Plant Controller - Plant City, United States - Dart Container
Description
Dart is searching for a
Plant Controller dedicated to supporting our Plant City, FL facility as part of a much larger Global Plant Accounting Organization.
This position is critical in supporting Dart's Strategic plan by supporting the development of a plant spending budget, analyzing and explaining the actual results compared to the plan, enhancing internal controls and standardized procedures.
We know you want more out of your career than just a paycheck, right? We've got you covered We offer a tuition assistance program and access to corporate training, volunteer opportunities, and wellness incentives, just to name a few. If you are looking for a new place to call your second home, come join us, where we are friends and neighbors dedicated to safety, quality, service and efficiency.
Day to Day Role:
- Support creation of annual operating plan for plant controllable operating expense and capital expenditures
- Maintain variance analysis to planned expenses and support efforts to reforecast costs during the plan year
- Perform the annual product cost standard setting process, periodic updates as required, and daily development of the product costs
- Prepare all journal entries and account reconciliations on a monthly basis, including complex correcting journals or analytical schedules that support reserves
- Analyze plant financial data, including cost center reports, activity rates, variances and inventory valuation. Prepare flux analysis and complex ad hoc financial analysis.
- Complete the timely and accurate completion of monthend, yearend and ad hoc financial reporting and analysis
- Perform error resolution/root cause analysis and implement process changes
- Identify and implement strategic initiatives to improve efficiencies and customer service
- Create accurate and concise verbal and written communications to internal departments and external business partners about accountingrelated information
- Manage special projects individually or as part of a crossfunctional team, ensuring timely decision making and completion
- Manage, perform and interpret data analytics to assist in business decisions
- Support accounting policy implementation and training of plant accounting personnel. Enforce, support and seek to enhance the procedures around internal controls through cooperation and collaboration with the Internal Audit Department.
- Maintain secure control of accountingrelated documentation such as invoices, checks, journal entries and financial statements
- Maintain accurate job aids for all duties assigned
Core Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in accounting or finance
- Eight (8) years of experience in accounting or finance
- Six (6) years of experience working in a manufacturing environment with plant managers and other business partners with an emphasis on cost analysis
- Experience in assisting with development of financial justifications for capital expenditures and performance improvement projects
- Knowledge of query, reporting and data analysis tools
- Microsoft Excel skills to include the ability to create spreadsheets (e.g., formulas such as Vlookup, graphs, pivot tables)
- Excellent verbal and written skills necessary in order to communicate intricate jobrelated processes to internal customers
- Proven analytical problem solver
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to think strategically and creatively to develop new ideas and solutions
- Organizational skills including the ability to prioritize workload to meet deadlines
- Ability to perform duties with mínimal supervision
- Works well in a team environment, working towards the common goal of the department as a whole
- Must be able to effectively handle multiple projects simultaneously in a deadlinedriven environment
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- Certified Public Accountant ("CPA") or Certified Management Accountant ("CMA")
- SAP experience
- Supervisory experience with strong leadership and management skills
- THC testing ONLY when such testing is required by law.
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