Multi Site Plant Controller
About The Position
Flexan, an Ingersoll Rand business, is seeking a Multi-Site Plant Controller to oversee all financial activities of our Lincolnshire, IL and Chicago, IL sites. Reporting to the Finance Director – Flexan with a dotted line relationship to the Multi-site Operations Manager, this role will be a trusted finance business partner to help drive manufacturing cost efficiencies, revenue growth, margin expansion, and net working capital optimization. This is a high impact role to help set the financial tone of the sites. This is ideal for someone with a balance of accounting and finance capabilities, and an appetite to elevate analytics, streamline processes, and execute strategies. This role is highly collaborative in nature, requires excellent communication skills in both sharing of financial concepts and the grasping of both manufacturing or commercial imperatives. The successful candidate can roll up their sleeves but also think big-picture to drive transformative improvements. If you thrive in a manufacturing environment, are inquisitive by nature, and capable of managing complex problems, this role could offer a great opportunity to grow, influence, and make an impact beyond a traditional Plant Controller role.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related Business Concentration
- 7+ years experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment performing cost accounting and manufacturing variance analysis
- 5+ yrs of ERP finance module experience, such as JDE, Oracle, SAP (IQMS preferred)
Nice To Haves
- MBA, CMA, CFA, CPA certification.
- Compliance: Experience with SOX compliance, audit engagements, and effective project management.
- Analytical Thinking: Ability to interpret complex financial data, derive actionable insights, and summarize key messages simply to team members at all levels
- Problem-Solving: Proactively identifies issues and implements effective solutions with a passion for continuous improvement
- Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills to support cross-departmental initiatives, with ability to influence others
- Time Management: Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects efficiently.
- Systems: High competency with Excel, HFM, data warehouses (Qlik), and other business applications
Responsibilities
- Operations Reporting: Provide insightful analytical reporting that delivers context and implications of the financial results, trends, risks and opportunities. This includes understanding manufacturing results (productivity, scrap, PPV, spending trends), NWC (inventory, AP, AR), and capital investment analysis
- Business Partnership: Develop and evaluate both tactical and strategic objectives, including customer/product sales, mix, and profitability analytics, new business quoting, and potential M&A integration
- Control Environment: Ensure strong financial controls and is pro-active in resolving current or future gaps. Establish and maintain a culture of compliance (revenue cut-off, reserves, safeguarding assets).
- Budgeting and Forecasting: Develop timely and accurate forecasts for the P&L and Balance Sheet. Assess risk and opportunities. Support standard cost process.
- Liaison to Key Stakeholders: Facilitate timely response to various stakeholders, both internal (FP&A, controllership, AP, AR) and external (vendors, customers)
- System and Process Improvements: Drive improvements to ERP configurations and automation through changes to internal processes and creation of dashboards.
Benefits
- health care options like medical and prescription plans, dental and vision coverage, as well as wellness programs
- life insurance
- a robust 401(k) plan
- paid time off
- employee stock grant
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
