Plant Controller

About the Role

The Plant Controller will report to the Controller and assist Finance leadership in managing the accounting and financial operations of a food manufacturing plant. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, strong financial controls, and effective accounting processes across Cost Accounting, Fixed Assets, Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Order-to-Cash (O2C), and Record-to-Report (R2R).

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in a food or manufacturing environment, strong knowledge of inventory and product costing, and the ability to partner effectively with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, and Corporate Finance.

Key Responsibilities

Cost Accounting & Manufacturing Finance

• Manage and oversee standard costing, product costing, and manufacturing cost accounting.
• Analyze material, labor, overhead, and manufacturing variances and communicate key drivers to Operations and Finance leadership.
• Support annual standard cost updates, budgets, forecasts, and financial planning.
• Oversee inventory accounting, including raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods.
• Monitor inventory valuation, reserves, obsolescence, cycle counts, and physical inventory processes.
• Partner with Plant Operations and Supply Chain to identify cost savings and operational efficiencies.
• Develop and maintain meaningful manufacturing KPIs and financial metrics.

Fixed Asset Management

• Manage fixed asset accounting, including capital expenditures, additions, transfers, disposals, and depreciation.
• Ensure capital projects are properly authorized, recorded, and placed in service.
• Maintain accurate fixed asset records and support periodic physical verification.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering on capital planning and project accounting.

Procure-to-Pay (P2P)

• Assist purchasing, receiving, accounts payable, and vendor reconciliations.
• Ensure appropriate three-way matching of purchase orders, receipts, and invoices.
• Partner with Procurement and Supply Chain to improve purchasing and payment processes.
• Support the maintenance of controls over vendor setup, approvals, and payments.

Order-to-Cash (O2C)

• Assist with customer billing, cash application, accounts receivable, collections, deductions, and credits.
• Monitor customer aging and work with Sales and Customer Service to resolve account issues.
• Support credit management and customer risk assessment.
• Ensure accurate and timely revenue recognition.

Record-to-Report (R2R)

• Manage and review monthly, quarterly, and year-end close activities.
• Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and financial schedules.
• Ensure accurate reporting in accordance with U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies.
• Analyze balance sheet and income statement accounts and investigate significant variances.
• Support monthly financial reporting and management analysis.

Internal Controls & Compliance

• Assist with the maintenance of accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Support internal and external audits.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and enhanced financial reporting.

Business Partnership

• Serve as a key finance partner to Plant Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, and Corporate Finance.
• Translate financial results into actionable business insights.
• Provide analysis supporting productivity, pricing, inventory, labor, manufacturing efficiency, and capital investment decisions.

Key Attributes

• Strong technical accounting and analytical skills
• Manufacturing and cost accounting expertise
• Inventory and operational finance
• Process improvement and internal controls
• ERP systems expertise
• Strong attention to detail and financial discipline
• Ability to analyze data and identify business drivers
• Effective communication and cross-functional partnership
• Hands-on, proactive approach to problem solving
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

Qualifications

• Location: Aurora, CO
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. CPA License preferred.
• 5 years of progressive accounting/finance experience, preferably in food, CPG, or manufacturing.
• Strong experience in cost accounting and manufacturing accounting.
• Demonstrated experience with P2P, O2C, and R2R processes.
• Experience with fixed asset management and capital expenditures.
• Strong understanding of inventory accounting, standard costing, and manufacturing variances.
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and internal controls.
• Experience with ERP systems and financial reporting tools.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience implementing, upgrading, or optimizing ERP/accounting systems is preferred.
• Experience with Power BI or similar business intelligence/analytics platforms is a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) and/or Wherefour is a strong plus

About Rubix Foods

Rubix Foods is a full-service product development house with end- to-end manufacturing capabilities. We blend culinary creativity, food science, and consumer intelligence to fuel innovation for the industry’s most exciting, high-momentum brands. From concept to  commercialization, we streamline and accelerate the entire product development journey – delivering white-glove service, disciplined execution, and consistent results that raise the bar every time.

Our Vision: To be the food industry’s first call – known for our speed, trusted for our quality, and chosen for our reliability.

Our Mission: To solve the food industry’s toughest problems – creatively, collaboratively, and with unrivaled speed and execution.