System One is assisting a client with a search for an Operations Finance Controller to serve as the on-site finance partner to plant leadership, owning budgeting/forecasting and performance management. This role focuses on FP&A, operational finance, and analytics (not transactional accounting), driving visibility into cost, margin, inventory, and capital to support decision-making. This role will be located in Longview, Texas.

Responsibilities

• Partner with plant leadership to provide decision-ready financial insights
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and driver-based planning; explain key changes
• Perform variance analysis with root-cause and action items
• Build and maintain plant KPI dashboards (labor, overhead, scrap, inventory, margin)
• Improve costing and margin transparency; link operations to financial results
• Collaborate with cost accounting on standard cost inputs and assumptions
• Support inventory performance and physical inventory analytics/reconciliation
• Lead capex planning, ROI modeling, and investment tracking
• Identify and track cost reduction initiatives
• Lead/develop plant finance team and support SOX-aware controls

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field
• 8+ years in manufacturing finance, plant FP&A, or operations finance
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing KPIs and cost drivers
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with non-finance leaders
• Experience building dashboards and performance reporting
• Preferred: standard costing, physical inventory, cost reduction leadership
• Preferred: MBA, CPA, or CMA
• Major plus: SAP (FI/CO or manufacturing data flows)
• On-site initially with potential flexibility after ramp-up

Salary

Salary: $130K - $160K