Plant Accountant

Overview: The Plant Accountant will report directly to the Regional Controller and will have reporting responsibilities for manufacturing locations in this Region, specifically:

• Responsible for the monthly closing process for their assigned plants, analytical review of plant financial statements as well as forecasting and budgeting at the plant level.
• Support the Regional Controller in the development and improvement of processes and methodologies, cost reduction opportunities and the development of operational targets for the assigned geographic region.
• Other responsibilities as needed

Responsibilities: This role is segmented into 3 main themes – Insight, Control and Planning & Reporting.Insight

• Identify key performance metrics that impact conversion costs and work with operations on reduction opportunities
• Provide financial leadership for capital management, including working with the manufacturing organization to prepare financial analysis related to cost savings & maintenance projects (“AFEs”)
• Assist plants with monthly forecasts and offer feedback on trends
• Assist Plant Managers when vacancies exist in Plant Controller roles

Control

• Reconcile accounts to general ledger
• External/Internal audit support
• Monitoring of standard costs for accuracy
• Assist in the management of the physical inventory audit process
• Conduct plant audits for in scope key controls (SOX, Building Blocks)

Planning & Reporting

• Responsible for financial closing process for multiple plant manufacturing locations
• Provide day to day financial and operational support for assigned plants
• Perform manufacturing variance analysis
• Assist in monthly forecasting process
• Assist in preparation of annual budget
• Assist management with financial analysis or special projects
• Responsible for developing plant standard costing

Qualifications:

• BS/BA Required in Finance or Accounting – CPA/MBA a solid plus
• 2+ years Accounting/Finance Experience, preferably in a manufacturing industry.
• Must be highly proficient with Microsoft Office tools, such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc.
• Experience with SAP, Business Warehouse and Hyperion/HFM desirable.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and data-manipulation skills
• Effective communication skills - both interpersonal and written
• Ability to work both individually and in a team environment
• Ability to travel up to 10% of time to assigned locations for internal audits, SOX procedures, year-end inventories and special assignments