Plant Controller

Role Overview

• Complies with all Nortrak safety policies and regulations.
• Complete month-end procedures and prepare internal management reports.
• Analyze profitability by product, project, and customer.
• Lead monthly financial reviews with the CFO, VP Controlling, Plant Manager, and other departments.
• Support process improvement initiatives and assist with cost saving plans.
• Perform profitability and cost analyses for a variety of projects, investments, and products.
• Assist decision making at a plant level with regular and ad-hoc analyses.
• Prepare internal budgets and monitor actual results against budget.
• Prepare quarterly revenue forecasts in collaboration with the production team.
• Work closely with Purchasing, HR, and Sales to optimize cost, pricing and overhead.
• Manage product costing in SAP and review standard costs monthly.
• Review and reconcile labor reports and analyze actuals vs production benchmarks.
• Monitor inventory costing, balance, and movement.
• Collaborate with Production Team in managing inventory counts and various operations.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve costing and labor variances with different groups.
• Monitor and enforce compliance with internal policies at the plant level.
• Monitor vendor invoices, provide classification, and address errors.
• Monitor and resolve sales order issues with Sales and Account Managers.
• Ad-hoc reporting and financial management tasks as required.
• Support plant team with analytical and financial tasks.
• Ensures all costing is current, accurate and complete.
• Continuously verifies estimated costs against actuals.
• Manage deadlines and prioritize bids based on complexity, priority, and risks.
• Maintain knowledge of state-of-practice.
• Identify and recommend cost effective material, design, and process options.
• Liaise with sub-trades for quotations and analyze quotes compared to historical data.
• Build and nurture healthy working relationships with a wide range of employees.
• Take interest and ownership of your responsibilities.
• Participate and engage in different initiatives as needed.
• Actively participate in production meetings to gain an understanding of products and manufacturing procedures.
• Perform peer-review on other estimators’ work and provide feedback.
• Eager to improve and support other estimators.
• Adhere to Nortrak's Environmental Procedures, Practices and Policies.

Requirements

• Undergraduate Degree in Accounting, Business or Finance or equivalent – CPA or CMA is an asset.
• Minimum of 3+ years of accounting experience, ideally in manufacturing – exposure to foundry is an asset.
• Experience with financial planning and analysis
• Understanding of cost accounting methodologies
• Ability to analyze financial and non-financial data and be able to clearly articulate opportunities for improvement and/or risk areas.
• Advanced Excel, Word, and Power Point skills
• Experience with ERP systems – ideally SAP
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills combined with sound professional judgement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Tech Stack

• ERP

Benefits

• A supportive, family oriented Nortrak Blue culture
• We provide an environment where Health and Safety is our #1 priority.
• Career development opportunities and competitive pay progression
• Competitive medical, dental & vision benefits
• Company paid life and disability insurance.
• Paid holidays and vacation.
• Retirement plan with matching contributions
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Recognition Programs