Assistant Financial Controller

Probe Recruitment are supporting a Manufacturing organisation in Lichfield who are looking for an Assistant Plant Controller with responsibility for controlling all plant costs and internal controls, compiling the annual budgets/forecasts and ensuring that all statutory reporting requirements are met.

• Control of Plant Direct Margin Costs: Control all direct margin costs at part level.
• Change Control: Review and approval of sales price, BOM and standard costs changes. Develop reporting systems to communicate impact of changes
• Standard Costs: Set up and maintain standard costing for existing parts. Develop reporting systems to communicate financial margins at part, commodity and vehicle level
• New vehicle projects: Review new program costs down to EBITDA level. Ensure integrity between programs reported profits and plant level profitability. Develop reporting systems to communicate profitability status at program milestones.
• Launch costs: Control and report all plant launch costs. Work with launch team to prepare annual launch forecast
• Monthly forecasting: Support Plant Controller during monthly forecasting process.
• P&L responsibility: Full responsibility for specific P&L lines.
• Month End procedures: Journal preparation, P&L and Balance Sheet analysis during 3 day close. Balance Sheet reconciliation
• Corporate reporting: Complete monthly direct margin report for monthly management information pack including commentary. Support Plant Controller on other reports required for monthly management pack.