Plant Controller-Atlanta(Tucker, GA)

Hormel Foods Family of Companies•Tucker, GA

2d•$95,075 - $133,100•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Controller supervises and leads all location accounting functions and provides financial guidance and leadership to plant operations, ensuring compliance with Hormel internal policies and GAAP. The role reports and analyzes business results, giving management clear insights into key performance metrics. It conducts financial and operational analysis to support decisions, identify risks and opportunities, drive continuous improvement, and safeguard company assets in partnership with plant staff. This plant-based role requires regular on-site presence to support inventory activities, production reporting, system troubleshooting, operational partnership, cycle counts, and physical inventories. It is not eligible for remote work. Occasional work outside normal business hours may be required during month-end close, fiscal year-end inventories, and operational events.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
1–3 years of accounting experience, preferably in manufacturing or cost accounting.
Demonstrated attention to detail and analytical ability to review reconciliations and analyze variances.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
Working knowledge of GAAP and internal control concepts sufficient to direct day-to-day accounting operations and review cost and general accounting staff work.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and ability to use ERP and operational systems, including AS400, QAD, Oracle Cloud, EAM, ODES, and UKG, to support accurate reporting and controls.
Ability to guide and review staff use of core financial and operational systems to ensure data accuracy and control compliance.
People-leadership capability, including prioritization, providing feedback, basic coaching, and coordinating the plant accounting calendar.
Strong analytical skills to review reconciliations, analyze variances, and ensure accurate financial results.
Ability to communicate financial results, expectations, and priorities clearly to accounting staff and plant leadership.
Ability to manage competing priorities across close, reporting, and operational support activities.
Curiosity, initiative, and commitment to continuous improvement.
Must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer and must not now or in the future require employer sponsorship for a work visa.
Regular on-site presence at the plant is required; remote work is not available.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with standard costing or basic cost accounting concepts.
Prior experience supervising or coordinating accounting staff, such as cost or clerical staff, in a manufacturing environment.
Exposure to internal controls, audit work, or inventory accounting.
Experience using ERP systems or manufacturing software.
Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, XLOOKUP, and basic modeling.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

Provide plant leadership with timely, accurate financial reporting and analysis, including weekly and period P&L estimates, quarterly reforecasts, period management reports, costing reports, operational activity reporting, and capital appropriation requests.
Serve as the functional expert for financial and operational systems, including AS400, QAD, EAM, UKG, Dataserv, ARCS, Mainframe Order Processing/ODES, and Oracle Cloud.
Ensure adherence to company policy and internal controls to protect company assets, including oversight of fixed asset audits, expense review, yield and supply variance analysis, and balance sheet reconciliations.
Manage and oversee office and accounting functions, including cost accounting, general accounting, payroll, fixed assets, accounts payable, inventory tracking, production reporting, and standard costing.
Coach, develop, and mentor accounting staff, building plant knowledge and supporting career growth.
Lead COGS and manufacturing variance analysis to understand cost drivers, identify trends, evaluate the financial impact of labor and overhead changes, and support accurate COGS reporting for plant and corporate stakeholders.
Partner with plant leadership to evaluate operational performance, identify process improvement opportunities, and provide financial insight for strategic and continuous improvement initiatives.
Lead manufacturing variance planning for the Annual Operating Plan and quarterly reforecasts, including projecting key cost drivers, communicating assumptions, and analyzing changes that affect plant financial performance.
Support inventory activities, production reporting, system troubleshooting, cycle counts, and physical inventories through regular on-site presence.