Senior Plant Controller

Job Description

Job Description

Position Overview

Join a high‑performing manufacturing organization where you can expand your capabilities, make a measurable impact, and support sustainable operations. This role plays a critical leadership position within a multi‑site manufacturing environment, partnering closely with operations and leadership to drive financial excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage the monthly financial close process, ensuring accurate, timely results while driving ongoing improvements to reporting efficiency and quality.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives, leading financial and operational projects from concept through implementation and review.
• Provide direct leadership, coaching, and development support to a senior‑level financial analyst, ensuring high standards of accuracy, accountability, and growth.
• Safeguard the accuracy of the general ledger by overseeing journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and issue resolution.
• Direct cost accounting activities, including standard costing, inventory valuation, and COGS analysis, with focused oversight of slow‑moving, excess, and obsolete inventory.
• Lead site‑level budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling, delivering insights to support operational decisions and long‑term strategy.
• Ensure adherence to internal control frameworks and regulatory requirements, and serve as a key partner in audit preparation and execution.
• Oversee financial performance and reporting for multiple manufacturing facilities, ensuring consistency and transparency.
• Act as a trusted financial advisor to plant and senior leadership, translating financial data into actionable business insights.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline, or comparable professional experience; at least five years of experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong background in cost accounting, inventory management, production environments, and end‑of‑month financial reporting.
• Demonstrated experience supporting regulatory compliance, internal controls, and internal/external audits.
• Hands‑on experience with enterprise ERP systems required; exposure to large, integrated ERP platforms strongly preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel (including pivot tables, advanced formulas, and data analysis tools) and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience with financial reporting, analytics, or BI platforms preferred.
• Highly developed analytical, communication, and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities, meet deadlines, collaborate cross‑functionally, and escalate risks when necessary.

Company Description

Operating as part of Phaidon International, Selby Jennings is a multi-award winning global recruitment organization focused on servicing the financial industry.

By breaking down financial markets into individual niches and micro-specialisms, Selby Jennings powers a knowledge-led model, delivering global solutions into local markets. Every consultant is an expert in their field. Structuring our teams to mirror the demands of our clients and candidates, we identify, qualify and present the highest caliber candidates, as well as identifying the best market opportunities for leading finance professionals.

We work in partnership with clients to tailor-make a suitable search model based on the type of assignment and client service level requirements, adopting a bespoke combination of solutions to ensure optimum reach into the active and passive market places.

From our offices around the world, we recruit beyond international boundaries, pro-actively sourcing the best talent in the industry. Across contingent, retained, and project solutions, our service is unrivaled; speaking to our level of service provision, search accuracy, and flexibility.

Company Description

Operating as part of Phaidon International, Selby Jennings is a multi-award winning global recruitment organization focused on servicing the financial industry.\r\n\r\nBy breaking down financial markets into individual niches and micro-specialisms, Selby Jennings powers a knowledge-led model, delivering global solutions into local markets. Every consultant is an expert in their field. Structuring our teams to mirror the demands of our clients and candidates, we identify, qualify and present the highest caliber candidates, as well as identifying the best market opportunities for leading finance professionals.\r\n\r\nWe work in partnership with clients to tailor-make a suitable search model based on the type of assignment and client service level requirements, adopting a bespoke combination of solutions to ensure optimum reach into the active and passive market places.\r\n\r\nFrom our offices around the world, we recruit beyond international boundaries, pro-actively sourcing the best talent in the industry. Across contingent, retained, and project solutions, our service is unrivaled; speaking to our level of service provision, search accuracy, and flexibility.