Assistant Controller

Basic Purpose
Oversees the financial performance of the plant, including the manufacturing and distribution of finished good products. Provide financial guidance to allow proper business decisions to be made. Standard cost analysis, productivity, capital. Margin analysis, financial reporting, and vendor management
Will be responsible for York location of Hain Celestial manufacturing Parmcrisp brand. Opportunity to cross train in finance department for Garden Veggie & Terra at Mountville Plant. Plants are 14 miles apart.
Tasks are to be completed while maintaining the highest safety, food safety and quality, cost and GMP standards in a high-speed manufacturing environment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
* Establishes financial direction and policy for the entire operation, while acting as a Change Agent, requiring the ability to manage continuous improvement initiatives across all departments and levels
* Cross train with Mountville Plant controller and Assistant Controller to standardize reporting between both plants. Up to 25% of role after initial ramp up period in York is complete.
* Ensure costs are properly recorded and meet GAAP requirements and oversees closing processes for various financial periods
* Ownership of all Capital and Productivity projects at York location
* Develop the Plant budget and track actual results versus budget
* Develop Quarterly forecasts and track actual results versus budget
* Close interaction with production team to validate labor and overhead on skus
* Ownership of all Plant billings and vendor management. Will need to work closely with AP & Indirect procurement to maintain COUPA payment system.
* Analyzes new products for costs and margin. Will be large portion of position for first year or two. Need to work closely with brand team
* Maintain data integrity of PRISM system for cost centers, accounts, copacker information, sku data, bill of materials and any offline data reconciliations.
* Collaborates with Plant Management in determining costs of new products and analyzing the cost benefit of potential Capital projects.
* Inputs all physical inventory count results and prepare variance analysis.
* Responsible for reporting food safety and quality issues and initiate action, as necessary.
* Follow all Food Safety guidelines, such as, but not limited to:
* GMP's
* Allergen Program
* Quality
* HACCP
* Sanitation
* Safety
* Other duties and analysis as needed