Plant Controller

Job Overview:

• Plan organize and control all accounting budgeting financial analysis credit and collection and local tax activities of manufacturing plant in accordance with corporate financial policies and procedures.
• Assure accurate accounting and reporting of the financial transactions and related analysis of the plant alert management to trends and problems.
• Participate in the preparation of budget and business plans and provide financial evaluation and interpretation of alternatives.
• Prepare operating and capital budgets; report and analyze performance against same.
• Implement and administer corporate credit collection and tax preparation policies.

In this role the incumbent provides information and advice on the financial performance of the business. The incumbent is expected to provide the controls and information required by the Corporate Financial Department and also provides the information essential for the Chief Financial Officer. This requires involvement in the design of systems and reports in close cooperation with the users. The incumbent is expected to provide interpretation of the information and become involved in the strategic decision making of the entities in the region.

Financial Analysis Budget & Recurring Reporting (50%)

• Manage review and summarize periodic financial analysis (whether it may be daily weekly monthly quarterly or annual) to operational management that is accurate timely and value added.
• Preparation review of and summary of periodic financial analysis including but not limited to the measuring of Sales (R05) cost of Sales (R25) gross Margins (R20) manufacturing variances (R31) manufacturing quality and inventory provisions (R32) and SG&A (R51 R52 R53 and R56).
• Strong focus on measuring the accuracy and timeliness of the manufacturing variances.
• Providing analysis and reporting on key manufacturing performance indicators (Operational KPIs) that monitor and measure results.

Continuous Improvement (20%)

• Directly involved in continuous improvement projects to improve the plants cost competitiveness and agility.
• Provides efficient leadership with production staff participating to Steering Committee daily Ops Reviews and other WCM programs.

Management of Teams (20%)

• Lead manage and develop direct reports which include the Finance Teams and Purchasing Teams.

Compliance & Management of Financial/Accounting Systems (10%)

• Manage financial and accounting functions/systems to ensure operating performance information is compliant with corporate accounting and auditing policies (follows SaintGobain ICRF guidelines Internal Reference Framework) and applicable local state and federal laws.
• Responsible for ensuring accurate and strong internal controls for managing the sites assets and liabilities.
• Responsible for managing the financial and accounting functions/systems to ensure operating performance information is compliant with corporate accounting and internal auditing policies (SGC ICFR) and applicable local state and federal laws.
• Other related duties assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors Degree in Finance Accounting or equivalent (Required)
• Masters Degree or MBA (Preferred)
• Yellow Belt or Green Belt Certification for WCM (Preferred)
• Experience as Plant/Business Controller (or equivalent) with progressively increased responsibilities and number of direct reports (Required)
• Proficient use of SAP in a controlling environment (Required)
• Strong Excel and Presentation skills (Required)
• The incumbent must have the ability to influence activities in various departments and plants without direct authority.
• Demonstrated communication skills both written and verbal are critical. Ability to effectively present information and respond to the questions from groups of managers clients customers and the general public.
• Ability to communicate and work crossfunctionally with teams collaborating with purchasing quality manufacturing production planning & commercial teams to influence desired outcomes in establishing annual standard costs & communicate results.
• Use datadriven approach to problemsolving and loss identification at the plant.