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Regional Plant Controller

The Regional Plant Controller serves as a key financial partner to plant management, providing strategic insights and analysis to drive operational efficiency and cost improvements. This role is responsible for overseeing all aspects of plant financial performance, including cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, while ensuring compliance with accounting standards and company policies.

Responsibilities

• The role will have office locations in both Tupelo and Baldwyn, MS.
• Partner with plant management to analyze cost variances, expenditures, material losses, and labor utilization while identifying opportunities to improve results
• Responsible for understanding all manufacturing costs, managing bill of materials, reviewing all cost variances
• Work with Plant Management in analyzing cost variances and potential areas of opportunity
• Review plant performance on a weekly basis with management and provide financial analysis of variances
• Prepare monthly executive level financial reports
• Assist with monthly financial close activities and other reporting/ad hoc analyses
• Prepare annual budget and monthly forecast for plants and assist with plant capital projects as needed
• Work with plant-on-plant related inventory, accounting and SAP processes
• Crosstrain with other plant finance functions in the management of the bill of material process and assist and partner with business leaders on implementation of cost improvements.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Accounting or Finance or related field, MBA or CPA preferred
• 5-7 years of finance or accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, SAP and OneStream preferred
• Ability to work independently
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal), and the ability to interact with all levels of management
• Analytical and Problem-solving skills - Self-starter with an inquisitive nature
• Ability to quickly learn and assimilate new concepts
• Technical aptitude regarding operating systems and ability to learn new systems and processes quickly
• Ability to address and resolve problems and issues as they occur