Plant Controller

Ash Grove family of companies, including Ash Grove Cement Company, Ash Grove South Texas, LLC, Sapphire Americas LLC, Oldcastle Cement Holdings, Houston Cement Company, and Suwanee American Cement Company, is one of North America's leading cement manufacturers, with a legacy of innovation and excellence dating back to 1882. The company operates 12 world‑class cement plants and a vast network of 41 terminals across the United States and Canada.

Renowned for its forward‑thinking approach, Ash Grove combines technical expertise, robust safety standards, and empowered talent to deliver high performance and better serve our customers. At Ash Grove, we stand together to reinvent the way our world is built.

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• Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Disability Pay
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The Plant Controller serves as an integral member of the plant leadership team, overseeing all financial functions within the manufacturing facility. This role is responsible for delivering comprehensive financial analysis, reporting, and guidance to support operational excellence, cost management, and profitability objectives. The Controller upholds compliance with corporate policies, GAAP, and relevant regulatory standards, while acting as a strategic partner to plant operations.

This position operates in a dynamic, high‑volume environment, requiring daily collaboration with personnel across plant operations, leadership, strategy, procurement, and finance. The position demands a strong balance between financial discipline and active engagement with operational teams.

• Promote and follow all plant safety guidelines
• Perform month‑end financial close, including journal entries, accruals & reconciliations for inventory, costs, and general ledger accounts
• Produce weekly, monthly and annual financial reports along with any ad‑hoc reporting requests
• Coordinate site finance for manufacturing variances, costing, general ledger accounting, performance metrics, inventory valuation and analysis, forecasting and budgeting
• Lead financial review and analysis to communicate results to plant management
• Translate financial data into actionable operational insights
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies, GAAP, and internal controls
• Assist in preparing the annual capital budget, and annual operating budget and reconciling actual capital expenditures throughout the year
• Prepare production and cost reports monthly
• Perform reconciliation of raw material, work in process and finished goods reports
• Create and transmit daily shipping report
• Perform month‑end closing by providing general ledger reconciliation and preparing journal entries and accruals
• Provide accounting support for A/P and payroll systems
• Supervise and review the entry and submission of wage and salary payroll
• Supervise and perform the review and approval of A/P invoices for completeness and accuracy
• Follow Sarbanes‑Oxley Act (SOX) procedures as outlined by the PCW and maintain proper evidence as required by the PCW
• Maintain plant equipment list, fixed asset list, licenses and titles of plant vehicles, and attendance records
• Establish, communicate, and assign accounting and office assistant job responsibilities
• Provide cost data to various departments
• Perform month‑end closing and reporting
• Analyze, understand and explain variances in key performance indicators and manufacturing costs; including monthly and year‑to‑date comparisons to budget and prior year to drive cost reductions and improve profitability
• Lead preparation of monthly plant forecast and communicate projections to plant management and regional leadership through monthly review call
• Work with other departments on daily and monthly production reporting including reconciliation of raw material receipts & usage, work in progress and finished goods
• Coordinate and oversee physical inventory counts for Raw Materials, WIP & Finished Goods
• Lead preparation of detailed plant operating budget
• Assist with annual capital budget and reconcile project spend…