Work Model: This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.
Position OverviewThe Manager II, Site Controller is the finance leader for the Charlotte, NC manufacturing plant, a $100M+ annual revenue operation. This high-impact role leads financial planning, reporting, analysis, controls, and performance management while serving as a strategic business partner to the Plant Manager and plant leadership team.
The Site Controller links financial results to operational execution by turning data into clear insights and actionable recommendations. This position helps drive profitability, productivity, working capital, and continuous improvement while ensuring accurate financial planning and reporting, strong internal controls, and disciplined processes that support timely decision-making.
Key Responsibilities- Serve as a strategic business partner to the plant leadership team by translating financial and operational performance into clear insights, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
- Lead monthly close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, corporate reporting submissions, and coordination with central accounting and audit partners.
- Lead the monthly forecast, annual operating plan and ongoing business review activities.
- Lead variance analysis, clearly explaining key drivers, assumptions, risks, opportunities, and required actions.
- Drive plant performance management by analyzing sales, mix, production costs, margin, productivity, and other key operational drivers.
- Partner with operations on make/buy decisions, SIOP, capital investments, labor planning, inventory management, and other performance analyses.
- Develop KPIs, reporting tools, and Power BI dashboards that improve data visibility and drive action-oriented decisions.
- Drive cost-out, productivity, and margin improvement initiatives across the plant.
- Lead product costing, annual standards roll, physical inventory support, and inventory valuation.
- Maintain accounting practices, procedures, and internal controls in accordance with GAAP, SOX, company policy, and applicable compliance requirements; support timely remediation of control gaps.
- Lead one Finance team member by setting priorities, managing performance, and ensuring alignment with key finance and operations partners.
- Train and coach non-financial leaders on financial concepts to improve accountability and decision quality.
- Support special projects, process improvements, and business transformation efforts.
Required Skills and Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
- CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience, including cost accounting and controllership.
- Strong operational finance and business partnership skills, with the ability to connect plant performance to actions that improve margin, productivity, and working capital.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing operations and key performance drivers.
- Strong analytical judgment, with the ability to identify trends, risks, and opportunities and translate data into actionable recommendations.
- Power BI experience preferred.
- Effective communication, presentation, influencing, and collaboration skills, with the ability to simplify financial information for cross-functional and senior audiences.
- High accountability, follow-through, and say/do ratio.
- Results-oriented, organized, and hands-on, with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities.
- ERP proficiency with SAP, OneStream, or related system.
- Commitment to safety, compliance, confidentiality, continuous improvement, and Regal Rexnord values.
Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a 'U.S. Person', which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position.
Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship to obtain or keep U.S. work authorization.
Benefits- Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
- Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
- Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Paid Leaves
- Tuition Assistance
