Plant Controller

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In this role you will be responsible to act as a business partner to the plant manager to develop a business model and optimize financial performance.

Support business decisions by monitoring, analyzing, and interpreting financial data including forecasts and budgets in order to evaluate various business alternatives and recommend the most appropriate business solutions in NEMA Motors – Motion in Athens, Georgia.

Reporting to the Operations Controller, you will act as the key contact to drive a profitability culture with the primary focus not only on cost of good produced but also on cost of goods sold.

Your responsibilities

• Manage and control data, transactions and procedures to complete accurate and timely period closings, Develop annual operating plan and associated burden studies

• Engage with plant management to create robust financial forecasts for both cost of goods produced and cost of sales

• Focus on ability to easily create scenarios with high accuracy with emphasis on a 5Q rolling forecast timeline

• Provide capital investment analysis along with savings and asset management accountability, Report results on product cost improvement projects for direct, indirect and OPEX savings

• Consult and mentor staff members on all aspects of financials with emphasis on standard cost theory and burden recovery along with profitability

• Provide internal audit support for raw and MRO cycle counting procedures along with excess and obsolete inventory management

• Drive continuous improvement by engaging in variance analysis and provide recommendations to reduce cost and improve operating income

• Perform daily, weekly and monthly financial reporting along with general business tasks such as accounts payable resolution

Your background

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business or a related field and minimum 8 years of experience OR

• Masters degree in accounting, finance, business or related field and minimum 6 years of experience is required

• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills to interact with all levels within the organization

• Successful candidate will be a self-starter with strong leadership ability

• Proficient in MS Office programs and SAP with strong emphasis in Excel preferred

• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US

Benefits

• Retirement plan

• Life insurance

• Disability insurance

• Medical insurance

• Wellbeing program

More about us

ABB’s NEMA Motors Division markets, designs and manufactures the market-leading Baldor-Reliance® brand of industrial motors.

As the #1 global manufacturer of NEMA motors, our quality products are designed to reliably and efficiently meet the challenges our customers face.

Our business is investing in technology, tools, people and processes to ensure our general purpose and application-specific solutions perform as expected, every time.