Plant Controller at Etex Group

Summary

The Plant Controller is a key leader on the plant leadership team. Contributes to all areas of plant management and provide strong financial leadership. The Plant Controller is responsible for planning and coordinating plant budget and business planning activities in alignment with corporate policies and practices. The incumbent will provide financial direction to the plant and provide recommendations to improve site performance

What You'll Do

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

Drive operational performance

• Review, analyse and comment operational and financial performance of the plant.
• Perform variance analysis and provide pro-active support and recommendations to Management (Operations & Finance)
• Identify business risks and opportunities and facilitate decision-making to take advantage of them

Lead business planning and resource allocation

• Build together with Management yearly Operational Plan, yearly Capital Expenditure plan and 5-year Market Business Strategy
• Provide best estimate of production and standard costing to improve forecast accuracy and to anticipate corrective actions
• Build and validate financial business cases to facilitate and back-up decisions (increase capacity requests, machine innovation…)

Ensure the application of Internal Controls

• Promote compliance to Etex Group guidelines and policies
• Secure timely execution of key internal controls, share results with Business Functions and follow-up on corrective actions
• Anticipate additional controls or updates of current ones as new risks are identified

Contribute to high quality reporting of financial information

• Provide timely and 1st time quality financial information to Etex Group HQ
• Ensure respect of Etex Group Accounting principles
• Establish strong communication bridge between Operational Team and Finance/Controlling Team

Improve Finance & Controlling Efficiency and Effectiveness

• Work on continuous improvement and simplifications of existing tools and systems, seek best practices
• Contribute to implementation of the newly ERP system (SAP-based)
• Participate in business change initiatives to secure successful implementation of the new ERP (SAP-based)

What You'll Bring

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Knowledge of budgeting and forecasting techniques as well as proficiency with financial statement analysis and projection
• Demonstrated expertise in MS Office and SAP (ERP) software -
• Good planning and organizational skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience in handling multiple concurrent tasks and meeting strict deadlines
• Advanced knowledge of Excel required
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Excellent attention to details
• Must be a team player and act cooperatively with the business
• Solid understanding in Standard Costing (calculation and deviations analysis)

Qualification And Experience

• Bachelors’ degree in Accounting, finance or related field
• Prior manufacturing company experience
• Manufacturing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) experience preferred
• Cost accounting experience