Plant Controller Jobs

Our well established client in the manufacturing space is looking for a dedicated Finance Manager to join their growing and successful team. This person would be would be reporting to the VP of Operations, and will have the responsibility to support all operations on the Canadian Subsidiary: Cost control, tax reporting & accounting as well as lead a team of 3 accountants. Our ideal candidate would have extensive manufacturing & management experience (preferably at a global scale but not mandatory), CPA designation , with a strong ability to lead a team.

Roles and Responsibilities

Spend Analysis & Control:

• Product costing and cost center accounting and assurance of the correct categorization of expenses in line with company standards.
• Review production variances (materials & labor) with management and help drive to root cause – in particular help
• Analysis of data, key figures and processes including manufacturing process, inventory management and inventory valuations.
• Monitors spending on key categories to include maintenance, supplies, and consumables, and support company initiatives to reduce spending.

KPI & Financial Management

• Review weekly KPI data with management; understand trends and help analyze root causes.
• Work with accounting firm to complete annual review of the financial statements.
• Ensure new KPIs are correctly implemented in line with company standards.

Tax, Reporting, & Accounting

• Manage the accounting team working for the Canadian entity.
• Oversee the calculation of the standard price and analyze the variance between real costs and standard price.

Assets & Cost Savings

• Work with management team to develop a database of cost savings opportunities.
• Year end validation of inventory cycle counts inter-month and period-end physicals in-line with.
• Participate in capital expenditure development, and post spend audit.

Qualifications and Skills

• Advanced knowledge of Excel required
• CPA designation
• Bachelors’ degree in Accounting or related
• Experience using SAP
• Proven work experience as a strong people leader
• Ability to work with large amounts of data
• Advanced computer skills on MS Office, accounting software and databases
• Manufacturing ERP (enterprise resource planning) experience preferred
• Manufacturing Accounting and controlling background

If you're interested, please apply today!