Plant Controller
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Job Summary
The Regional Controller works as part of the finance team to guide plant management, ensuring accounting and financial reporting integrity. This position leads manufacturing accounting activities, general ledger accounts reconciliation and period-ending closings on a monthly, quarter-end and annual basis according to Polish GAAP and IFRS.
Essential Functions
- Partners with plant management to resolve financial related issues, assist and guide them on the method of cost allocation and assessments, supports the budgeting and forecasting process.
- Closing duties, including cost center and account analysis, process order reviews and corrective actions, adjust entries and posts recurring entries, distributions and assessments.
- Guides the plant on management of the plant capital spending system and on accounting for fixed assets.
- Sets up and maintains plants and warehouses cost center distribution and assessment in SAP to allocate costs.
- Sets up and maintains plants and warehouses profitability assessment function in SAP to correctly reflect business performance and provide basis for financial analysis.
- Leads collaboration with plant management and regional analysts to ensure that product master data and costs are properly updated and accurate as well as plant books are closed accurately and in a timely manner.
- Performs plant specific analysis to identify trends and control issues that need addressing. Resolves issues through to resolution and communicates fiscal changes/adjustments as needed.
- Other projects as assigned.
Education and Experience
- Master degree- Finance, Controlling or Economics
- Polish and English
- SAP knowledge
- 2-3 years experience as a controller, ideally in a manufacturing company
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