Role Purpose

Our Plant Controller is a key member of the plant management staff, collaborating and providing financial analysis to support plant and business objectives.

As a Plant Controller, you will:

• Lead the finance function, and be a key member and decision maker of the Plant management staff
• Close the financial books monthly, analyze actual results, support and review period financial reports and ledgers, and publish plant period report
• Ensure timely and accurate completion of accounting activities, including fixed asset management, inventory valuation, product costing, period reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and overall asset and liability control
• Proactively identify cost problems, use appropriate analysis drive to root cause, and take the lead on problem resolution and development of effective solutions
• Drive process improvements within the finance function: document existing processes (SOP’s) and seek improvement opportunities to reduce complexity
• Lead the system (SAP) integration projects, and all corporate system initiatives/projects.
• Ensure appropriate support of Solar Module divisional requirements and Corning Finance functions
• Prepare annual budget and business forecasts, and analyze and seek approval for capital investments with return metrices (ROI, IRR & Payback)
• Maintain internal control systems and ensure compliance to local regulations, Sarbanes Oxley requirements, US GAAP, and Corporate Accounting Policies, and participate as a leader in setting and managing the direction of the plant as well as support tax and insurance filings
• Take on various ad-hoc responsibilities as required. Source, select, and develop talent to support global and entity Finance talent needs

Key Responsibilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Cost modeling, inventory control and management, capital investment management, and manufacturing variance analysis and reporting
• Solid understanding of GAAP, cost modeling, inventory control and management, capital investment management, and manufacturing variance analysis and reporting
• Ability to learn on the fly and serve on various project teams, learn quickly when facing new problems or unfamiliar tasks
• Able to act with complete independence and objectivity
• Self-motivated, ability to take initiative, culturally sensitive, ambitious and aspires to grow professionally
• Able to manage through ambiguity and perform in fast past environment, proven ability to embrace and drive change, and ability to challenge decisions and provide alternative recommendations

Experiences/Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, or equivalent technical degree required
• 10+ years of manufacturing or relevant experience required, cost accountant experience preferred
• Strong computer skills required: proficiency in Excel / PowerPoint, general ledger systems, forecasting tools
• Experience working with PeopleSoft, SAP, Khalix, and Performance Excellence knowledge (Six Sigma, lean processes) preferred
• MBA/CPA preferred