What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Controller position at MANE?
MANE is a 5th generation French family-owned business known for innovation and progress in the world of Flavor and Fragrance. As sensation enthusiasts, we strive to provide exceptional moments in people’s daily lives through the timeless flavors and fragrances we create. With our passion, creativity, and innovation, “We capture what moves”.
We are adding a Senior Controller to our team at our Development Center in Lebanon, Ohio! The Senior Controller has a critical role in supporting financial performance and decision-making across our flavor manufacturing operations. This role will provide advanced cost analysis, margin optimization, and business partnering, ensuring cost control and transparency. It will collaborate closely with Operations, R&D, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams to help drive growth and profitability - without direct people management responsibilities.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Product Costing & Analysis
- Calculate and monitor standard and actual costs for flavor products, ensuring accuracy in SAP and related systems.
- Analyze variances (materials, labor, overhead) and provide feedback to Operations, Pricing and R&D.
- Ensure accurate BOMs and routings in collaboration with R&D and Production, supporting new product introductions and recipe changes.
- Margin & Profitability Analysis
- Perform in-depth margin analysis by product, customer, and business segment, leveraging global reporting tools.
- Support Commercial teams with pricing, scenario modeling, and customer profitability analysis.
- Identify opportunities for margin improvement through cost optimization, waste reduction, and process improvements.
- Financial Planning & Reporting
- Support annual budgeting and periodic forecasting, for total company and business segments.
- Prepare monthly management reports, including KPIs, manufacturing variances, and inventory analysis, for local and regional leadership.
- Ensure compliance with MANE’s internal controls, financial policies, and group reporting standards.
- Business Partnering & Projects
- Serve as a Controlling partner for Operations, R&D, and Supply Chain, providing financial insights for process improvement and cost-saving initiatives.
- Provide ad hoc financial analysis and recommendations to support strategic decisions at local and regional levels.
- Systems, Tools, and Reporting
- Actively engaged in the S4/Hana upgrade of SAP.
- Leverage SAP (CO/FI/MM/PP modules) and SAP Analytical Cloud (SAC) reporting for data accuracy, reporting integrity, and process integration.
- Develop and maintain dashboards and reports in Power BI to provide real-time visibility into performance metrics.
- Drive continuous improvement in financial processes using digital tools and automation.
- Continuous Improvement
- Identify and implement best practices in controlling, cost management, and reporting.
- Support internal and external audits, ensuring timely and accurate provision of financial data and documentation.
- Other duties in support of company objectives
- Consistent with MANE’s environmental commitments, every employee shall actively participate in relevant education/training based upon corporate and local environmental objectives. Management shall support and facilitate the actions within their teams to effectively and adequately implement environmental policies, procedures and practices, as well as promote continual improvement consistent with environmental goals.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting required, CMA a plus.
- 10 years of progressive experience in controlling, cost accounting, or financial analysis in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong knowledge of SAP S4/Hana (FI/CO, MM, PP modules), Excel, and BI tools (e.g., Power BI).
- Industry experience in flavor, fragrance, food ingredients, or specialty chemicals is highly preferred.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and business partnering skills.
- Experience working in an international environment is a plus.
KEY SUCCESS FACTORS:
- Ability to translate data into actionable insights for business partners.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration, especially with R&D, Production, and Commercial teams.
- Commitment to MANE’s values: innovation, excellence, and sustainability.
- Strategic and analytical thinking with a hands-on approach
- Ability to influence cross-functional and remote teams
- Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on systems and automation
MANE offers industry leading benefits including a generous PTO plan. Additional benefits include paid holidays, annual year-end shutdown, annual and bi-weekly 401(k) contributions, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, employee assistance programs and many more. MANE is known for having a culture that focuses on our employees and their well-being. See for yourself why our employees love working at MANE!
MANE is an equal opportunity employer.