Plant Controller

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Insero Talent Solutions

Plant Controller

Rochester, NY +1 location
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Insero Talent Solutions is recruiting a Plant Controller for a fast growing pharmaceutical manufacturing company's headquarters in Rochester, NY.

     

    JOB SUMMARY:

    Reporting to the Director of Finance, this role is responsible for financial reporting, general accounting support, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A, with an emphasis on manufacturing cost accounting.

     

    The Controller will work closely with the Director, Finance in support of developing the Unither Budget and revisions. In addition, this position will be responsible for working closely with the finance team to ensure the integrity of reported financial results. Ability to work closely with management and operations employees to review and explain monthly financial performance, key business drivers and variance to budget is critical.

     

    This position requires strong cost accounting, FP&A and technical accounting support skills. Strong communication and mentoring capabilities are critical along with a high level of attention to detail, process improvement and strong familiarity with internal controls. Expertise in Excel/ PowerPoint and other MS Office applications is critical. Power BI experience is a plus.

     

    ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS / RESPONSIBILITIES:

    Financial Systems & Controls (45%)

    • Maintains monthly standards and margin analysis against budgeted factors. Highlights differences. Reports at the product sku level all cost metrics meaning raw materials, direct labor and overheads. Understands and reports variance to standards. Actively leads the budgeting process for standard setting.
    • Manages operational efficiency metrics, reports causals for variances.
    • Maintains the general ledger and all related accounts with proper documentation and records of financial transactions. Completes accurate monthly account reconciliations. Records and reviews journal entries posted to the general ledger, to assure accuracy and compliance with finance policies and established accounting principles; controls all changes to chart of accounts.
    • Develops, implements and monitors finance policies and procedures. Monitors and maintains a strong internal control environment.
    • Establishes and implements a consistent month-end close and reporting process. Ensures all inventory balance sheet accounts are reconciled accurately and timely.
    • Ensures accuracy of cost roll and all inventory valuation processes.
    • Works closely with operations to review material variances and bring clarity and understanding to causals. Analyzes and reports gross margin variances and impacts, both locally and to Group.
    • Monitors monthly, routings and standards against budget. Participates in weekly Direct Labor planning and variance reporting. Identifies and communicates impact of Direct Labor variances. Maintains Group Direct Labor reporting model.
    • Participates in the annual external audit process, including document gathering, explanation of current processes, and sufficient and timely resolution of all open items.
    • Proposes improvements in the tools and systems providing financial information. Contributes to the implementation of best practices within our financial processes.

     

    Budgets (20%)

    • Responsible for Budget / Forecast / Financial Plan information; and understanding the operational impacts.
    • Provides detailed analysis and understanding of the budget including comparison to prior year, prior budget forecast, and overall corporate trending. Highlights and recommends areas for improvement which may assist in corporate or departmental goal setting.
    • Works with management to analyze budgets and recommend changes to achieve corporate plan.

     

    ERP Finance Modules Used Effectively (30%)

    • Knows the business and serves as the “go to” person to answer system functionality and business process questions.
    • Utilizes in-depth understanding of the limitations of the application and how it may be changed to assess issues and define solutions.
    • Troubleshoots ERP-related problems and works with IT and 3P support on problems that need some type of fix or resolution from a system perspective, with a keen sense of urgency.
    • Translates functional business requirements into technical requirements and specifications.
    • Works closely with end users to spot trends in terms of need for additional training or changes that would improve the end-user functionality.
    • Identifies process and/or configuration changes that could improve how the system supports the business

     

    Skills & Performance as Appropriate for Business Needs (5%)

     

    • Ensures understanding of the organization’s vision, values, goals and strategies and their relationship to daily work.
    • Manages performance by clearly defining job responsibilities and standards of performance; tracking progress against goals; providing clear, thorough, timely feedback; and addressing performance problems and issues promptly.
    • Ensure all work instructions and procedures are up to date.
    • Acts as mentor to other finance staff.

     

    Your profile

     

    EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

    Bachelors required; Masters preferred. CPA a plus.

    8 years’ work experience in Accounting/Finance.

    Significant standard cost experience in a manufacturing environment.

    Experience with visual analysis tools, Power BI and/or Tableau.

    Previous Supervisory experience preferred.

     

    KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES:

    Candidate must be able to operate independently, and act upon requests with all levels of management.

    The ability to search out, analyze, make assumptions and draw conclusions from operational and financial information is required.

     


  • Locations
    Rochester, NY • Memphis, TN