CertainTeed, a division of Saint-Gobain, has an exciting career opportunity for a Plant Controller to join our team at our Bradenton, Florida location.

What’s the job?

CertainTeed Architectural Solutions is looking for a talented finance professional to support the Grid Joint Venture at our Vaughan, Ontario facility who can bring value added analysis to a plant with multiple production lines and a large portfolio of products.  This person will also be responsible for overseeing plant controlling responsibilities for the Vaughan, Ontario plant. The Joint Venture is between CertainTeed and Bailey Metal Products. This person may also be required to travel to other CT locations to provide support on an as-needed basis.

This position will require a mix of plant controlling responsibilities and analytical business performance support. 

Plant controlling responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Manage timely completion of month-end financial close Analyze/reconcile accounts to ensure the balance sheet and costs are properly stated Prepare and enter adjusting journal entries Prepare and analyze monthly operating cost variances to standard, prior month, prior year and provide meaningful commentary Maintain proper spending controls Lead and direct budgeting process at plant Lead and direct annual standard cost roll at plant for manufactured products Ensure compliance with SGC, CertainTeed and Ceilings division policies and internal controls Monitor/facilitate Capex project completions and fixed asset capitalizations/retirements Support the development and implementation of policies Travel and support to other sites required (up to ~25% of time)

Analytical business performance support

Support plant management team through meaningful analysis of costs and trends. Development and improvement of plant internal reporting Challenge financial performance results, identify issues and proactively initiate analyses and solutions to business issues Identify (e.g. via cost deployment) and track cost savings opportunities Assess the financial value of capital projects Proactively initiate analyses and solutions to plant issues Develop mid-month forecasts