Plant Controller

Plant Controller:

Join a growing Somerset County, NJ manufacturing operation specializing in precision fabricated components. This is an opportunity to take ownership of plant financial performance, strengthen manufacturing cost controls, and help drive a major ERP and operational improvement initiative.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing cost control, job costing, and profitability analysis, identifying variances in labor, materials, productivity, scrap, and overhead.

• Strengthen inventory management, valuation, reconciliation, and physical inventory processes while developing Excel-based cost-tracking tools.

• Support the transition from Sage to Epicor, improving manufacturing costing, financial controls, inventory accuracy, and ERP-based processes.

• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quoting, Supply Chain, and Finance on financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, capital investment analysis, and continuous improvement.

Compensation & Travel

• Salary: $120,000-$145,000 annually, plus benefits and bonus eligibility.

• Location: Somerset County, NJ. Fully onsite position.

• Travel: Up to 25%, including monthly trips of up to one week to U.S. headquarters in Colorado.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related quantitative field, or an equivalent combination of education and progressive manufacturing finance experience.

• 7+ years of progressive finance or controlling experience, including experience as a Plant Controller, Cost Controller, Cost Accounting Manager, or similar role.

• Strong manufacturing cost accounting, job costing, inventory control, physical inventory, and manufacturing variance analysis experience.

• Advanced Excel skills, experience supporting ERP implementations or transformations, and the ability to establish financial controls in a developing manufacturing environment.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience in metal fabrication, metalworking, industrial manufacturing, or other labor-intensive manufacturing environments.

• Epicor experience; a CPA, master's degree, public accounting background, or Sage experience is also beneficial.