Job Description
Job Type
Full-time
Description
An Exciting Opportunity for a Passionate Financial Leader at Healthy Pet!
Are you a talented and driven finance professional looking for a bright and stable future in an exciting and innovative manufacturing company? Healthy Pet is a place where passionate, high-performing individuals thrive-and where job longevity is valued. We are seeking an exceptional Plant Controller to lead financial operations at our manufacturing facility. If you have high expectations for yourself, love working with numbers, and want to make a lasting impact in a company that shares your passion for pets, we'd love to hear from you!
At Healthy Pet, we're not just manufacturing pet products; we're setting industry standards with sustainably sourced, natural plant fiber products. As a private company with a far-reaching global presence, we're poised for continued growth and innovation. Your role here will support our commitment to a long-term, global perspective in pet care.
The Plant Controller serves as the financial leader of the production facility, providing expert guidance on cost accounting, financial controls, resource allocation, variance analysis, monthly closings, and plant-specific profit and loss (P&L) management. This role acts as a strategic business partner to plant leadership, ensuring financial transparency and supporting data-driven decision-making.
As a subject matter expert, the Plant Controller proactively identifies financial risks and opportunities, anticipates the facility's financial needs, and provides insightful analysis to drive operational efficiency. This position requires strong problem-solving skills, the ability to influence policy improvements, and a commitment to continuous improvement. This is a role for a team-oriented individual who thrives in a collaborative environment and works effectively across departments to achieve shared goals.
The Plant Controller is a trustworthy and engaged leader, working in close partnership with the General Manager, and fostering financial literacy and collaboration across all levels of the organization. The Plant Controller is also responsible for overseeing fixed asset schedules, optimizing financial and operational processes, and enhancing business intelligence reporting. Additionally, this role plays a key part in improving systems related to maintenance, repair, and overall plant performance.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Oversee financial and management accounting and reporting, ensuring accurate, timely, and data-driven insights to support strategic decision-making and operational performance
- Support plant management with financial tools, job cost information, profitability analysis, and hours supporting jobs and capital projects
- Analyze and report on production variances, conducting monthly Budget-to-Actual reviews with each operational department and providing Operations management with insights and recommendations to improve cost control and efficiency
- Maintain accurate cost accounting records, including oversight of Bills of Material (BOM), ensuring proper cost allocation and alignment with production activities. Recommend and implement processes to improve productivity, increase efficiencies, and reduce cost.
- Oversee journal entries, purchase requisitions, and invoice receipt/goods receipt analysis to ensure accuracy, compliance, and proper financial documentation
- Oversee the Inventory Control position, ensuring accurate inventory management and adherence to internal controls
- Lead the preparation and submission of the facility's annual operating and capital budgets, ensuring alignment with financial objectives and strategic business goals while providing financial insights to support planning and resource allocation
- Deliver a facility Profit & Loss (P&L) statement monthly, ensuring financial transparency and accountability
- Monitor and support the facility's purchasing process, ensuring compliance with financial policies, cost controls, and budgetary guidelines
- Establish and enforce internal financial controls to safeguard plant assets, ensuring compliance with corporate policies, and supporting audit readiness
- Support the Engineering team in evaluating capital project ROI by performing and validating financial calculations to ensure accurate investment analysis and decision-making. Audit cost-effectiveness of Capital projects to ensure ROI targets are met.
- Support ROI calculations for continuous improvement projects, innovation initiatives, and other financial analyses, including product mix optimization and production cadence improvements, to drive strategic decision-making and operational efficiency
- Support the R&D team by performing pro forma cost analyses to ensure accurate standard costs and appropriate standard pricing.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Operations, Process Engineering, Logistics or a related field
- General experience in financial management and accounting practices, purchasing, inventory control, and supply chain operations, with the ability to analyze and optimize processes for efficiency and cost-effectiveness
- Proven experience in supervisory roles within a production environment, demonstrating strong leadership, team development, and operational oversight skills
- Familiarity with ERP systems, preferably SAP
- Proficiency in MS Office suite, with a strong emphasis on Excel
- Experience in business intelligence reporting, including data visualization and analysis; proficiency in Tableau is highly desirable
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Uses appropriate safety equipment and follows safety policies, practices and procedures
- Works in an office within a manufacturing environment and spends significant time on the manufacturing floor
- Attends meetings or performs duties outside of normal office hours and may travel by air or car
- Sits or stands for long periods of time and may work in an environment with some discomfort due to temperature fluctuation.
- May occasionally lift and carry items weighing up to 40 pounds and may walk and/or work in an industrial environment.
At Healthy Pet we know our employees are our greatest resource. We foster a culture that is supportive, collaborative and inclusive. You will be part of a team where sharing ideas and innovation is strongly encouraged! We also invest in your well-being with our exceptional benefits package including:
- Best in class low premium health benefits
- Employer paid vision/short and long term disability/life insurance
- Voluntary FSA/additional life insurance/accident insurance
- Generous matching 401k plan
- 11 paid holidays
- Paid sick and vacation days
- Paid Volunteer day
- Bonus Opportunities
To be considered, please apply through our website at:
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Healthy Pet is a drug-free workplace.
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