Easley, SC, USA
13 days ago
Plant Controller
WILBERT INC

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Financial management at a single manufacturing site

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Serve as financial consultant to plant management, assisting them in understanding cost drivers and impacts of proposed capital spending.  Serve as a catalyst for effective teamwork among all plant management.

•    Prepare and present relevant financial information at the daily meeting at the Plant Intelligence Center (daily PIC meeting).

•    Ensure integrity of monthly financial results by:
o    Monitoring accuracy of daily invoicing and ensuring that all product shipments are properly and timely billed;
o    Preparing and reviewing monthly/YTD gross margin reporting by customer/sku;
o    Monitoring timely and accurate recording of receiving transactions of raw material inventory and following up on any vendor claims and discrepancies;
o    Ensuring labor incurred is properly reflected in the period earned;
o    Monitoring timely and proper reporting of production, scrap, cycle count adjustments and all transactions necessary to properly state inventory quantities;
o    Ensuring perpetual inventory quantities are properly updated based on periodic physical inventory results;
o    Working with corporate accounting personnel, ensure inventory standards are properly updated for changes in raw material costs and labor rates;
o    Monitor slow moving/obsolete inventories and ensure plant management takes necessary action to recover as much as possible; ensure inventory reserves are adequately recorded;
o    Ensure costs incurred but not yet billed are properly accrued including, but not limited to, payroll, temporary labor, compensated absences, freight, utilities, sales commissions and maintenance services;
o    Working with corporate accounting personnel, ensuring all capital projects are closed on a timely basis;
o    Working with corporate accounting personnel, ensuring all fixed assets no longer in use or disposed are properly retired on a timely basis;
o    Preparing monthly account reconciliations to support recorded balances.

•    Review monthly financial results with general manager and plant management and, as required, corporate staff.

•    Identify opportunities for improvements and bring such opportunities to the attention of direct supervisor, plant management and/or general manager.

•    Maintain strong internal control environment:
o    Ensuring proper segregation of duties between requisition, purchasing and receiving;
o    Obtaining proper approvals based on table of authority matrix;
o    Ensuring transactions, including accounts payable, are approved and recorded in a timely manner;
o    Ensure accuracy of perpetual inventory quantities and costs;
o    Ensure accuracy of fixed asset records.

•    Be knowledgeable of the Wilbert Operational Excellence Manual, including the identified metrics, and help implement and operate under its guidelines.

•    Annual budgeting and periodic forecasting
o    Based on sales by customer provided from the commercial management team, annually develop the monthly P&L budget for material, labor, overhead and administrative costs, including allocated costs from corporate;
o    Based on customer sales terms, material cost profiles and capital spending estimates, develop the monthly balance sheet budget for receivables, inventory (by component), fixed assets, accounts payable and other plant-driven balance sheet elements;
o    Provide periodic updated forecasts of both P&L and balance sheet elements.

•    Continuously develop and maintain knowledge of the IQMS/Delmia ERP system and complete all training required by WilbertU.

•    Reinforce a safe work environment by initiating corrective actions for any unsafe activities or conditions observed; inquire of maintenance manager of periodic fire safety preventive maintenance tasks.

•    Serve as a liaison with any third parties visiting the plants such as insurance broker or carriers, landlord representatives and/or their agents, tax authorities, etc.  Serve as primary contact with internal auditors for plant-related accounts.

•    Supervise cycle count process and dedicated employee.

•    May perform other duties as required.

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Serve as a catalyst for effective teamwork among all plant management.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
•    Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Accounting or Business Administration from a four-year college or university; and 5 to 10 years of experience in manufacturing accounting.


PREFERRED SKILLS
•    Knowledge of inventory, cost accounting and general accounting and financial statements.
•    Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.  
•    Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.  
•    Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, customers and the general public.
•    Define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.  
•    Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.


ADDITIONAL NOTES
*The above job description is a broadly-based description and is not intended to contain all specifics of a particular job.  This description is not a contract for employment.  It does not include all aspects of the position such as potential duties assigned by supervisors with the requirement for flexibility in helping others for the company’s overall benefit.
 

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to careers@marmon.com, and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.

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