Plant Controller

Position Summary

Serves as the proactive financial controller/leader on the plant management team and support JPS financial directives with accurate and prompt sales and financial forecasting, reporting and analysis.

Primary Functions

• Maintains the Cost Accounting system for the plant. This includes but is not limited to, maintaining updated quotes and standards for all raw materials and finished goods,reconciling WIP GL balance to the subledger, monitoring and researching variances as needed, ensuring that the inventory GL balances tie to the inventorysubledger.
• Maintains General Ledge for the plant. Ensuresadherence to accounting policies and procedures.
• Perform subledger reconciliations, maintain records on all company transactions and assets in compliance with GAAP and company policy.
• Prepares and develops operating budgets and financial forecasts, institutes and maintains other planning an controlprocedures (including the cost accounting system), and analyzesand reports variances.
• Responsible for the accuracy of the manufacturing cost system and for improvements to accuracy.
• Directs and coordinates the financial affairs of the facility with Division support and prepares financial analyses of operations, including interim and periodic financial statements with supporting schedules, for the guidance of management.
• Leads the weeklyand monthly sales forecasting effortsfor the plant.
• Maintains a fixed asset and capital spendingreporting system.
• Performs financial analysis of capital projects and preparescapital request and ROI support documentation in accordance with Division procedures.
• Supports the team environment by performing all individual assignments as management may direct.
• Promotes a proactiveand aggressive attitudetowards continuous improvement at the facility.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• Three to five years of experience in general accounting in a manufacturing facility
• Six to twelve years of experience in the proactivecompilations and analysisof financial information using spreadsheets, databases, and other financial reportingsoftware.
• Must be able to work with a high degree of independence. Must be able to providestrong financial leadership to the plant.
• Working knowledge of thefollowing areas: business principles, legal practices, accounting practices, budgeting principles, and computer information system.
• Must be able to handleand safeguard sensitive and proprietary information in a confidential manner.

Physical Requirements

The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employeeto successfully perform the essentialfunctions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable

individuals with disabilities to perform essentialjob functions. Please refer to the Physical Job Description, which is contained as a separate document, for more detail.

Environment: Normal manufacturing environments; work with machinery and media in or around confined spaces; exposure to chemicals, grease and oils.

Physical: Sufficient physical abilityto perform heavy lifting and carrying; reaching, kneeling, crawling, climbing; standing for moderate periods of time.

Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer screens and printed documents.

Hearing: Hear in the normalaudio range with or withoutcorrection.

Other: Ability to work overtimeor occasionally on weekends with short notice.