At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage plant financial performance and lead cost-saving initiatives.
- Company: EnerSys, a global leader in stored energy solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make a real impact in a global manufacturing environment.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in finance, experience with ERP systems, and strong analytical skills.
The predicted salary is between 56700 - 69300 £ per year.
EnerSys is a global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. We have over thirty manufacturing and assembly plants worldwide servicing over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries. Worldwide headquarters are located in Reading, PA, USA with regional headquarters in Europe and Asia. We complement our extensive line of Motive Power and Energy Systems with a full range of integrated services and systems.
Job Purpose
The job description is pending.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The Plant Controller is accountable for managing plant financial performance, with full analysis and advice on the financial impact of management decisions, forecasting and budgeting, and implementing systems and reporting practices that support best practice governance and control environments.
Qualifications
- Extensive experience leading and managing professional teams and managing a finance function as Finance Manager/Controller
- Minimum of 5 years’ accounting experience in a heavy industrial manufacturing environment
- Excellent working knowledge and application of ERP (including SAP) and Excel
- Extensive experience of implementation and development of finance systems, controls and processes
- Qualified CIMA (preferred) or ACCA/ACA
- Experience working for a global manufacturing company in a matrix working environment
Key Responsibilities
- Review and manage the plant expense structure. Identify and lead cost savings initiatives through established EnerSys frameworks like MDI and X-Matrix
- Review and validate plant monthly financial results in accordance with company rules
- Perform month-end closing for related operations and cost transactions. Analyse the cost drivers, prepare monthly variance reports on plan and forecast differences and their causes, on operating level for scrap, material cost and usage, and production efficiencies
- Provide analysis and advice to management team on plant financial performance
- Lead the preparation, review of the Newport plant annual budget together with management in line with the Company’s strategy and Group reporting principles
- Cooperate closely with UK Financial Controller to ensure plant performance is properly reflected in actual results, forecasts and budgets
- Establish and maintain systems and controls over inventory and plant fixed assets
- Establish and maintain accurate and reliable product costing process in an integrated manufacturing ERP system
- Manage, review and correct accordingly Transfer Prices applied by the plant on Interco shipments in line with EnerSys policy
- Review production scrap process and identifies scrap reduction initiatives
- Manage capital investment projects financial assessment and payback criteria and support implementation of capital projects
Financial Controller - Maternity cover 12 months in Newport employer: EnerSys Ltd. - UK
EnerSys is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Reading, PA, where innovation meets tradition in the industrial energy sector. With a strong commitment to employee development, we provide extensive training and growth opportunities, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence. Our focus on diversity and inclusion ensures that every team member feels valued, making EnerSys not just a workplace, but a community dedicated to powering the future.
