Job description
Plant Controller (Arkansas)
SIG SAUER, Inc. is a leading provider and manufacturer of firearms, electro-optics, ammunition, airguns, suppressors, remote controlled weapons stations, and training. For over 250 years SIG SAUER, Inc. has evolved, and thrived, by blending American ingenuity, German engineering, and Swiss precision. Today, SIG SAUER is synonymous with industry-leading quality and innovation which has made it the brand of choice amongst the U.S. Military, the global defense community, law enforcement, competitive shooters, hunters, and responsible citizens. Additionally, SIG SAUER is the premier provider of elite firearms instruction and tactical training at the SIG SAUER Academy. Headquartered in Newington, New Hampshire, SIG SAUER has over 3,200 employees across twelve locations in three states. The tremendous growth of SIG SAUER has fueled outstanding opportunities for experienced professionals to join our team.
Position Summary:
This position requires a hands-on and highly detail-oriented individual who will participate in all cost accounting activities including Bills of Material Creation & Monitoring, Inventory & Margin Analysis, Operations Performance, KPIs, and Monthly Closing Process and Reporting.
- Serve as a financial business partner to the Ammunition Product Line Leadership.
- Apply principles of finance and accounting to various accounting duties related to the Product line and Strategic Business Unit's financial and operational planning and reporting, including customer & product line sales margins and related analysis.
- Forecast, measure, report, and analyze variances in meeting Strategic Business Unit goals for key items including Orders, Sales, Gross Margin & EBIT.
- Manage all aspects of centralized allocation activities including budgets, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Manage the maintenance aspects of the manufacturing plant’s cost accounting systems and cost controls.
- Responsible for the financial coordination, administration, and analysis of manufacturing operations. This involves analyzing sales and cost of sales, labor reporting, product costing, monthly material usage variances, and inventory adjustments.
- Support the overall planning, coordination, and participation of the physical inventories as well as the analysis of the results. Responsible for the monthly accounting and reconciling of the financial to perpetual inventory. Coordination responsibility extends not only to production departments but to outside stockrooms and vendors.
- Support the coordination and analysis of direct labor reporting.
- Prepare recurring monthly journal entries related to inventory, labor reporting, cost of sales, and other various entries.
- Responsible for standard cost duties as follows:
- Review and load material standard costs into the ERP database
- Perform assembly cost roll-ups
- Analyze cost changes, margin impact, and inventory value adjustment effect
- Perform standard cost update process
- Develop and monitor labor and overhead rates for the department/cost center
- Work with manufacturing engineering to insure cost and rate accuracy
- Review cost routings for reasonableness
- Preparation and analysis of the information required for the annual standard cost updates
- Support standard to actual manufacturing variance analysis as follows:
- Analyze and verify monthly labor utilization and efficiency
- Headcount management & analysis by function/category
- Review and investigate purchase price and material usage variances
- Work with marketing and purchasing to establish proper cost on new parts and assemblies
- Manage/support reporting and analysis of inventories, inventory reserves, slow-moving inventories, obsolete inventories, scrap, and inter-company transfers.
- Assist with both internal and external audits.
- Daily interface with manufacturing personnel and production planners. Assist planning and scheduling to improve inventory controls and internal programs.
- Participate in the preparation of cost price data packages for government contract proposals.
- Perform other related duties and specified projects as required.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office including advanced skills in Excel.
- Prior experience with Oracle, GLWAND, and HFM is a plus.
- Prior experience within Defense & Aerospace industry is a plus.
- SOX internal control assessments (Section 404) experience.
- A highly productive self-starter with a very strong work ethic and commitment to excellence.
- Strong accountability and detail oriented; prepares accurate and timely work product.
- Strong communication, presentation, leadership, interpersonal, planning, and problem-solving skills.
- Must have excellent analytical skills; a sound understanding of accounting principles.
- Well organized and self-directed with the ability to relate to all levels of an organization.
- Must be a team player with high energy.
- Ability to multi-task, work under pressure, and meet deadlines required.
- Self-driven, intellectually curious individual with a high sense of personal ownership and intellectual curiosity.
- Someone who defines success based on problems solved and improvements made.
- Looks beyond the status quo to the way things should be, unafraid to address obstacles standing between today and the ideal future state.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance or accounting.
- 10-15 years of finance/accounting experience with a minimum of 3 years in a manufacturing plant environment.
- CPA, MBA, or CMA are a plus.
- Able to lift up to 25 pounds.
- Must wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which is required in designated areas.
SIG SAUER, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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