Plant Controller

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Plant Controller to oversee financial operations within our manufacturing facility. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in accounting principles, financial reporting, and regulatory compliance, ensuring accurate financial management and strategic planning for the plant. This role requires a deep understanding of GAAP, SOX compliance, and various accounting software platforms. The Plant Controller will play a vital role in maintaining the integrity of financial data, supporting budgeting processes, and providing insightful analysis to support operational decisions.

Directs the financial affairs of the Largo plant and prepares financial analysis of operations, including interim and final financial statements with supporting schedules, for the guidance of management. Maintains accounting systems that ensure the proper accounting and recording of company resources. Supervision over general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable.

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or Finance. CPA a plus.
• A minimum of seven (7) years’ experience ideally gained through increasingly responsible management positions within Finance.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ recent experience as an Accounting Manager with responsibility for accounts, budgeting, cost accounting, credit and collections, and finance.
• Working knowledge of manual and automated accounting systems in a manufacturing environment.
• Sound administrative skills. Well-developed management skills, principles, and people.
• Proven ability to recruit, train, and motivate personnel to balance staffing strength with profitability and growth.
• Good communication skills, bilingual in Spanish a plus.

• Provide leadership and guidance to subordinates, in particular A/P and A/R. Assist to develop their highest potential. Ensure these financial subsystems are under proper control, accurate, and timely.
• Plan and coordinate the month-end close process as well as the year-end close process.
• Assures all work is timely, efficient and in accordance with GAAP.
• Review journal entries, account analysis, financial statements and management reports including financial charts to ensure that they balance to the General Ledger and that they are in conformance with GAAP.
• Coordinate annual budget for the plant including developing new cost rates and ensuring part standard costs are updated at least annually.
• Produce Consolidated Financial Statements.
• Assures that deadlines are met from other departments and presents solutions to problems that may arise.
• Serves as key contact to external auditor, the annual financial statements and sssures that all audit schedules are complete and produced by the deadlines specified by company auditors.
• Manage cost accounting transactions including standard costing, inventory, and variance analysis
• Manage banking activities including daily and monthly processing and reconciliation, cash forecasting
• Maintains accounting handbook, department manual.
• Works with Chief Financial Officer on any projects as assigned.
• Be a key user of local ERP system and critical accounting function leader for any ERP implementation.
• Prepares financial regulatory filings
• Follows all Occupational Safety and Health Policies and Procedures. Reports annual safety deficiency to immediate supervisor.
• Follows Human Resources Policies and Procedures.
• Understands and complies with all Departmental Quality Policies and Procedures.

This position offers an opportunity for a dedicated finance professional to contribute significantly to our organization’s success through expert financial oversight. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong technical skills combined with strategic insight into plant-level financial management.