The Plant Controller will serve as a key business partner for the Operations Management Team in our KC location providing financial directions and recommendations to improve overall financial performance. The Plant Controller is responsible for planning and coordinating the plant budget in alignment with corporate goals.

• Serve as the primary financial business partner to plant leadership, translating financial and operational data into actionable recommendations that improve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost performance.
• Prepare and communicate monthly financial results, forecasts, risks, opportunities, and key performance indicators to plant and value-stream leadership.
• Lead the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes, including labor, material, overhead, capital, inventory, and productivity assumptions.
• Maintain the plant’s standard-cost system and analysis of purchase price, material usage, labor, and overhead variances.
• Partner with operations to identify the root causes of financial and operational performance gaps and develop measurable corrective actions.
• Establish and maintain reporting for plant performance measures, including cost per unit, labor productivity, scrap, rework, inventory, absorption, spending, and conversion costs.
• Provide financial analysis for continuous-improvement initiatives, capacity decisions, make-versus-buy evaluations, staffing changes, capital investments, and other plant-level business decisions.
• Lead inventory accounting and controls, including cycle-count oversight, physical inventory, excess and obsolete inventory analysis, reserves, and inventory valuation.
• Maintain an effective internal-control environment and ensure compliance with company accounting policies, GAAP, audit requirements, and established approval authorities.
• Coordinate plant capital planning, prepare financial justification for capital requests, and monitor project spending and realized benefits against approved business cases.
• Collaborate with corporate finance, shared services, supply chain, engineering, and other business partners to resolve accounting issues and improve financial processes.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate plant financial reporting and accounting processes.
• Develop financial understanding and accountability among plant leaders by helping them interpret operating results and understand the financial impact of their decisions.
• Participate in month/year end close process
• Perform other responsibilities consistent with the scope and level of the position.

• Strong critical thinking skills
• Thorough attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to effectively communicate with management and peers
• Knowledge/Experience with Business Intelligence tools

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 5+ years of accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Cost Accounting experience
• Experience with comprehensive ERP systems

From people to products, Marvin is committed to creating better ways of living. When you join this family-owned and -led window and door company, you belong to a community full of opportunities. You also belong to one of America's Top 20 Large Employers of 2024, according to an exclusive ranking by Forbes Magazine.

For more than 100 years, we've been designing, building, and engineering premier products. Today, in our 16 locations across North America, we manufacture Marvin's portfolio of products, which includes Infinity Replacement Windows, TruStile Doors, and Marvin Coastline brands.

Together, we live our values and enjoy a culture that feels like home. Our better living approach to benefits supports you at work and beyond. From day one, you receive health insurance, paid holidays, paid parental leave, a 401(k) retirement savings match and more! A few unique offerings include:

• $300 annual wellbeing account to spend on whatever makes you happy + healthy
• Better Living Day! (a paid day off to go have some fun)
• $$ Annual profit sharing - get rewarded for the role everyone plays in making Marvin a success
• Giving at Marvin - join coordinated volunteer opportunities
• Brighter Days Fund - financial support thanks to your colleagues and the Marvin family should you suffer a personal hardship

When you belong to the Marvin team, it's all part of the package. Apply today!

This job posting is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities of the employee. Accommodation may be made to enable an individual with a disability to perform the essential functions of the position. Any employment offer depends on completing a background check and drug screen to company standards.