The Plant Controller provides financial leadership to the manufacturing facilities. The Plant Controller will generate reports, analysis and commentary to assist in the execution of the company’s business plans, including recommendations to improve results. This individual will work closely with the manufacturing site leaders to coordinate plant budget and improve financial controls. Prepare timely daily, weekly and monthly reports to assist management in improving company operations. Participate with the leadership team in setting the vision, goals and objectives for all manufacturing cost accounting, capital project accounting and month end financial analysis & reporting to support all facilities.

Essential Job Functions

• Coordinates with production and inventory control to maintain accurate accounting.
• Prepares adjusting transactions in the company’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system as needed.
• Completes cost, labor and inventory components of the company’s financial statements, monthly account reviews and reconciliations.
• Takes a leadership role managing financial projects with other departments and executives.
• Prepares various monthly operating reports for management.
• Supports completion of the company’s budgets and forecasts.
• Researches and analyzes general ledger account variances.
• Prepares analysis as determined necessary to support operations management.
• Tracks capital projects spending.
• Serves as an ERP Subject Matter Expert
• Prepare month end analysis and reporting for Executive team.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education/Training

Required:

Experience/Knowledge/Abilities

Required:

• Minimum 3 - 5 years of experience in a related field
• Minimum of one year of managing financial projects or programs.

• High attention to detail and ability to accurately and efficiently analyze financial data to develop appropriate course of action

• Strong Excel skills, including experience working with vlookup and pivot tables

• Excellent communication skills
• Mid-level ERP systems
• Inventory and cost accounting in a manufacturing environment

Employees Supervised: None

Travel Required: None

This job description is intended to describe the general nature of the job. It is not a complete list of job duties and responsibilities and may not contain a complete list of the skills and abilities needed to do the job. The job may change as the business changes or customer needs change or may vary from location to location.

EEO

De Wafelbakkers provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.