Cost Controller

4 weeks ago

Decatur, United States voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC Full time
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Join Our Team at voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak

Embark on a rewarding career journey with voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak, North America's premier designer and manufacturer of special trackwork. With a legacy spanning 160 years, we lead the industry in shaping the future of rail solutions. As part of the voestalpine Railway Systems global network, we are committed to delivering quality products and services, including rails, turnouts, fastening systems, signaling technologies, and monitoring solutions. Operating with a presence across Canada, the US, and Mexico, we prioritize the well-being of our people, global mobility, and sustainability and innovation.

Our people are the foundation of our success. Skilled, motivated, and results-driven individuals shape our culture demonstrating our core values of Respect, Responsibility, Curiosity, Courage, Passion, and Diversity each day. This commitment is more than shared values; it extends to shared responsibilities for safety and quality, showing genuine care for one another's growth and development, a commitment to our customers, and fostering strong relationships within the Nortrak Team and with our customers.

We are currently looking for a Plant Controller / Cost Controller to join our team in Decatur, IL.

PURPOSE OF POSITION

Reporting directly to the Vice President, Controlling, the Plant Controller/ Cost Controller for vaRS Nortrak’s foundry located in Decatur, IL is responsible to perform and lead a variety of financial management and reporting responsibilities. This role will also work closely with the local plant management team.

TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety:

  • Complies with all Nortrak safety policies and regulations.

Financial Management and Reporting:

  • Complete month-end procedures and prepare internal management reports.
  • Analyze profitability by product, project, and customer.
  • Lead monthly financial reviews with the CFO, VP Controlling, Plant Manager, and other departments.
  • Support process improvement initiatives and assist with cost saving plans.
  • Perform profitability and cost analyses for a variety of projects, investments, and products.
  • Assist decision making at a plant level with regular and ad-hoc analyses.
  • Prepare internal budgets and monitor actual results against budget.
  • Prepare quarterly revenue forecasts in collaboration with the production team.
  • Work closely with Purchasing, HR, and Sales to optimize cost, pricing and overhead.

Inventory and costing:

  • Manage product costing in SAP and review standard costs monthly.
  • Review and reconcile labor reports and analyze actuals vs production benchmarks.
  • Monitor inventory costing, balance, and movement.
  • Collaborate with Production Team in managing inventory counts and various operations.
  • Identify, investigate, and resolve costing and labor variances with different groups.

Other:

  • Monitor and enforce compliance with internal policies at the plant level.
  • Monitor vendor invoices, provide classification, and address errors.
  • Monitor and resolve sales order issues with Sales and Account Managers.
  • Ad-hoc reporting and financial management tasks as required.
  • Support plant team with analytical and financial tasks.
  • Ensures all costing is current, accurate and complete. Continuously verifies estimated costs against actuals.
  • Manage deadlines and prioritize bids based on complexity, priority, and risks.

Cost:

  • Maintains knowledge of state-of-practice. Identifies and recommends cost effective material, design, and process options.
  • Liaise with sub-trades for quotations and analyze quotes compared to historical data.
  • Use financial and non-financial data to make informed assumptions for costing.

People:

  • Build and nurture healthy working relationships with a wide range of employees.
  • Take interest and ownership of your responsibilities.
  • Participate and engage in different initiatives as needed.
  • Actively participate in production meetings to gain an understanding of products and manufacturing procedures.
  • Perform peer-review on other estimators’ work and provide feedback.
  • Eager to improve and support other estimators.
  • Maintain and collaborate a good working relationship with other functions and divisions.

ENVIRONMENTAL:

  • Adhere to Nortrak's Environmental Procedures, Practices and Policies.

QUALITIFCATIONS:

Education:

  • Undergraduate Degree in Accounting, Business or Finance or equivalent – CPA or CMA is an asset.
  • Minimum of 3+ years of accounting experience, ideally in manufacturing – exposure to foundry is an asset.

Experience:

  • Experience with financial planning and analysis
  • Understanding of cost accounting methodologies
  • Ability to analyze financial and non-financial data and be able to clearly articulate opportunities for improvement and/or risk areas.
  • Advanced Excel, Word, and Power Point skills
  • Experience with ERP systems – ideally SAP
  • Strong analytical and interpersonal skills combined with sound professional judgement.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


PHYSICAL DEMANDS WHEN AT MANUFACTURING FACILITIES:

  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
  • Occasional standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or climbing.
  • Must be able to lift or handle up to 25 pounds at times.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
  • Occasional travel may be required which includes walking, standing, sitting, and driving from short to long periods of time.

Benefits:

  • A supportive, family oriented Nortrak Blue culture
  • We provide an environment where Health and Safety is our #1 priority.
  • Career development opportunities and competitive pay progression
  • Competitive medical, dental & vision benefits
  • Company paid life and disability insurance.
  • Paid holidays and vacation.
  • Retirement plan with matching contributions
  • Tuition Assistance Program
  • Wellness Program
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Employee Recognition Programs

If you think you have the necessary qualifications and drive to excel in our team, we invite you to apply now and join us at voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak. Apply today

voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, and any other federal, state, or locally protected classifications.

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Company Descriptionvoestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak, with ten production facilities across Canada, US and Mexico, is North America’s leading designer and manufacturer of special trackwork for the railway industry. As the industry’s technology leader, we take pride in providing superior products, excellent customer service and unbeatable engineering design services to our customers. We are committed to bringing innovative solutions, products, and services to our customers across rail freight and transit segments.Company Descriptionvoestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak, with ten production facilities across Canada, US and Mexico, is North America’s leading designer and manufacturer of special trackwork for the railway industry. As the industry’s technology leader, we take pride in providing superior products, excellent customer service and unbeatable engineering design services to our customers. We are committed to bringing innovative solutions, products, and services to our customers across rail freight and transit segments.

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