Spectrum Brands

Plant Finance Manager

Spectrum Brands$90K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required
  • 5+ years of experience in Accounting or Operations Finance
  • Experience in a manufacturing/plant environment
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
  • Knowledge of SAP is highly desired

Responsibilities

  • Be an active participant in the Bridgeton Leadership team
  • Prepare and present financial performance guidance to leadership
  • Partner with Operations to implement and track cost savings initiatives
  • Develop the annual operating plan for the facility
  • Complete monthly journal entries and accounting close process
  • Analyze Purchase Price Variances and communicate findings
  • Perform labor analysis and provide reporting

Benefits

  • Collaborative leadership team environment
  • Opportunities for cost savings impact
  • Involvement in budgeting and financial oversight
  • Employee participation in key decision-making
  • Variety of accounting functions in a manufacturing setting
Full Job Description
Job Summary
This position will be responsible for all accounting and finance functions at the Bridgeton, MO Manufacturing facility. The tasks will include, but are not limited to: Monthly close activities for the facility, annual and monthly forecast, variance analysis and financial report outs to the plant leadership team and Senior leadership. The role will also be an active participant on the Bridgeton leadership team for the oversight and leadership of budgeting and evaluating manufacturing costs versus established standards including variance analysis, accounting for other cost of sales accounts, and analyzing budget variances. This will include monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting and budgeting.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities
  • Be an active participant of the Bridgeton Leadership team and the financial business partner for the Bridgeton Manufacturing facility.
  • Prepare, present and provide guidance on the financial performance to the Bridgeton Leadership team.
  • Partner with Operations to determine, implement, track and report on cost savings initiatives.
  • Develop the annual operating plan (AOP) for the Bridgeton facility.
  • Complete the monthly journal entries and the accounting close process for the Bridgeton facility.
  • Analyze Purchase Price Variances and Purchase Order Variance.
  • Review Scrap, and various spend categories and communicate results with Bridgeton Leadership.
  • Perform labor analysis and reporting.
  • Responsible for the annual standard cost setting process for Bridgeton including setting Overhead rates, analyzing routes and setting Raw Material Cost.
  • Perform year over year standard cost analysis for Bridgeton.
  • Review, analyze and roll costs for all new products for Bridgeton as needed.
  • Work with the New Product Development team to ensure accurate cost estimates for proposed new products
  • Review and approve cycle count results.
  • Provide detailed Inventory reporting by product line.
  • Facilitate excess and obsolete review and disposals.
  • Review and Monitor all Capital Expenditures to ensure projects are on budget, on time and meet financial projections of the project
  • Maintain and provide EHS metrics.
  • Assist and communicate with internal and external auditors.

Education and Experience Profile
  • Role not eligible for sponsorship
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required
  • Experience working in a manufacturing/plant environment required
  • 5 or more years' experience in Accounting or Operations Finance required
  • Advanced user of Microsoft Excel required
  • Knowledge of SAP is highly desired

Required Skills
  • Requires creativity in problem solving
  • Ability to multi-task effectively and efficiently
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Requires refined organizational and time management skills
  • Focus and drive towards industry leadership and best practices
  • High degree of integrity and work ethics

Work Environment
Working Conditions: Both an office and manufacturing environment

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

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About Spectrum Brands

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. is an American diversified company established in 2005 as the successor company to Rayovac Corporation. Rayovac had been located in Wisconsin since its inception as The French Battery Company in 1906. Rayovac Corporation made batteries, flashlights and battery-powered products. Spectrum Brands Holdings acquired United Industries Corporation in 2012. United Industries Corporation manufactures and markets home and garden pest control products, insect repellents and personal care products. Spectrum Brands Holdings acquired Armored AutoGroup in 2015. Armored AutoGroup manufactures and markets appearance and performance products for consumer and commercial vehicles under the Armor All and STP brands. Spectrum Brands Holdings acquired PetMatrix, LLC in 2015. PetMatrix manufactures and markets pet chews and treats under the DreamBone and SmartBones brands.
Learn more about Spectrum Brands
Size
12,100 employees
Market Cap
$2.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$205.6 million
Founded
2007
5 Year Trend
-3.3%
Revenue
$4.2 billion
NASDAQ

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