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Plant Controller - Memphis, TN

Express Employment Professionals Defunct

Memphis, TN

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Accounting, Analysis Skills, Budget Management, Business Administration, Business Intelligence Software, Business Performance Management, Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Coaching, Communication Skills, Cost Accounting, Cost Control, Detail Oriented, Documentation, Embedded Systems, Establish Priorities, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Control, Financial Modeling, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Forecasting, Journal Entries, Leadership, Manufacturing, Microsoft Excel, Operational Support, Performance Management, Performance Metrics, Physical Inventory, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Quality Control, Reporting Dashboards, SAP, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM), Standard Costing, Team Player, Time Management
LOCATION
Memphis, TN
POSTED
3 days ago
Job Full Description

An industry leader is seeking an experienced Plant Controller to join their team

What You Get to Do!
The Plant Controller is an embedded, on-site FP&A leader who serves as the primary finance partner to plant leadership - supporting the Plant Director and functional leaders with decision-ready financial insight, forecasting, and operational performance management. This role owns the plant-level planning rhythm (budget, forecast, and driver-based outlooks), translates operational drivers into financial outcomes, and drives visibility to risks and opportunities across cost, margin, inventory performance, and capital.

The role is both a people leader for a small plant finance team and an individual contributor, and serves as the primary escalation point for plant finance questions, analytics, and performance management. The role is finance-only in scope and does not perform traditional accounting execution tasks (e.g., booking journal entries). Instead, the role partners closely with Accounting/Cost Accounting to ensure alignment between management views and statutory close outputs, and to support SOX-compliant processes and controls.

The role delivers standard KPI dashboards and digital reporting tools that create transparency to margin performance and plant cost drivers and is expected to be on-site 5 days per week initially. Hybrid flexibility may be considered after the role is fully ramped and the operating rhythm is stable.

What You Will Bring...
• Requires a bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline
• 8+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing finance, plant FP&A, cost/operations finance, or business partnering roles.
• Experience with plant costing, standard cost governance, supporting annual physical inventories, and leading cost reduction initiatives is strongly preferred.
• MBA, CPA, CMA, or similar certification preferred but not required.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing financial drivers and plant KPIs (conversion cost, labor efficiency, overhead absorption behavior, material usage, scrap/rework, inventory and working-capital drivers).
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities; strong financial modeling skills and ability to perform scenario and sensitivity analyses.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain KPI dashboards, digital reporting tools, and standardized performance packages that are used in operating rhythms (daily/weekly/monthly).
• Ability to communicate complex financial information in plain language to plant leaders; strong presentation skills and executive presence.
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills; ability to build trust across operations and support decisions without formal authority.
• People leadership capability: hiring, coaching, prioritization, and quality control for a small plant finance team while also delivering individual-contributor analysis and executive-ready outputs.
• Ability to serve as a clear escalation point-triaging ambiguous questions, pulling together data quickly, and providing crisp recommendations under time pressure.
• Process discipline and attention to detail: documentation of assumptions, version control, and repeatable reporting routines.
• Comfort operating in environments with evolving systems and imperfect data; bias toward timely, directionally correct insights while improving precision over time.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with reporting/BI tools a plus; SAP proficiency is a major plus.

To Apply:
For confidential consideration, please submit resume to

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About the Company

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Express Employment Professionals Defunct

As we build lasting relationships with our associates and clients through accountability, integrity, and excellence, we will make a difference in our communities. As a team, we will be moved by compassion, a mindset of gratitude, and a mission to help each other and those we serve both in our communities and around the world.

COMPANY SIZE
10 to 19 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
401K, Employee Referral Program, Life Insurance
WEBSITE
http://Expresspros.con/waxahachietx