JOB DESCRIPTION
Plant Controller Summary: This role is a senior-level accounting/finance position focused on plant financial management, reporting, and analysis within an automotive manufacturing environment.
General Accounting & Close
- Lead monthly, quarterly, yearly closes
- Prepare and review journal entries & accruals
- Perform balance sheet reconciliations and prepare additional journal entries. Adjust Balance Sheet Accounts for Accruals
- Prepare and Validate trial balance & financial statements. Able to explain Financial Statements
- Define allocation methodology
- Reconcile HFM vs SAP
- Support audits and compliance (SOX)
- Provide information about inter- and intra-company discrepancies
Management Reporting
- Perform variance analysis (actual vs budget/forecast)
- Analyze performance by plant/platform
- Provide insights to local leadership
- Create and distribute management reports
Cost Accounting/Inventory Accounting
- Manage inventory valuation and movements
- Reconcile physical inventory
- Analyze inventory variances and losses
- Maintain inventory accounting processes
Finance
- Support tax, accruals, and financial controls
- Monitor operational financial performance
- Ensure accurate inventory accounting across plant
Fixed Assets/Project Accounting
- Manage capital expenditures (CapEx)
- Track projects vs capital asset requests
- Decide on capitalization + CIP settlement
- Handle asset retirements, write-offs
- Support capital grants and reporting
- Summarize capital expenditure plan for plant > ( Preparation & Authorization)
- Interact with program controller & CBUs for plant to create correct input
- Verify fixed assets inventory and request adjustments
Consolidation
- Prepare and distribute financial information
Budgeting & Forecasting
- Build and review budgets and forecasts
- Collaborate with operations & business units to review profit plans, forecast, and receive & verify budgeting assumptions.
- Develop planning & budgeting assumptions for the plant
- Support profit planning
General
- Apply, execute and maintain function related BOS issues
- safety/ergonomic committees, participating in safety Kaizen events, participating in safety audits and safety observation feedback events.
- Complete safety inspections, employee observations, and monthly safety training as assigned.
Plant Controller Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
- 8+ years in Accounting/Finance with a strong Manufacturing background.
- Strong preference for: Automotive manufacturing & Plant finance environment.
- Fluent in MS Office applications, Advanced in MS Excel.
- Experience with ERP's: SAP and HFM applications preferred.
- Strong understanding of SOX / internal controls
Soft Skills
- Ability to handle ambiguity and deadlines
- Strong analytical thinking
- Effective communication / presentation skills
- Cross-functional collaboration with operations teams
PRIMARY LOCATION
West Point FacilitySkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 8+ years in Accounting/Finance
- Strong preference for Automotive manufacturing & Plant finance environment
- Fluent in MS Office applications, Advanced in MS Excel
- Experience with ERP's: SAP and HFM applications
- Strong understanding of SOX / internal controls
Adient Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Adient and has not been reviewed or approved by Adient.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company matching contributions is highlighted, with corporate filings indicating ongoing employer match funding. This provides meaningful long-term savings support for U.S. employees.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays and PTO/vacation are included, with indications that PTO levels compare favorably to some peers. Parental/family leave is also available in certain contexts.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage are offered alongside HSAs/FSAs and protection benefits such as life/AD&D. These elements establish a comprehensive baseline that strengthens the overall package.
Adient Insights
What We Do
Adient is a global leader in automotive seating. With approximately 77,000 employees in 32 countries, Adient operates 202 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into more than 19 million vehicles every year.
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