Plant Controller - Talentzok

Overview
Our client is looking for a Plant Controller to work closely with executive management within a growing $60M+ organization to perform ongoing analysis of process constraints, achievement of targeted operating performance, costing projects, margin analysis, and tracing costs back to underlying activities. Developing standard costs for products and reviewing conversion costs on an annual basis and reviewing processes and classifying labor, material, and overhead costs in a most representative manner is also a priority of this role. Our client is offering top market compensation, generous bonus, excellent benefits, and a great team to work with!
Immediate opening for a Controller near Tucson AZ who possesses:

• Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, and multi-task in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision
• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• University Graduate with a degree in Accounting/Finance and MBA and/or CPA designation; excellent knowledge of GAAP and/or IFRS
• Progressive managerial experience is required, with strong people and project management skills
• Excellent leadership, team building, and interpersonal skills
• Solid understanding and demonstrated experience with ERP and reporting systems, as well as Microsoft Office and other software programs, including advanced knowledge of Excel
• Excellent written and oral communication skills are required
• Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills along with superior financial reporting, planning and modeling skills, coupled with sharp business acumen
• Solid self-starter and collaborator who understands and can articulate key drivers of the business and can prioritize efforts and resources accordingly, and has a history of leading improvement initiatives that have driven successful results
• Bilingual in Spanish is an asset
• 8+ years of progressive FP&A, costing and operational finance management experience

Please email your resume to [email protected] and call (858) 356-6772
Key Responsibilities Include

• FINANCIAL PLANNING: Own the financial planning and forecasting process, building both the quarterly, annual and long-range financial plans and targets that are aligned with strategic objectives. Drive an efficient and effective process for developing financial and capex budgets including timeline, budget templates and preparing budget deliverables while engaging with internal stakeholders.
• RELATIONSHIPS: Build great working relationships with all internal stakeholders (sales, operations, purchasing) including corporate teams and interface with internal/external stakeholders.
• MANAGEMENT: Manages and guides the accounting staff who are responsible for financial reporting and analysis, costing, inventory control, billing, collections, and payables in both US and Mexico.
• TEAM: Develop, mentor and guide the activities of the accounting team. Motivate and manage the workloads of direct reports; assist with learning and professional development.
• MANAGEMENT PRESENTATIONS: Prepare monthly and quarterly business review packages and related analysis to support management presentations, identifying areas of opportunities and risks.
• REVENUE RECOGNITION: Recognize revenue using percentage of completion in adherence to IFRS 15.
• TRAVEL: Willingness and ability to travel between plants based on business needs.
• GROWTH SUPPORT: Understand key business drivers for long-term sustainable growth, as well as develop predictive analytics and tools to support the portfolio in achieving profitable growth.
• DECISION SUPPORT: Review capital projects for conceptual and financial soundness. Develop ad-hoc modeling and analysis to support business decisions. Partner with cross-functional teams to develop tools that provide critical financial and operational information and KPIs.
• REPORTING: Responsible for the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements and related analysis comparing results with budget, forecasts and prior period, while ensuring deadlines and performance standards are met.
• CONTROLS: Responsible for monitoring compliance with all corporate policies and procedures, enhancing internal controls, and adherence to IFRS including compliance with local, state and federal reporting responsibilities. Will be an ITAR Officer for CAID.
• ERP SYSTEMS: Understand ERP systems including experience with ERP conversions onto a common platform.
• COSTING: Review and update standard and estimated project costs for all products, working with Engineering and Operations to validate assumptions in developing these rates. Focus on direct and indirect costs, understanding fixed and variable overheads including monthly variance analysis.
• OPERATIONAL/COMMERCIAL ANALYSIS: Interface with internal and external stakeholders and monitor performance against plan, conduct customer, product line, production and ROI analysis interpreting results, trends, variances and identifying areas of improvement impacting sales, operating profit, cost savings, working capital, SRED credit submissions, etc.
• SPECIAL PROJECTS: Any other special projects as deemed necessary.

Please email your resume to [email protected] and call (858) 356-6772 for immediate consideration.