Plant Controller-Atlanta(Tucker, GA)

Hormel Foods•Tucker, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Controller supervises and leads all location accounting functions and provides financial leadership to plant operations, ensuring compliance with Hormel Foods policies and GAAP. The role reports and analyzes business results, shares clear insights on performance metrics, conducts financial and operational analysis to support decisions and continuous improvement, and works with plant staff to safeguard company assets. 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; manufacturing or cost accounting experience is preferred.
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 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.
Demonstrated attention to detail and analytical ability, including reviewing reconciliations and analyzing variances.
Effective verbal and written communication skills, including ability to communicate financial results, expectations, and priorities to accounting staff and plant leadership.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and competing close, reporting, and operational support activities.
People-leadership capability, including prioritizing work, providing feedback, basic coaching, and coordinating the plant accounting calendar.
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.

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, supporting plant knowledge and future career growth.
Lead COGS and manufacturing variance analysis to understand cost drivers, identify trends, assess the financial impact of labor and overhead changes, and provide accurate reporting to 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 projections of key cost drivers, communication of assumptions, and analysis of changes affecting plant financial performance.