Plant Controller

WHY DO WE NEED YOU?
The Plant Controller
ensure the financial statement integrity and internal controls of the Building Envelope lines of businesses. Partner with the LOB management to provide timely and accurate data to support business decisions such as sourcing, pricing, and long range planning. Participate in cross-functional teams throughout CT and SGC.

• Ensure accuracy of plant financial statements
• Drive plant profitability and growth through ownership of the financial analysis
• Manage the timely completion of the plant's month-end financial close.) plus physical/virtual warehouses.
• Demonstrate awareness of all elements of a location's financial statements
• Own all elements of a location's financial statements
• Prepare all post-closing location financial analysis, performance reports and commentary
• Prepare and coordinate the annual budget at the location level.
• Prepare, maintain and analyze product standard costs
• Support the analytical needs of the plant manager and staff.
• Partner with plant management to increase plant efficiency and profitability
• Prepare analysis to understand the financial ramifications of current and proposed business actions
• Identify issues and proactively initiate analyses / solutions to locations issues.
• Ensure compliance with SGC and EPG policies and procedures
• Oversee and reconcile inventory cycle counts and annual physical inventory
• Assist in preparation of capital appropriations requests including DAC.
• Track capital spending and capital project closures
• Track/review cost reduction projects and maintain required reporting
• Ad hoc analysis

Main Responsabilities
Partner with Plant Management

• Active participation in Plant Staff meetings
• Involvement in and support of Plant Review meeting
• Lead Financial/Spend reviews with plant staff
• Identify and manage process improvement initiatives
• Identify issues and proactively initiate analysis (labor, material usage, spending…)
• Ad hoc analysis and reporting for plant and operations management
• Cost reduction monitoring, reporting, and results auditing (where applicable)

Month-end Closing

• Inventory verification and control
• Prepare journal entries to be posted by SSC
• Analysis of financial results
• Account reconciliations

Month-end Analysis and Reporting

• Prepare month end reports
• Prepare manufacturing variance analysis
• Location Financial Review including Building Envelope and Roofing businesses
• Analyze SG&A and investigate unusual charges

Coordinate and assist in the preparation of the annual operating budget

• Analytically review and challenge the budget and all assumptions
• Coordinate and prepare budget presentation for BE and Roofing businesses

Ensure proper internal controls and compliance with SGC policies and procedures

• Coordinate and support annual Self-Assessment review
• Support ICS audit activities, coordinating plant responses and follow-up.

Other Duties And Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain product standard costing
• Oversee and reconcile inventory cycle counts and annual physical inventory
• Support capital expenditure appropriation request development
• Coordinate and support annual fixed asset desk review, tri-annual fixed asset audit
• Prepare and maintain product profitability analysis

IS THIS JOB FOR YOU?
The Profile

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, CPA, CMA, or MBA preferable or equivalent, complementary work experience
• Minimum 3 years of progressive cost accounting and analysis experience with a major manufacturing organization. A strong emphasis should be put on knowledge of management accounting, cost and inventory accounting, and GAAP
• Strong analytical skills are required to quickly grasp issues impacting the business's financial results
• Strong IT aptitude to deliver effective desktop reporting (paperless web-enabled environment), utilize business warehouse tools, SAP and MS Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentations
• Excellent communication and presentation skills are required
• Capable of leading a process team and able to define clear vision, goals, and service standards
• Ability to manage projects, work independently, and communicate effectively to all areas and levels of the location
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across business and functional organizations.
• Demonstrated client service orientation
• This position will need the capacity to meet the needs of a complex, diverse, dynamic and fast paced organization that will pose a wide variety of challenges from a business level. This position must answer these challenges quickly and accurately, keeping in mind the requirements from GAAP & IFRS. Although some challenges have standardized answers, many do not, and require creative thought and strong analytical skills to solve. Typically, these questions concern product profitability, inventory valuation, operational variances, location capacity, etc.

Work Location and schedule:

• based at our Ajax Facility with ability to travel to California's facility in the US.
• On site 5 days in the week.

TO MAKE SURE NOTHING IS FORGOTTEN
"At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of the core values; Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home.

Being a worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and services for the construction and industrial markets. Its integrated solutions for the renovation of public and private buildings, light construction, and the decarbonization of construction and industry are developed through a continuous innovation process and provide sustainability for performance. The Group's commitment is guided by its purpose, "Making the World a Better Home."

a Little More About Us
With a 360-year legacy of innovation and growth, Saint-Gobain is the worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction; renowned for pioneering product development and spearheading environmental responsibility in the construction and industrial markets.

Our commitment to excellence has earned Saint-Gobain North America recognition from the Top Employer for the 10th consecutive year as one of the best workplaces in North America, one of only 17 companies around the world to receive this certification. Join us and be part of a future where innovation meets sustainability

LEGAL STATEMENT
Saint-Gobain is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process to applicants upon their request. This commitment is in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).

Benefits In Joining Us
What we offer…
We provide unique options to fit your unique lives Our Total Rewards Program offers a total approach to well-being

Certain provinces require pay information be provided in job postings. Saint-Gobain aims to deliver a comprehensive Total Rewards package to support our employees' wellbeing and help improve daily life for themselves and their families. We believe in the importance of pay transparency in what we offer prospective candidates, the base pay range for this position is
$90,000
to
$115,500
per year. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for an annual bonus. The targeted bonus amount is 18% of base salary based on company and individual performance measures.

Our amazing benefits and programs include, but are not limited to:

• Excellent healthcare options: Medical, vision, prescription & dental
• Family Focus & Balance: Parental leave, paid time-off, and Employee Assistance Program
• Financial Security: Company-funded Retirement Accumulation Plan - Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan (DPSP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) and Employee Stock Purchase Program (PEG)
• Tuition Reimbursement: Continuing education for every season of your career
• Employee Recognition Programs
• LiveWell: Rewarding you for living a healthy lifestyle
• Be Well Be You: Our comprehensive benefits, resources, and programs platform to help you and your family be well, wherever you are in life (Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Social)
• Pet insurance options: Insurance plan & prescription discount program for your furry friends
• Perks & Savings Program: access to thousands of gift cards, in-store and online discounts, as well as cashback offers.