Piramal Critical Care · 21 hours ago
Site Financial Controller
Bethlehem, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expPiramal Critical Care is seeking a Site Financial Controller to provide financial leadership at the Bethlehem Manufacturing Site. The role involves financial performance improvement, budget preparation, variance analysis, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards while supporting the plant management team in understanding financial impacts and driving cost efficiencies.
Health Care
Hiring Manager
Zach Everingham
Responsibilities
Provide leadership and management of the manufacturing finance organization at the Bethlehem site
Partner with the Site Head to improve the financial performance, functioning as financial advisor to Site and Quality Heads. Support improved profitability by identifying financial underperformance, cost leakages, and inefficient manufacturing operations early. Identify cost and efficiency improvement opportunities and evaluate investment opportunities through in-depth financial analyses and appropriate recommendations
Contribute to the growth and development of the plant management team by ensuring that all team members understand the economics of the plant, the financial contribution needed from each manufacturing operation or functional area, the required financial return needed from investments in capital or inventory, and the potential financial impact of loss of production, productive time, scrap, etc. Be the “financial conscience” of the plant management team, a change agent, and a vocal advocate of continuous improvement
Ensure timely and accurate accounting, per GAAP, company policies and commonly employed methods used in complex, multi-step chemical manufacturing environments. Ensure proper valuation and accounting for manufacturing variances, overhead costs, fixed assets, and inventory. Meet closing schedules and provide meaningful analyses of the monthly, quarterly, and yearly plant results immediately following the close
Establish meaningful, timely, and accurate product standard costs that reflect the manufacturing process
Responsible for reviewing the payback / ROI of the capital projects. Monitor the project's progress, assess financial impact, and document the reason in case of project delays. Periodic review of the planned payback / ROI with actuals and suggest improvement plan. Conduct periodic physical verification of the fixed assets to ensure they tie in with the financial books
Responsible for developing key forward-looking operational metrics and drivers of plant performance and establishing and maintaining daily and monthly reporting
Responsible for establishing and maintaining a system of internal controls over plant inventory (including physical inventories and cycle counting procedures), fixed assets, consumables, transactions, and expenditures. Responsible for achieving and maintaining Sarbanes Oxley compliance at the site
Responsible for developing zero-based annual plant budgets, forecasts, and measurements against these targets throughout the year
Responsible for identifying information needs and driving improvement in plant systems. Champion and guide the development of value-added reporting and information from the SAP system
Partner with the regional supply chain to manage and drive the Bethlehem plant's inventory improvement
Work with the IT team to drive system automation and improvements and develop efficient processes and controls
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Account, finance, or related
8-12 years of manufacturing finance experience
At least three years in a business partner role
Working knowledge of GAAP, sales and use tax, and property tax laws
Hands-on experience in product costing, inventory control, variance analysis, and zero-based budget preparation
Thorough understanding of process costing, accounting for multi-step chemical manufacturing processes, including by-products or recycle streams
Proficient in FICO, SD, MM, and PP modules in SAP (mandatory)
Experience in capital project control and analysis
Prior experience establishing and overseeing internal controls for a manufacturing plant
Working knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley requirements
Advanced knowledge of Excel required
Preferred
MBA desirable
Experience in a pharmaceutical or life-science company
Experience implementing activity-based costing
Company
Piramal Critical Care
Piramal Critical Care is a global leader in the field of anesthesia with a range of inhalation anesthesia solutions such as Sevoflurane.
201-500 employees
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