What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Controller position at Sanoh America, Inc?
GENERAL SUMMARY (Describe the overall duties and responsibilities of the job):
- Responsible for the effective administration of Sanoh America’s plant financial reporting and budgets.
- Responsible for setting costing standards and maintaining plant product costing in ERP system.
- Variance analysis between Plan / Forecast and Actuals.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Duties required for successful job performance):
- Determines cost of operations by establishing standard costs.
- Coordinate plant’s weekly and monthly forecasts by working with both Plant and Corporate personnel.
- Identifies financial performance improvement potential by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts.
- Improves financial status by analyzing results; monitoring variances; identifying trends; recommending actions to management.
- Work with Cost Estimating to review New Business quotes and Engineering changes, when impacting the plant.
- Increases productivity by developing automated applications; coordinating information requirements.
- Directly assist plant management with the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
- Works with the Finance team to complete the month close timely and accurately.
REQUIRED EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE (These are the traditional minimum, or required, bona-fide occupational qualifications and other requirements of most people in this job).
- Bachelor’s Degree in an Accounting/Finance or related field, or equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years’ progressive accounting experience, with preference for automotive manufacturing
REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES (Those needed to perform the essential functions of the job).
- Effective organizational and time-management skills; Able to manage multiple projects and priorities
- Effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills;
- Intermediate MS-Office skills
- Effective analytical / problem-solving skills
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
REQUIRED DECISION-MAKING AND ORGANIZATION IMPACT (Describe the typical types of decisions made by employees in this job and the likely impact of those decisions on the Company).
- This position is responsible for ensuring correct product costing in ERP system. If this is done ineffectively, the results will be to not truly understand a particular parts profits / loss situation. This could lead to improper management decisions.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS (Indicate job titles for this job’s supervisor and direct reports).
- This position reports to the Plant Manager
- This position has no direct reports
WORKING CONDITIONS (Describe the environment within which the work is performed).
- Office and plant work environment. A portion of this individuals time will be spent on the plant floor reviewing / analyzing manufacturing costs.
- Occasional travel is possible, including overnight stays
- Overtime of varying levels may be required for this position
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Periodically may require long periods of keyboarding
- May need to use stairs