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Job Summary

The Plant Controller provides financial support to our Snyders-Lance small manufacturing facility in Good Year, Arizona to enhance profitability and protect all company assets through the enforcement of controls. This role applies generally accepted accounting principles to plant transactions to properly reflect the financial performance of a plant.

Essential Job Duties

• Participate as a key business partner to Plant Management team, contributing to plant strategy development and execution of annual plans that drive YoY improvements.
• Directs and manages all financial and accounting functions for the plant. Leads annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and the management accounting/reporting process. Reviews and advises the management team on all financial/budgetary requirements and develops financial goals in partnership with plant and corporate leadership. Ensures that plant goals and initiatives are developed in line with company values, strategic goals, and business plans.
• Responsible for the accuracy of the standard costs starting with the bill of materials and item costs, labor routings, labor rates, as well as overhead assignments.
• Reports variances to set standards in a manner that supervisors and managers can understand and takes corrective action. Accountable for the performance of the plant, explaining all production variances on a monthly basis as well as participating in the proactive measures to reduce variances from standard cost.
• Support plant/corporate Enabler (cost savings) programs toward driving YoY productivity improvements.
• Provides financial leadership on all aspects of plant supply chain management. Effectively communicates financial risks and opportunities to plant management and corporate.
• Reviews control procedures over accounting and financial activities. Provides guidance to ensure that internal accounting controls are in place to protect company assets. Ensures an adequate system of internal control is maintained, and that general ledger accounts are correctly stated, maintains SOX compliance.
• Oversees preparation of the plants financial reporting. Analyze and report manufacturing efficiency variances and determine corrective action requirements. Ensures items are correctly classified and all reporting is prepared in accordance with GAAP.
• Continuously spends time on the plant floor working with the supervisors to help them understand where they are missing standard costs.
• Participates in Kaizen events to improve productivity and prepares analysis to support new capital equipment with a complete understanding of IRR, payback, and NPV of investments.
• May perform other duties as required.

Scope of Responsibility

Plans, directs, and controls the financial activities of a small plant with less than 500 employees. The Plant Controller reports to the Division Director with a dotted line relationship with the Plant Manager.