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Vulcan Elements, a manufacturer of American rare-earth permanent magnets for defense, aerospace, and automotive applications, is seeking a Plant Controller to lead site-level financial operations at their commercial manufacturing facility in Benson, NC.
You will serve as the financial backbone of plant operations, partnering daily with finance and operations leadership while reporting into the corporate finance organization. This is a hands-on role in a fast-moving, scaling environment where you'll build cost accounting infrastructure, establish financial controls, and drive financial discipline as the facility expands.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own daily and monthly plant financial results and KPIs, reporting to plant and corporate leadership
- Serve as site finance lead for ERP and MES initiatives, ensuring data integrity between production systems and the general ledger
- Collaborate with FP&A on inventory costing and management to ensure accurate financial reporting
- Partner with operations and manufacturing engineering to translate shop-floor data into accurate costing, yield, and other reporting
- Manage plant-level fixed asset accounting and reporting
- Own site-level month-end close, including inventory, fixed assets, accruals, and intercompany activity on corporate close calendar
- Design, document, and operate site-level internal controls over inventory, costing, fixed assets, and procurement; support SOX-readiness and external audit requests
- Build and develop a site finance/cost accounting team as the plant scales
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field
- 7–10+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience, including significant time in a plant controller, cost accounting manager, or similar site-level manufacturing finance role
- Deep experience in manufacturing, industrial, or technology environments
- Experience in a high-growth or scaling enterprise with comfort building processes, not just running them
- Strong US GAAP knowledge in areas relevant to manufacturing and fixed assets (ASC 330 Inventory, ASC 360 Fixed Assets)
- Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Proven leadership and communication skills with ability to collaborate across departments
- Experience with government contracting is a plus
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities
