P+S Personnel are pleased to be working on behalf of our client, who is currently seeking a Plant Controller to join their team based in Norwich on a full-time permanent basis.
Role Summary:
The plant controller is part of the Finance team with full P&L / Balance Sheet / Cash Flow responsibility for the respective plant and Business Partnering with the respective plant manager. This position is leading all financial matters within the plant.
Main Responsibilities:
- Oversight of month end closing.
- Implementation of guidelines.
- Review of the monthly financials of the plant; Comment on plant result - provide full insight in variances.
- Report in monthly plant calls.
- Lead monthly reporting reviews with plant management team.
- Main Finance contact for plant manager.
- IS supported by BSC / Sales Controlling / Manufacturing Controlling.
- Lead in plant all financial matters, including controlling, budgeting, CAPEX, investment appraisal, OCF, costs reduction strategies.
- Responsible for variance analyses, including identification of business and cost trends and recommendations for cost management, operational changes, etc.
- Delivering annual budgeting, rolling forecasts and controlling of the actual accounts for the plant.
- Management of all plants and entities in scope with the team to ensure reporting completeness in HFM.
- Review of the complete budgets and forecasts; analyse and discuss on greater deviations.
Qualifications and Experience:
- 5 years of controlling experience, preferably in a manufacturing company with full P&L responsibility.
- University degree in Business / Finance or equivalent.
- Accounting qualification - or equivalent experience.
- ERP (SAP, HFM) skills.
- Sound understanding of complex manufacturing environment.
- Detailed costing understanding.
- Deal with multiple deliverables.
Person Specification:
- Self-managed team player.
- Strong business acumen - decision making.
- Accuracy.
If this is a role you are interested in, please apply online ensuring your CV is up to date.