Prysmian Group

Taunton Plant Controller

Prysmian Group$90K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
  • 4+ years experience in manufacturing plant accounting and controlling
  • Strong Excel and software/systems skills
  • SAP knowledge (preferred)
  • Certifications: CPA, CGMA or CMA (preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Analyze and forecast manufacturing variances to drive smarter decisions
  • Partner with Plant Management to achieve productivity savings and budget commitments
  • Lead plant-wide budgeting and forecasting processes
  • Provide financial oversight for inventory accuracy
  • Maintain precise records of financial transactions per corporate standards
  • Develop and maintain product cost standards
  • Coordinate the annual Capital Budget with financial justifications
  • Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting and month-end closings
  • Support internal and external audits
  • Take on additional responsibilities to strengthen plant performance

Benefits

  • Strategic role in maximizing profitability and guiding plant goals
  • Opportunity to impact operations and long-term growth
  • Engagement with management team for financial insight and contribution
  • Leadership position in financial oversight and budgeting processes
  • Collaboration with plant management on financial decisions
Full Job Description

Team Overview and Job responsibilities

As the Plant Controller, you’ll be a key strategic partner on the management team, helping maximize profitability, strengthen financial performance, and guide the plant toward its goals. You’ll blend analytical expertise with business insight, influencing decisions that directly impact operations, productivity, and long‑term growth.

This is your chance to step into a role where your financial leadership truly matters.

What you’ll do:

  • Analyze and forecast manufacturing variances to help drive smarter decisions
  • Partner with Plant Management to deliver productivity savings and meet budget commitments
  • Lead and coordinate plant‑wide budgeting and forecasting processes
  • Provide financial oversight for physical inventory counts and accuracy
  • Maintain precise records of assets, liabilities, and transactions in alignment with corporate standards
  • Develop and maintain cost standards for all products produced
  • Coordinate the annual Capital Budget, including financial justification and expenditure control
  • Ensure timely, accurate reporting and monthly closings for Operations and Corporate
  • Support internal and external audits
  • Take on additional responsibilities that help strengthen plant performance

Who are we looking for?

Qualifications:

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field ​ - Accounting or Finance
  • 4+ years experience in manufacturing plant accounting and controlling
  • Strong Excel and software/systems skills

Preferred:

  • SAP knowledge
  • Certifications: CPA, CGMA or CMA

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About Prysmian Group

Prysmian Group is a world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry. With almost 140 years of experience, sales of over €11 billion, and about 29,000 employees in over 50 countries and 112 plants, the Group is strongly positioned in high-tech markets and offers the widest possible range of products, services, technologies and know-how. It operates in the businesses of underground and submarine cables and systems for power transmission and distribution, of special cables for applications in many different industries and of medium and low voltage cables for the construction and infrastructure sectors.
Learn more about Prysmian Group
Size
29,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1905

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