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Red Gold lists this Plant Controller - Orestes Facility opportunity in elwood, Indiana. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
This position will lead the financial function at the manufacturing facility. The Plant Controller will provide financial analysis for decision making and will educate the leadership team about financial analysis tools. Major responsibilities include developing the plant budget, conducting plant financial operation review meetings, variance analysis, return on investment analysis, generating cost saving ideas, and maintaining cost standards. The Plant Controller provides financial leadership to the Plant Manager and all plant departments. Due to the dynamic nature of our business, duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
Business partner for site leadership
Help leadership understand cost drivers and opportunities to improve profitability
Manage and develop Accounting and Finance staff
Performance Analysis
Conduct monthly plant operation review meetings
Review actual vs. budget for labor dollars, labor efficiencies, crewing variances, material usage, and overhead rates
Assist departmental managers in developing corrective actions for material, labor, and overhead spending variances including monitoring and reporting of departmental and plant goals
Coordinate Capital evaluation with Corporate Financial Analyst---Capital
Manage the accuracy and completeness of the Cost files
Manage the New Product Initiation process and develop costs for new products
Budgeting
Manage the plant budgeting process
Conduct departmental interviews to determine plant material, labor, and overhead budget requirements
Prepare Annual Operating Plan and reforecast as needed
Inventory Analysis and Validation
Insure inventory procedures are followed to provide confidence that inventory is accurate
Manage inventory transaction and inventory variance analyses
Activity Based Costing
Develop an overall understanding of the activity based costing model
Determine plant reporting needs from activity based costing model
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
4 year degree in Accounting or Finance
5-8 years’ experience in Manufacturing Cost Accounting with 3 years supervisory experience
Computer Proficient – MS Office
MRP
ERP
Bar Coding
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
Initiative self-starter
Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
Strong interpersonal skills
Leader
Assertive
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Direct: Plant Accountant (1), Accounting Coordinator (1), Auditor (1)
Indirect: None
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS
Sitting- to complete a task at lower levels
Standing- to complete most all tasks
Walking
Climbing- to get to parts department, when using ladder, on equipment
Reaching- to perform activities, to get tools out of toolbox
Kneeling- to perform work activities at low levels
Crawling- to perform work activities under equipment
Squatting
Bending/stooping- to pick up tools or parts, to perform work tasks at lower levels or inside a machine
Twisting- to perform work activities
Pinch- to use tools, to manipulate wires
Grasping/handling- using tools, manipulating parts
Ability to work with hands and fingers continually without discomfort - telephone & computer
JOB COMPETENCIES
Ethics/ Integrity/ Trust
Attitude and Commitment
Diversity
Customer Service
Company Engagement
Quality
Cost Consciousness
Other
Responsible for monitoring, record keeping and taking appropriate actions for specific Food Safety Plan and Food Quality Plan and pre-requisite program requirements. xxzpjkt
Responsible to report food safety and quality issues to management.
Worksite address
elwood, IN, 46036, US
Who can apply
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