Plant Controller

Corning•Keene, NH

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Keene Plant Controller is the financial backbone of a ~M opto-mechanical defense and imaging manufacturing operation, owning the integrity of the plant's financials from the shop floor up. This hands-on role demands deep expertise in internal controls (SOX, inventory, and revenue-cycle safeguards over a large, WIP-heavy balance sheet), cost accounting (standard costing, BOMs, work orders, and manufacturing variance analysis), and managerial accounting (product-line and program margin analytics, absorption, and the monthly plant P&L, inventory, and capital forecast). The Controller partners directly with Operations to tie financial results to production performance—separating real cost improvements from mix—challenges assumptions unsupported by manufacturing data, and delivers audit-ready reporting and honest, decision-useful analysis to leadership.

Requirements

7 years in cost and managerial accounting within a complex discrete-manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated track record building and enforcing rigorous internal controls.
Strong ERP/MES fluency.
The instinct to raise the hard question before a variance becomes a surprise.

Responsibilities

Owning the integrity of the plant's financials from the shop floor up.
Partnering directly with Operations to tie financial results to production performance.
Challenging assumptions unsupported by manufacturing data.
Delivering audit-ready reporting and honest, decision-useful analysis to leadership.