AMETEK · Whitsett, North Carolina, US

Plant Controller

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Join our team as a Plant Controller and play a key role in driving financial performance and operational excellence across our manufacturing facility. This position blends hands-on cost accounting, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration to support business unit goals.

What you will do:

  • Maintain and optimize the plant’s cost accounting system and controls
  • Analyze sales, cost of sales, labor, product costing, and inventory variances
  • Lead weekly financial forecasting and monthly reconciliations
  • Coordinate physical inventories and analyze results across departments and global vendors
  • Prepare journal entries and manage standard costing, labor rates, and overhead allocations
  • Conduct variance analysis and partner with teams to resolve cost discrepancies
  • Lead annual operating and capital budget preparation
  • Manage a Staff Accountant, providing guidance, support and development opportunities
  • Interface daily with manufacturing and planning teams to improve inventory control
  • Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley procedures and support quarterly testing
  • Deliver accurate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial reporting

What we are looking for:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
  • 5–7 years of accounting experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
  • Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
  • Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
  • Proficiency in interpreting operational documents and applying statistical analysis
  • Experience with Oracle and Hyperion is a plus

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Of the 225 Corporate – Finance & Accounting jobs on Talentify in North Carolina, 34 list pay per year.

Taking the midpoint of each listed range, the middle half pay 60,438–91,581 USD per year and the median is 70,000 USD per year.

22 of these 34 name no currency; they are counted as USD because the jobs are in the United States.

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