionally on weekends with short notice.

Nice To Haves

SAP ERP experience.
CPA, CMA, or MBA.

Responsibilities

Work with the Senior Finance Manager and VP of Operations to drive positive change in operations.
Partner with operations and support teams to ensure accurate and timely production-cost capture and analyze production KPI variances.
Compile and communicate weekly labor-efficiency and variance information to the Operations team.
Work with engineering to develop and maintain bills of materials (BOMs) and routings, and perform cost rolls.
Evaluate the cost-benefit of capital projects and make-versus-buy opportunities.
Analyze gross margin detail by customer and part and identify opportunities.
Recommend and implement programs to improve productivity and efficiency and reduce costs.
Develop, monitor, and analyze manufacturing overhead allocation and burden rates.
Support the product team with full cost analysis and ROI for new product initiatives.
Review cycle-count processes, analyze variance root causes, report trends, and lead annual cycle-count audits.
Analyze cost-of-goods expenses, including scrap, inventory adjustments, cost changes, and yield.
Continuously improve the ERP system and other software integrations as needed.
Perform month-end closing, including balance-sheet reconciliations, monthly journal entries, and variance analysis.
Analyze the excess and obsolete (E&O) reserve quarterly.
Assist with the budget process, including labor, cost of goods sold, and inventory-standard changes.
Participate in the annual financial audit.
Ensure GAAP is incorporated into management of the business and that appropriate internal controls are in place.
Live the company’s values and maintain effective professional relationships and the competence necessary to perform assigned responsibilities.
Maintain regular attendance during assigned work times and avoid posing a direct threat to health, safety, or property.