The Role You’ll Play

As our Plant Controller, you will partner with the business, building strong relationships and trust with cross-functional colleagues, including but not limited to sales, procurement, estimating, and operations, to drive growth and profitability. You will drive financial planning, forecasting and the budget process, assists with quarterly, annual, and long-range plans and targets aligned with strategic financial/operational objectives. Focus on key business drivers for long-term sustainable growth and the analytics to measure and report. Assessing and evaluating revenue/pricing, costs, and margin, advising on customer contracts.

We are looking for Plant Controller for our City of Industry, CA location.

What You’ll Do

• Financial planning and forecast process, includes quarterly, annual, and long-range plans and targets that are aligned with strategic objectives. Enables effective processes for developing detailed and predictable financial forecasts/budgets by engaging local stakeholders, to identify areas for opportunities and risks.
• Partner with Sales to bring proactive ideas to grow business and develop forward-thinking long-range planning analysis. Conduct client profitability reviews, including revenue/pricing, costs, and margin; identify anomalies and root causes, and develop action plans. Advise on new customer contracts.
• Ensure monthly financials are presented accurately and timely. Analyze the P&L and operational practices, recommend cost reduction, quality improvement, and efficiencies. Interface with stakeholders and monitor performance against forecasts and plans for all facets of the P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow.
• Conduct product manufacturing, cost (project and expense), and ROI analyses; interpret results and trends, and identify areas of improvement impacting sales, gross margin, operating profit, cost savings, working capital, depreciation of company assets, etc.
• Control inventory and safeguard company assets, responsible for accuracy of local inputs/transactions and financial statements. Partner with cross-functional continuous improvement team on process improvements and savings tracking.
• Prepare presentations, detailed analysis, operating metrics packages, for both local and executive leadership.
• Special projects in collaboration with local leaders and finance leadership team.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related business field
• MBA, CPA, or advanced degree preferred
• 8+ years of proven financial leadership experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment, with focus on process improvement
• Accounting software (Great Plains preferred) and financial analysis software
• Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills, Power BI experience preferred
• Highly collaborative, hands-on leader with strong business acumen, working with all levels of the organization
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with ability to influence at all levels of the organization
• Detail-oriented, analytical, and driven to deliver accurate and consistent results in a quick turnaround time
• Performance orientation, how to help business improve EBITDA, top line revenue, customer retention
• Strong problem-solving, gap analysis, and record of accomplishment of innovative process improvement
• Demonstrates high emotional intelligence, understanding how people think and work and determines the best way to support them.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to zoom out and zoom in, understanding how all the pieces work together
• Agile and can work independently and collaboratively with others cross-functionally to problem solve and drive new and game changing solutions
• Ability to be an effective team player, and may lead a team; self-starter with ability to positively persuade
• Engaging trusted business partner to operations and sales. Provides excellent support while holding the line as needed on cost containment, control processes, corporate directives, etc.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Effective at presenting to executive leadership, board members and external customers.

What You’ll Get

• A friendly, team-based, supportive work environment
• Competitive total compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and 401K plan with employer contribution.
• Employee Assistance coverage with full services, including dietary and nutritional services, retirement planning and support services.
• Paid holidays and Paid vacation time off
• Professional development and career growth opportunities

If this sounds like you and if you have what it takes to push boundaries and seize opportunities, we invite you to apply today!

If hired, your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as skills, experience and/or education. In addition, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer. We typically do not hire at the maximum of the range in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. The expected pay range at the time of hire is $130,000.00 to $180,000.00 per year.

Golden West Packaging Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind.

Further, we are a drug-free workplace with a Safety-first focus and mindset.