Finance Controller Jobs

Division Information

Spectrum Brands’ global enabling functions, including Finance, Legal, IT, Human Resources, Supply Chain, and Commercial Operations, provide enterprise-wide strategy, structure, and common processes to deliver the knowledge and expertise that helps our businesses grow. Enabling functions may operate as a center-led global team, providing a central strategy, structure, and standards; or as business partner teams, with resources embedded within the businesses to deliver business unit-specific results.

Job Summary

Spectrum Brands, Bridgeton, MO is proud to announce that we are seeking a Finance Controller. This role will be a key partner in the Bridgeton, MO leadership team. The Finance Controller will be responsible for planning and coordinating plant budget and business planning activities in alignment with Spectrum Brands policies and practices. The Finance Controller will oversee financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, operations analysis, cost accounting, capital expenditures, monthly closing and internal controls

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist and communicate with internal and external auditors.
• Analyze Inventory and Scrap
• Review Inventory adjustments and cycle count results.
• Maintain and provide EHS metrics.
• Review and assist with Capital Asset Requests projects closures and asset disposals.
• Be an active participant of the Bridgeton Leadership team and the financial business partner for the Bridgeton Manufacturing facility.
• Embodies the culture of Spectrum Brands: Speak Up, Be Accountable, Take Action, and Grow Talent.
• Review and analyze plant activity, including labor and materials.
• Model the SPB 20/20 vision, focus, and clarity.
• Review, analyze, and roll costs for all new products at the Bridgeton plant as needed.
• Develop the annual operating plan (AOP) for the Bridgeton facility.
• Complete the monthly journal entries and the accounting close process for the Bridgeton facility.
• Facilitate excess and obsolete review and disposals.
• Plan and coordinate the annual standard cost setting process.
• Prepare and present financial performance of the facility to site leadership team.
• Analyze Purchase Price Variances and Purchase Order Variance.

Education and Experience Profile

• Experience with monthly close
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or related field. C.P.A. preferred but not required.
• Experience with annual budgeting
• Experience with cost accounting
• Experience with budgeting and forecasting techniques.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar position related to manufacturing accounting.

Required Skills

• High degree of integrity and work ethics
• Focus and drive towards industry leadership and best practices
• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Requires creativity in problem solving
• Ability to multi-task effectively and efficiently
• Knowledge of SAP is highly desired
• Requires refined organizational and time management skills

Work Environment

Working conditions: Both an office and a manufacturing environment.

Travel requirements: As necessary.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Spectrum Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.