Plant Controller - Vaughan, ON, Canada - Saint Gobain Cristaleria, SL

Saint Gobain Cristaleria, SL Vaughan, ON, Canada

2 weeks ago

Description

CertainTeed Canada, Inc., a division of Saint-Gobain, has an exciting career opportunity for a Plant Controllerto join our team at our Vaughanlocation.

This is a great chance to join a Top Employer and contribute to our growth and success by providing fast and sufficient support to our Canadian business.

What's the job?

CertainTeed Architectural Solutions is looking for a talented finance professional to support the Grid Joint Venture at our Vaughan, Ontario facility who can bring value added analysis to a plant with multiple production lines and a large portfolio of products. This person will also be responsible for overseeing plant controlling responsibilities for the Bradenton, FL plant. The Joint Venture is between CertainTeed Corporation and Bailey Metal Products. This person may also be required to travel to other CT locations to provide support on an as-needed basis.

This position will require a mix of plant controlling responsibilities and analytical business performance support.

Plant controlling responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Manage timely completion of month-end financial close
Analyze/reconcile accounts to ensure the balance sheet and costs are properly stated
Prepare and enter adjusting journal entries
Prepare and analyze monthly operating cost variances to standard, prior month, prior year and provide meaningful commentary
Maintain proper spending controls
Lead and direct budgeting process at plant
Lead and direct annual standard cost roll at plant for manufactured products
Ensure compliance with SGC, CertainTeed and Ceilings division policies and internal controls
Monitor/facilitate Capex project completions and fixed asset capitalizations/retirements
Support the development and implementation of policies
Travel and support to other sites required (up to ~25% of time)

Analytical business performance support

Support plant management team through meaningful analysis of costs and trends.
Development and improvement of plant internal reporting
Challenge financial performance results, identify issues and proactively initiate analyses and solutions to business issues
Identify (e.g. via cost deployment) and track cost savings opportunities
Assess the financial value of capital projects
Proactively initiate analyses and solutions to plant issues
Develop mid-month forecasts

Is this job for you ?

What do you bring?

Bachelor's degree in accounting or Finance required.
CPA, CMA or MBA preferable
3-5+ years of increasing responsibility, preferably in a manufacturing environment
Strong analytical skills and ability to communicate complex topics to a non-financial audience.
Experience analyzing variances in a manufacturing/cost accounting environment.

A little more about us

Why work for us?

At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home .
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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 is customizable to accommodate your needs. Our menu of flexible options includes, but is not limited to:

Besides a great work culture where we work hard, while trying to have fun with various events, regular companywide activities geared towards our employees and a strong safety culture we also offer the following:
Work Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Excellent healthcare benefits package
Family Focus & Balance: Parental leave, paid time-off and Employee Assistance Program
Financial Security: Competitive RRSP , Company-funded DPSP (Deferred Profit Sharing Plan) and Employee Stock Purchase Program (PEG)
Volunteer Day off: Give back to the community – each employee has one paid day a year that they can use towards volunteering their time and effort with a registered charity