Plant Controller

Experiencing together a unique human adventure

Animal health is key to the health of the planet. Working at Virbac means taking part in a unique human adventure in which the engagement of each individual contributes to its evolution. Encouraging internal mobility between positions and countries, offering individual development plans and building a partnership based on trust between managers and employees are as many perspectives of motivation for our teams. We also offer them a work environment conducive to exploring new territories and balancing their professional and personal lives. Finally, fostering their engagement to animal health also means listening to them and helping them to acquire new skills, preparing them for the challenges of tomorrow and encouraging them to contribute to an ever more responsible approach to our business.  

Plant Controller

Virbac Animal Health is seeking a Plant Controller for our Finance Team.  The Plant Controller plan, organize, direct and control the accounting of the results of the industrial operations’ activities, including reporting of the operational results and ensuring that adequate internal controls exist and are complied with in the industrial operations area.  This role drives and improves the industrial operations control tools of Virbac Corporation in order to measure and analyze the performance of the industrial operations’ activities to ultimately improve costs and manufacturing efficiencies, invested capital optimization and internal control effectiveness.

Qualified candidates should have experience in the following:

• 8-12 years working in a Manufacturing Environment

• Strong Cost Accounting background (Product Costing and Inventory valuation, BOM management and development).

• ERP system familiarity –Inform M3 a plus

• Ability to work cross functionally to drive results

This exciting position will work in Bridgeton, MO.  It comes with an excellent benefits package including generous time off, 401k + match, life, medical, dental, and vision benefits, and more!

Area of responsibility 1: [Monitoring of Industrial Operations activity].

Main activities

• Participate in the monitoring of the industrial operations activity through financial and operational reporting, consistently evaluate and analyze performance, and provide reliable decision making tools, including but not limited to, manufacturing variance and the inventory valuation.
• Contribute to the optimization of production costs by supporting production management in quantifying and analyzing production measures.
• Oversee inventory valuation, preparation of the monthly inventory reserve analysis, and roll-forward of inventory reserve.
• Validate internal controls on a regular basis to ensure that controls remain appropriate and effective.
• Oversee the physical inventory count process including implementation and maintenance of a perpetual inventory count process that meets internal and audit requirements (thus transitioning the company away from an annual physical inventory count).
• Forecast and model activity-levels, taking into account financial, technical, planning and production aspects.

Expected results: Optimization of Industrial Operations’ activities

Area of responsibility 2: [Reporting of Industrial Operations activity]

Main activities

• Provide the reporting required to and to analyze and control the performance of the Industrial Operations activities: Purchasing, Planning, Manufacturing, Inventory, Logistics, and Investments.
• Analyze the performance of industrial processes in collaboration with operational management by producing relevant reports and indicators
• Report and analyze the manufacturing variance in partnership with finance and operations.
• Define production costs to ensure consistency, accuracy and appropriate tracking.

Expected results: Improved Industrial Operations’ performance

Area of responsibility 3: [Manage standard cost system].

Main activities

1. Manage and Monitor the standard cost system in the framework of the VB Group cost methodology including the following related activities:

a. Refining the applied methodology and ensuring that it is consistently applied

b. Calculate, analyze and report item costing and manufacturing information for the annual budget process.

• Prepare standard cost budgets taking into account:
• Manufacturing volumes relates to budgeted sales volumes
• Direct labor hours and related budgeted costs
• Overhead absorption rates based upon manufacturing volumes and budgeted indirect manufacturing cost
• Over/under absorption of manufacturing overheads
• Material standards

c. Validate and approve all changes to standards

• Calculate and simulate standard and actual production costs including estimated production cost of new products.

d. Accounting for, analyzing and reporting on variances between actual and standard costs

Expected results:  Standard Costs are relevant and reasonably represent valid costs.

Area of responsibility 4: [Management of STL Accounting]

Main activities

• Provide leadership for the STL accounting staff through proper control, support, supervision, coordination and training.
• Establish policies and procedures with regards to manufacturing accounting.

Expected results: STL Accounting operates efficiently and effectively on behalf of the Company

Area of responsibility 5: [Other]

Main activities

• Assist in projects linked to information systems and tools implementation.

Expected results: Effective tools related to Industrial Operations

Profile

Requirements (Diploma and experience)

• Accounting Degree required – CPA or CMA preferred
• 8-12 years experience in a manufacturing environment with at least 5 years experience in a management capacity.

Skills

• Managing Standard Costing Systems in Manufacturing Environment. 
• ERP experience, preferrably Infor M3 Movex.
• Cross Functional Communication and Partnership.