Plant Controller
Responsibilities:
• Direct accounting leadership during the post-acquisition phase, ensuring opening balance sheet activities and related journal entries are completed accurately and on time.
• Interpret new accounting requirements tied to the transaction and guide the team in applying updated treatment for revenue and other key financial areas.
• Investigate and correct accounting discrepancies arising from legacy and revised policies, including issues affecting revenue recording and account cleanup.
• Collaborate with executive leadership, external auditors, valuation specialists, and other advisors to support purchase accounting and related financial reviews.
• Organize general ledger structures and reporting periods to improve visibility for acquisition-related activity and project-level financial tracking.
• Redesign profit and loss reporting to deliver clearer analysis by customer, product category, and major revenue source.
• Strengthen plant and inventory accounting by improving insight into material usage, labor, overhead, and manufacturing variance performance.
• Assess the month-end close process, document accounting workflows, and recommend practical improvements to internal finance operations.
• Provide hands-on manufacturing finance support involving standard costing, operational analysis, and accounting guidance within a complex production environment.
• Contribute to additional accounting and finance initiatives as business needs evolve throughout the transition period.
Qualifications:
• At least 7 years of experience in a Plant Controller, Divisional Controller, or senior manufacturing finance leadership role.• Strong command of manufacturing and cost accounting principles, including standard costing, inventory accounting, overhead absorption, and variance analysis.
• Demonstrated experience with purchase accounting, opening balance sheet preparation, and financial support following an acquisition.
• Proven ability to lead month-end close, financial reporting, and controllership activities in a complex manufacturing organization.
• Solid understanding of revenue recognition and the ability to resolve technical accounting issues with a practical, business-focused approach.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong overall systems proficiency.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and a hands-on workload.
• Prior experience in aerospace, defense, industrial, or engineered products manufacturing is strongly preferred.
Compensation
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