Controller

Plant Controller

Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Classification: Exempt | Professional

Position Summary

The Plant Controller will lead the plant’s accounting and cost-control activities, providing financial analysis and guidance to plant and corporate management. This hands-on position is responsible for cost accounting, inventory valuation, budgeting, forecasting, monthly close support, management reporting, and oversight of the local accounting team. The Plant Controller will also identify cost-saving opportunities and support operational improvements throughout the manufacturing and transmission rebuild processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the local accounting team, including one or more cost accountants.
• Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities related to material usage and labor efficiency using cost accounting and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Develop and maintain cost models to calculate the actual cost of finished goods based on bills of materials, actual attrition rates, labor, overhead, and current pricing.
• Prepare cost estimates for new and special products to support selling-price decisions and production forecasts.
• Compile and analyze manufacturing costs, including payroll, inventory, factory labor, overhead, actual costs, and variances.
• Calculate burden rates and establish expense budgets for manufacturing and service departments.
• Develop and maintain systems for determining product and service unit costs.
• Allocate costs among management, production, and other operating divisions.
• Classify and analyze production costs, including labor, materials, and overhead.
• Support the monthly financial close process.
• Provide plant and corporate management with cost analysis, financial guidance, and decision support.
• Coordinate financial analysis and cost development for new-business quotations.
• Partner with Human Resources to calculate incentive compensation, bonuses, and commissions.
• Work closely with the Global Controller on management reporting, forecasting, cash-flow forecasting and management, and annual operating plan preparation.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
• At least two years of accounting experience within a manufacturing environment required.
• Previous cost accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Prior supervisory or team leadership experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of general accounting principles and the practical application of accounting theory.
• Understanding of manufacturing cost accounting, inventory, labor, overhead, variance analysis, and budgeting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to accounting, operations, plant, and corporate leadership.
• Strong command of written and spoken English.