What are the responsibilities and job description for the Controller position at Irving Materials, Inc.?
The Aggregates Controller is responsible for the financial oversight of the aggregates division. This role ensures the accuracy of inventory valuation, manages cost accounting for production sites, and provides high-level financial analysis to drive profitability in quarry and plant operations. A primary focus of this role will be the operational execution and stabilization of our new ERP system, ensuring that the designed processes are followed and financial reporting is optimized.
Key Responsibilities:
- ERP Execution & Training: Lead the "boots on the ground" transition to the new ERP system. Ensure site-level staff (scale house, plant managers) are following the new digital workflows to maintain data integrity.
- Cost Accounting: Develop and maintain accurate product costing for various aggregate grades. Analyze "cost per ton" metrics across multiple sites.
- Inventory Valuation: Lead the month-end and year-end reconciliation of physical inventory (via drone surveys and manual counts) to the general ledger.
- CAPEX Management: Oversee the lifecycle of heavy machinery assets, including depreciation schedules, lease-vs-buy analysis, and ROI tracking for major equipment upgrades.
- Depletion & Accruals: Manage the accounting for mineral depletion, royalty payments to landowners, and environmental reclamation accruals.
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Partner with Plant Managers to develop annual operating budgets and provide monthly variance analysis.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or CMA designation highly preferred.
- 7 years of progressive accounting experience, specifically in manufacturing, mining, or heavy construction strongly preferred.
- Technical Change Management: Experience working within an ERP environment with a focus on system adoption and process discipline.
- Teamwork and Collaboration: Strong collaboration skills to bridge the gap between field operations and the corporate office. Ability to influence site-level staff to adopt new financial processes and data-entry standards.
- Attention to Detail: Meticulous approach to reconciling high-volume transactional data (scale tickets, production logs). Ability to identify and fix inconsistencies in the system to maintain the integrity of financial information.
- Time Management and Prioritization: Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment. Must balance the rigorous demands of month-end close with the "go-live" support requirements of a new system implementation.