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Your Role at Baxter:

The Plant Controller for Marion, NC (North Cove), assumes the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the plant’s end-to-end supply chain. Reporting directly to the MPT UCAN Group Controller and indirectly to the Plant Leader. This role leads all aspects of an annual budget of $416M in value of production, $51M in capital spend and $16M of inventory. The plant has a workforce of 2,151 direct and 768 indirect employees.

What You'll Be Doing:

As a member of the Plant Senior Leadership Team (SLT), you will drive activities in key workstreams including Compliance, reporting, influence and leadership. These activities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Identify trends and opportunities for continuous improvement (both financial and operational)
• Provides oversight of all plant related GAAP, SOX and Baxter policy requirements and has ultimate responsibility for their plant’s financial records (P&L and BS).
• Actively develops the financial savvy of finance and non-finance team members.
• Support and participate in the standardization and modernization of ISC financial processes.
• Improves financial performance through analysis, mentorship, and accountability. Achieves committed financial results for KPIs including manufacturing variances, operating income, cash flow, capital investments and value improvement projects (VIP).
• Provides relevant, accurate and timely communication of financial performance (past, present, and future). Includes oversight of month end closing, the submission of weekly pulses, the preparation of quarterly forecasts and budgets (annual and long-range plans).
• Develop and execute action plans to drive profitable growth.
• Actively liaise with process business partners (FP&A COE, FPO, BBS, Global ISC) in the pursuit of more efficient and effective ways to fulfill the Plant Controller’s responsibilities.

What You'll Bring:

• 10 plus years of experience in manufacturing or supply chain finance.
• Experience in a global, diverse matrixed organization
• Experience working with Lean concepts and tools is preferred.
• Maintains a strong presence, with the ability to manage indirect reporting relationships.
• CPA and/or MBA preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance (or country equivalent) required.
• Has effectively communicated at all levels of the organization in both formal and informal environments.
• Comfortable working in ERP software (JDE/PRMS) and experience in Excel, Power Point, & Word
• Background in standard costing, budget management and capital analysis and control.
• Working experience of identifying and implementing change.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a base salary range of $112,000 to $216,000 plus an equity target of $10,000. The above range represents the expected base salary range for this position. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic/office location.

The successful candidate for this job may be required to verify that he or she has been vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for individuals with medical conditions or religious beliefs that prevent vaccination, and in accordance with applicable law.

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