Regional Controller (REQ499)

Regional Controller

Maryland Heights, MO

Spartech offers a competitive salary, incentives, and benefit programs!


Spartech, LLC, headquartered in Maryland Heights, Missouri, has over a dozen locations throughout the United States. We have a broad customer base with extensive product offerings and technologies. Many of our materials are used in products you might see every day - for example if you start your morning with a single serve yogurt, the container you ate from may be made from one of Spartech's products or the refrigerator where the yogurt was stored could have Spartech products in its interior features. More unique uses of our products can be seen in military or security applications, for example in fighter jet canopies or bullet resistant windows. From routine daily-life to life-saving applications—we make a difference. Our broad scope of products and services keep our environment interesting and challenging with a culture focused on success. If you want to make a difference in a fast-paced environment with a company large enough to offer you room to grow but not so large that you become "just a number", Spartech might be the ideal company for you.

General Summary And Essential Duties & Responsibilities

The Regional Controller works as part of the manufacturing finance team to guide plant management, ensuring accounting and financial reporting integrity. This position leads manufacturing accounting activities, general ledger accounts reconciliation and period-ending closings on a monthly, quarter-end and annual basis according to GAAP.

Requirements


Key Responsibilities to Include:

• Facilitate the preparation of periodic financial reports such as payroll, inventory adjustment, manufacturing spending and plant profitability
• Partners with Business Managers, Operations and plant management to resolve financial related issues, assist and guide them on the method of cost allocation and assessments, and supports the weekly OPS dashboard, monthly forecasting and annual budgeting process
• Closing duties, including cost center and account analysis, production reviews and corrective actions, adjusts entries and posts recurring entries.
• Guides the plant on management of the plant capital spending and on accounting for fixed assets.
• Review plants' profitability to correctly reflect business performance and provide the basis for financial analysis
• Collaborate with plant management and data master to ensure that product master data and costs are properly updated and accurate as well as plant books are closed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Manages plant level cost accrual and metric tracking
• Performs plant-specific analysis to identify trends and control issues that need addressing. Resolves issues through to resolution and communicates fiscal changes/adjustments as needed.
• Sets up and maintains plants and warehouses cost center distribution and assessment in SAP to allocate costs when needed
• Other projects as assigned
  
  
  

Requirements:

• Must have a bachelor's degree in finance with 5-7 years of accounting experience in a manufacturing environment or equivalent
• Good organizational and writing skills
• Must be detail-oriented, self-motivated and able to work independently
• Ability to communicate with customers both internal and external
• Ability to complete multiple tasks quickly and efficiently
• Motivated, self-starter
  
  
  

Desired Skills/Experience:

• ERP experience, preferably with NAVISION and/or SAP, Computer skills, in the areas of Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Passion for manufacturing activity and knowledge
• Learning agility / comfortable in a fast-paced and highly flexible environment
  
  

This position reports to the Director of Manufacturing Finance.

Benefits

We offer competitive salary, incentives, and benefit programs. - Most Benefits Start Day ONE!

Benefits include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Company paid Life & Long-term/Short-term disability programs
• 401(k) with strong company match
• 120 hours Paid Time Off (pro-rated based on hire date)
• 11 paid holidays
  
  

Spartech, LLC provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status, or other legally protected classification in the state in which a person is seeking employment. Spartech will use E-Verify to ensure employment eligibility of newly hired employees where required.