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Controller
Senior Level
Chilliwack, Canada
in office
Full time
Finance & LegalFinancial Planning & AnalysisBudgeting & ForecastingGovernance & Risk
Job description
About the Role
The Plant Controller serves as the financial leader and strategic business partner for the Chilliwack Premix Plant. The role leads all aspects of finance, controlling, cost accounting, financial planning and analysis, inventory management, capital investment oversight, internal controls, and performance reporting. As a key member of the Plant Leadership Team, the Controller provides financial leadership to support operational excellence, productivity, profitability, working capital optimisation, and strategic growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary financial advisor to the Plant Manager and Plant Leadership Team, participating in strategic and operational decision-making, providing financial insights and recommendations to improve plant profitability and operational performance, challenging assumptions
- Translating plant operational performance into actionable financial reporting, and supporting long-term strategic planning and investment decisions.
- Own and manage all plant cost accounting processes, including standard costing models across raw materials, finished goods, labour, and overheads
- Material usage and production variance analysis
- Yield performance and labour utilisation analysis
- Cost reduction opportunities
- Maintenance of Bills of Material (BOMs), routings, recipes, and costing structures
- Accurate product costing and margin reporting
- And partnering with Operations to identify and implement manufacturing cost improvements.
- Lead the preparation of the annual budget, strategic business plans, and latest estimates
- Develop scenario analyses and financial models
- Identify financial risks and opportunities
- Monitor and communicate plant performance against budget, forecast, and prior year results
- And lead monthly performance review processes with plant and corporate leadership.
- Lead plant financial close activities for month-end and year-end, ensure completeness and accuracy of plant financial results, prepare monthly management reports and variance analysis, reconcile production, inventory, and financial results, prepare all relevant MEC accruals with justification
Required Experience & Qualifications
- CPA designation (Canada) in good standing.
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, commerce, or business administration.
- Minimum 7 years of progressive finance experience, with 5 years of manufacturing finance and cost accounting experience.
- Prior experience within food manufacturing, ingredients manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, or regulated manufacturing environments.
- Proven experience in standard costing, inventory accounting, manufacturing variance analysis, financial planning and analysis, budgeting and forecasting, internal controls, and financial reporting.
- Experience supporting operational leadership teams.
- Strong financial modelling capabilities with advanced Excel skills.
- Experience with ERP systems.
- Strong understanding of Canadian accounting standards and internal control frameworks.
- Experience developing business intelligence and KPI reporting.
- Autonomous, curious, self-driven, and proactive.
Preferred Skills
- MBA would be an asset.
- SAP experience preferred.
- Experience in greenfield manufacturing startup environments is an asset.
- Experience supporting facility construction, commissioning, manufacturing startup, or asset capitalisation would be an asset.
- SAP S/4HANA implementation experience and SAP FI/CO certification would be an asset.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification would be an asset.
Workplace
- Chilliwack Premix Plant
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