Plant Controller

What you’ll do:

Financial Management: Overseeing all financial activities of the plant, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting. Ensuring accurate and timely financial statements and compliance with GAAP. 

Strategic Partnering: Acting as a strategic partner to plant management, contributing to medium- and long-term planning, and supporting the overall business strategy.

Cost Control: Monitoring and controlling costs to ensure the plant operates efficiently. This includes analyzing cost variances, identifying opportunities, coaching leaders and teams and implementing cost-saving measures.

Operational Support: Collaborating with plant management to support operational goals. This involves working closely with production, supply chain, and engineering teams to align financial strategies with operational needs.

Inventory Management: Ensuring accurate inventory accounting and conducting regular inventory verification events. Collaborating with supply chain teams to optimize inventory levels and reduce costs.

Capital Expenditure: Planning, monitoring, and authorizing capital expenditures. Ensuring investments align with company strategies and are accurately recorded.

Compliance and Audit: Ensuring compliance with internal controls, SOX requirements, and other regulatory standards. Preparing for and successfully passing internal and external audits.

Team Leadership: Leading and developing the finance team at the plant. Create a culture strong performance, continuous improvement. Ensures the team has the necessary skills and resources.

Performance Analysis: Conducting variance analyses and providing insights into financial performance. Preparing management reports and communicating financial results to both local and corporate management.

What is required:

• Bachelors in Finance, Accounting or Business, MBA or Masters in Accounting Preferred 
• 5 + years of experience in accounting or finance roles, preferably in the manufacturing or automotive industry.
• 5+ years in a managerial role, overseeing financial operations and teams, preferably over a large operation.
• Proficiency in cost accounting and financial analysis specific to manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with variety of financial planning systems.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

What’s in it for you:

•Attractive compensation package

•Flexible Options (schedule, etc)

•Recognition awards, company events, family events, university discount options and many more perks.

•Gender Pay Equality

Autoliv is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Autoliv does not discriminate in any aspect of employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Autoliv does business.