Plant Controller

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Function as a key member of the core plant management & RPSI Finance teams. Work as part of Plant management team to maximize plant profitability. Perform and coordinate all plant accounting and financial activities and ensure financial integrity of plant operations. This is a hands‑on role requiring to work at both detailed task level and higher management support level.

• Provide financial information, analysis and support to various stakeholders as required.
• Proactively use available tools to assess existing product profitability, identify improvement opportunities and follow-through as required with commercial and operations management.
• Lead monthly “bridge calls” discussing plant financial performance versus Budget, Prior Year and/or Forecast.
• Prepare materials and lead discussions for all financial portions of plant monthly / quarterly review meetings.
• Coordinate preparation and review of plant budget/forecasts with management.
• Coordinate preparation and submission of plant capital spending projects for management review and approval.
• Establish, monitor and enforce internal controls and ensure compliance with ARP policies and procedures along with quarterly SOX certification.
• Develop and drive plant profitability improvement ideas and programs through a combination of specified commercial activity, cost leakage elimination, cost reduction programs, etc.
• Identify and elevate actual and projected financial risks and opportunities to management on a timely basis.

• Review monthly segmentation results output (line costing / segmentation) to ensure accuracy of inputs and segmentation process.
• Complete financial analysis to monitor costs and financial position in key areas (volumes, margins, scrap, utilities, labor, R&M, inventory, etc.).
• Analyze plant income statement (volumes, margins, variances, semi‑variable costs, fixed costs, SG&A, etc.) and inventory transactions to identify issues, report on performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Develop annual plant budget and periodic forecasts (as necessary).
• Develop and review designated plant balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Monitor plant inventory (raw material, packaging material, finished goods, spare parts, etc.) movements and position to identify and resolve potential financial exposure or process issues (OSM, HFI, shrinkage, significant variances, obsolescence, etc.).
• Prepare various financial models, as appropriate.
• Coordinate the preparation and submission of plant driven (cost reduction, maintenance, EHS, quality, etc.) capital projects (CEAV’s).

• Daily, weekly and month‑end activities as required to ensure a complete, accurate and timely close process:
• Create and post financial/statistical journal entries.
• General ledger maintenance/transactional processing.
• Review freight, purchase, cost center and other account coding and various other reports/data for exceptions and accuracy.
• Monitor and review asset additions, transfers and disposals.…