Full job description
Our company is helping a long standing client of ours seeking an experienced Controller to join their South Portland, ME manufacturing team. In this role, you will be responsible for the monthly closing process, analytical review of plant financial statements as well as forecasting and budgeting at the plant level; review and analyze data to identify actual plant manufacturing results versus established objectives; provide support to develop and track additional cost savings opportunities and monitor progress of current initiatives; collaborate with senior level business unit professionals to provide insightful, data-driven analysis and support.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Insight
- Identify key performance metrics that impact costs and work with operations on reduction opportunities
- Analyze costs and productivity of the plant to drive operational improvement in focused areas
- Provide financial leadership for capital management, including working with the manufacturing organization to prepare financial analysis related to cost savings & maintenance projects
- Drive team to utilize forecast data to drive actions in the plant with flexibility in spending, manning and overall structure
- Key participant in other plant lead team support initiatives and other plant functions such as safety, quality, etc.
- Evaluate and analyze plant profitability
- Educate and train staff on plant financials, spend tracking, and operational levers.
- Work across the global footprint and partner with their peers in other fabs for benchmarking cost and process improvement.
Control
- External/Internal audit support
- Monitoring standard costs for accuracy
- Assist in the management of the physical inventory audit process
- Implement and ensure compliance of internal financial & operational controls and procedures and SOX related requirements
- Inventory control focused on eliminating monthly physical count variances, reduction of slow moving/obsolete write offs; managing inventory on a FIFO basis; coordinating a successful annual tagged physical inventory
- Control and maintenance of fixed asset inventory to include annual fixed asset audit
Planning & Reporting
- Responsible for financial closing process
- Work with General Manager to develop annual plant operating budget and management presentation, monthly forecast updates and full year forecasts
- Analysis of monthly operating variances with explanations to plant team and executive leadership
- Provide day-to-day financial and operational support
- Perform manufacturing variance analysis
- Responsible for developing plant standard costing
- Review and approve product standard costs reasonableness and correlation to plant operations
- Assist management with financial analysis or special projects
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- BS/BA degree Accounting or Business or related field
- 7-10 years Accounting/Finance experience; manufacturing industry experience preferred
- 3-5 years in an Accounting/Finance Leadership role
- Must be highly proficient with Microsoft Applications
- Experience with Oracle preferred
- Excellent analytical, data-manipulation, problem solving, and communication skills
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to seek resources as needed