Plant Controller
- Location
- Grandview, MO
- Listed
- Today
What You'll Do
- Lead plant accounting, financial reporting, and control processes across multiple sites.
- Ensure accurate reporting of standard costs, production variances, and key performance indicators.
- Improve monthly close processes, reconciliations, forecasting methods, and reporting accuracy.
- Partner with plant leadership and Corporate Finance to turn financial data into operational actions.
- Analyze yield, scrap, absorption, labor efficiency, throughput, and other key cost drivers.
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, product costing, and margin analysis.
- Identify opportunities to reduce costs and improve margins across labor, materials, and overhead.
- Maintain strong internal controls and support internal and external audit requirements.
- Improve inventory accuracy, reserves, cycle counts, aging analysis, and working capital visibility.
- Evaluate capital expenditure proposals using ROI modeling and scenario analysis.
- Support long-term planning, ERP/data integrity improvements, automation, dashboards, and management reporting.
- Mentor finance and operations teams and promote transparency, accountability, and cross-functional partnership.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive finance/accounting experience, including at least 3 years in manufacturing.
- Strong knowledge of cost accounting, standard costing, and variance analysis.
- Proven ability to partner with operations and influence cross-functional teams.
- Experience improving close processes, forecasting, and internal controls.
- Proficiency with JD Edwards (JDE) EnterpriseOne ERP, Excel, and business intelligence tools.
Work Environment
This is an on-site position in Grandview, Missouri, with regular presence on the plant floor.
Why Silgan?
- Join a global organization where innovation, teamwork, inclusion, and continuous improvement drive everything we do. You'll have the opportunity to grow your HR technology career while supporting employees around the world.
- Join Silgan Dispensing and help strengthen the financial and operational performance of our manufacturing organization.
About Silgan Dispensing
Silgan Dispensing is seeking a Plant Controller to serve as a key financial and strategic partner for our multi-site manufacturing operation in Grandview, Missouri. This role will lead plant-level accounting and financial controls while providing the insight and analysis needed to improve operational performance, forecasting, cost discipline, and decision-making.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Silgan Dispensing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. 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, age, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.
All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.
Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Continued employment remains on an "at-will" basis.
Silgan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or the presence of a disability, which would not prevent the performance of essential job duties with, or without reasonable accommodation of any other protective status.
Silgan is a drug-free workplace.
From Silgan Dispensing's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 14, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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