Controller

Position: Controller

• **Location:** Goshen, IN
• **Remote Status:** On Site
• **Job Id:** 1651
• **Openings:** 1

Company Overview

Dura Shiloh is inspired to play a lead role in advancing safe, sustainable, and innovative mobility. Our Agile focus on product innovation and process efficiency builds expertly crafted lightweight products and mechatronic systems that deliver superior function and value. Success is only created through the well-being of our customers, our people, and our plant. Our world continues to become more connected with mobility at the forefront of innovation. As vehicles transform to lightweight and electric platforms, Dura Shiloh will continue to inspire and lead. To learn more about our company, visit durashiloh.com.

Our benefits include bonuses, healthcare insurance benefits, retirement programs, paid time off plans, family and parenting leaves, tuition reimbursement, service and performance awards, as well as various social and recreational activities.

Who we want

• **Collaborative partners:** People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data, and insights to drive continuous improvement.
• **Business-oriented evaluators:** People who effectively interpret information to demonstrate the effects of business initiatives, regulations, management, and leadership teams.

Position Description

Responsible for budget plan, trend forecast, and providing an explanation of significant variances including analysis of actual vs budget plan or forecast. Position focuses on month-end results reporting but, most importantly, strategic planning to ensure the business is growing profitability. The Plant Controller position will lead the financial processes of the month-end close, cost variance reconciliations, inventory reconciliations, general ledger entries as required, standard cost reconciliations, changes in Fixed Assets, ensure control and integrity of company assets, and forecast adjustments to budget. Held responsible to ensure all plant accounting activities comply with GAAP policies and sound business practices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinating, preparing internal financial reporting (e.g., weekly pulse checks, monthly performance presentations, etc.).
• Supporting plant management with basic training to retrieve cost data out of the system, moreover providing support to corporate Group Controller with the annual standard cost development of plant rates, labor overhead cost.
• Proactively interacting with supervisors, plant management team, as well as senior management to ensure all parties have a clear and accurate picture of the plant's overall financial performance.
• An advisor/mentor on accounting/finance to plant leadership aiding the decision-making process.
• Supporting CI initiatives participation in Kaizens, A3 problem-solving events, ensuring projects are defined with clear financial objectives, results are tracked and reported accordingly.
• Team lead with the development of the annual plant business plans rolled up to the Group Controller level.
• Co-manage, along with the project manager, the capital process, provide guidance, assistance preparing AR's.
• Proactively researching issues, anticipating opportunities, and providing answers/insight to key questions before they are asked.
• Assessing current accounting operations, offering recommendations for improvement, and implementing new processes.
• Evaluate plant accounting internal control systems, review of corporate policies, purchasing authorities, etc. to ensure alignment with SOX.
• Operational reporting, analysis, explanation of scrap, labor overhead cost.
• Creation of forward-looking financial models and what-if modeling capabilities.
• Review Forecasting the trends, cost-benefit, margin impact, make vs buy, etc., enhancing the decision-making process.
• Accounting for Plant Research & Development costs.
• Hiring, Training, and Retaining competent accounting/finance staff as required.
• Coordinating, supporting Internal/External auditors of plant accounts.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Role will oversee plant cost accountant.

Qualifications

• **Education and/or Experience:** Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance from a four-year college or university or Master's degree or 8 to 10 years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience in a manufacturing environment.
• **Skills and Abilities:** Experience in manufacturing accounting roles with a focus on cost accounting, experience in manufacturing planning/budgeting roles, solid verbal/written communication, analytical, leadership skills, strong fundamental know-how in accounting/finance/business-related topics, ability to understand all changes in manufacturing strategy, and provide insight/commentary, execution-oriented, and rigorous in meeting performance commitments, strong manufacturing background in quantitative analyses, ability to solve complex problems.
• **Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:** CPA or CMA Preferred.

What you will enjoy

• Culture that supports teamwork to deliver results.
• 10% annual bonus.
• Workplace where teams care about each other and your voice is heard.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• 401k program with 4% company match.
• Dental insurance.
• Employee assistance program.
• Health insurance.
• Health savings account.
• Life insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Parental leave.
• Relocation assistance.
• Retirement plan.
• Vision insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Dura Shiloh is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Shiloh is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.