Plant Controller
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Job Location:
Horn Lake, MS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
08-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Rite-Hite is the global leader in the manufacture and distribution of industrial loading dock and door equipment. Our innovative products and world class sales organization ensure solid consistent growth both for our company and our staff. We are always looking ahead to develop innovative new products and services to improve our customers safety security and productivity.
What We Offer:
Rite-Hite provides competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package with medical dental and vision coverage along with life and paid medical leave. We also provide a retirement savings plan that combines 401(K) with company match and profit sharing. Paid holidays vacation and up to five paid personal/sick days per year round out the package.
Rite-Hite is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer offering a drug free workplace for our customers and employees.
Job Description:
Rite-Hite is seeking a Plant Controller to join our Horn Lake MS manufacturing this role you will be a key member of our plant leadership team and a strategic partner to our site leader. This role provides financial insight business partnership and operational guidance to drive plant performance while also ensuring financial accuracy and addition to safeguarding the corporations assets and maintaining sound accounting practices you will play an influential role in shaping business decisions fostering a culture of continuous improvement and supporting long-term success of the site.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Plant Leadership & Partnership
- Serve as a strategic partner to the Site Leader and plant leadership team influencing operational decisions through financial insight and performance analysis.
- Provide clear actionable reporting and analysis that enables leaders to monitor plant health productivity and profitability.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives focused on safety quality and efficiency with a financial perspective to ensure sustainable improvement.
- Partner with plant leadership in the development of budgets forecasts scorecards and strategic initiatives.
- Champion a culture of accountability transparency and continuous improvement across the site.
Standard Costs
- Ensure accuracy of standard costs labor and overhead rates and material standards.
- Manage daily production cost flow through ERP systems and provide variance analysis with insights for corrective action.
- Continuously improve management reporting tools to monitor productivity cost and efficiency.
Inventory Valuation
- Ensure accuracy of perpetual inventory and monthly/year-end valuations in compliance with GAAP.
- Partner with operations to manage cycle counts resolve errors and reduce obsolescence and scrap.
- Drive improvements in inventory management turns and reporting.
Month End/Year End
- Lead month-end and year-end financial close for the site ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Prepare reconciliations journal entries and financial schedules to support internal and external reporting.
- Establish new year standard costs labor overhead rates and material.
- Manage state manufacturing tax credit and incentive reporting.
Other Responsibilities
- Provide ROI/IRR analysis for capital projects and evaluate improvement initiatives with financial rigor.
- Lead or support implementation of system upgrades and new processes to improve efficiency and accuracy.
- Supervise develop and mentor accounting staff building a strong local finance team.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls and corporate financial policies.
- Other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- Bachelors degree (B.A.) in Accounting required. CPA CMA or similar professional certification preferred.
- Minimum five years of related experience in a complex manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated success in partnering with operational leadership and influencing decision-making.
- Experience in process transformation leveraging technology.
- JD Edwards experience strongly preferred.
KNOWLEDGE / SKILL REQUIREMENTS
- Strong leadership and communication skills with ability to engage across all levels of the organization.
- Excellent operating and financial understanding of computer-based manufacturing systems.
- High proficiency in Excel spreadsheets.
- 1020% travel required.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Directly manages one to five employees. Responsibilities include interviewing hiring training performance management and career development as well as ensuring alignment with plant and corporate goals.
Additional Job Information:
Key Skills
- Forecasting
- GAAP
- SAP
- Accounting
- IFRS
- Account Reconciliation
- SOX
- Financial Analysis
- Budgeting
- ERP Systems
- JD Edwards
- Manufacturing
About Company
Rite-Hite is the world leader in the manufacture and sale of loading dock equipment, industrial doors, safety barriers and high-volume, low-speed industrial fans – all designed to improve safety, productivity, and energy consumption.
