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Plant Controller

1 month ago


Hamilton, Canada Gay Lea Foods Full time

Gay Lea Foods is a proud Canadian owned dairy food and beverage company with a robust portfolio that includes 7 established brands such as Gay Lea Butter, Nordica Cottage Cheese, Ivanhoe Cheese, Salerno Cheese and Hewitt’s Dairy. Our wide range of products are sold in Retail, Foodservice, Industrial, Co-pack and Export markets, developed and produced out of our 13 manufacturing facilities in Ontario and Alberta.
Delivering high quality and innovative products - from the consumer favourite Spreadables and North America’s first Smooth Cottage Cheese, to Nothing But Cheese, an innovative snack made with 100% cheese, is what makes us market leaders in our categories. Our grassroots approach to business is what guides our direction and differentiates us from our competitors.
Our employees inspire our culture of excellence and entrepreneurship. We hire innovative and passionate professionals who know that greatness is achieved through people, partnerships, and acting with a business owner mindset.

**Purpose**:
Reporting to the Director, Operations Finance, the scope of this position involves assisting with all accounting responsibilities associated with providing the standard costing, month-end closing and financial reporting for the Hamilton manufacturing plant.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Maintain Standard Costs for manufactured products
- Support Operations with ERP production recording as needed
- Analyze variances to standard costs
- Report milk and ingredient usage to DFO monthly
- Reconcile inter-plant bulk transfers and balancing adjustments monthly
- Process journal entries and inventory adjustments for month-end closing
- Prepare monthly finance and management reports
- Prepare cost estimates for new products
- Assist with cost benefit analyses for CapEx projects, monitorspend
- Calculate actual savings from Cost savings initiatives
- Audit Accounts Payable Invoices after departmental authorization
- Prepare and present annual plant budget
- Travel: 5-10% within Ontario
- Other duties and projects assigned

**Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary education and holds a CPA designation
- Minimum of 5 years accounting experience within a food processing or manufacturing environment
- Strong cost accounting background
- Experience with ERP systems, Microsoft Dynamics an asset
- Strong proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel
- Effective analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills, including written and verbal

**COVID-19 Considerations**:
Enhanced cleaning protocols are in place at all facilities. For safety, all employees and visitors will continue to be required to wear a company-provided mask in all manufacturing and distribution areas at Gay Lea Foods.

Gay Lea Foods is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in our workplace.

Reasonable accommodation is available upon request throughout our recruitment and selection process.
Thank you for your interest in Gay Lea Foods.
Wishing you all the best with your career search


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