Plant Controller

Sika AG • Deerfield Township, NJ

71d • $105,000 - $125,000

About The Position

Provide financial and accounting management in support of four manufacturing plants. Duties include: oversight for reporting, costing, analysis, expense review, forecasts, and internal control compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance
• 3 - 5 years accounting experience
• Cost accounting experience required
• Knowledge of BI (Business Intelligence) desired
• SAP experience desired
• Project Management experience desirable and ability to effectively lead inter-departmental teams
• Strong customer focus required
• High level of communication/presentation skills
• Must have excellent organization and interpersonal skills

Nice To Haves

• Project Management experience desirable

Responsibilities

• Implement and ensure compliance for all controlling policies.
• Manage the monthly closing process adhering to all timelines and reporting to be accurate.
• Develop, analyze, and interpret statistical information for monthly reporting of key financial data (KPI’s).
• Ensure accurate and timely completion of external reporting requirements (monthly, quarterly, and annually). This includes Sustainability and Operations reporting.
• Ensure proper general ledger coding of all transactions and approve (or reject) transactions as required.
• Responsible for updating all inventory costs, including labor and overhead, and ensuring that standards are accurate.
• Manage all aspects of product costing standards for each factory.
• Prepare and analyze manufacturing reports for cost center reporting, benchmark metrics, purchase price variance for raw materials, process order settlements, process order variances, work in process, inventory levels & turns (working capital management), DOH, velocity, shipping costs, returns, obsolete inventory, labor costing, capital assets, etc; make recommendations for corrective actions.
• Provide monthly, quarterly, and annual plant expense forecasts and track vs. actual vs. target.
• Track cost center expenses against budget/prior year and capital investments (RPA’s) against plan. Advise management and recommend appropriate corrective actions as needed.
• Work with department managers to develop short and long term financial goals; use SAP and other reporting tools available to measure the performance.
• Partner with department managers to improve financial performance and gain efficiencies.
• Improve inventory accuracy by managing inventory control systems including cycle counts & physical inventories; maintain records to document and explain variances.
• Conduct periodic reviews of common operations business practices and adopt the best demonstrated practice when possible.
• Assist plant management with the identification of and participate in cost savings improving projects and monitor.

Benefits

• 401k with Generous Company Match
• Bonuses
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• Paid Parental Leave
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Paid time off, paid holidays
• Floating holidays + Paid Volunteer Time
• Wellness/Fitness Reimbursements
• Education Assistance
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Employee Referral Program & More!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees