Top Benefits
About the role
The Plant Controller reports to the Finance Director and will be a key member of the Welland Plant Management Team. The Plant Controller is responsible for all financial aspects on site, including maintaining accurate financial records, budgeting, forecasting, analyzing and reviewing financial performance at the Welland facility. The Plant Controller is expected to use their knowledge of the financials to drive the Plant performance by helping to set and achieve financial targets. The Plant Controller will also be responsible for developing and maintaining Plant-level financial controls and monitoring compliance with all accounting policies.
At INNIO, we offer you:
- An innovative and international connected working environment
- Flexible working model and structure
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Tuition reimbursement
- Company matched RRSP program
- Onsite gym facility
- An upbeat atmosphere with a collaborative cross-functional team
Essential Responsibilities
- Provide financial support to Welland site leaders
- Execute Factory finance responsibilities in close cooperation with Welland and Waukesha management teams including: Budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and reporting
- Analyze variances and proactively communicate explanations to management with recommended actions
- Align plant productivity with transparent financial targets
- Implement and track cost and working capital optimization programs
- Assist the Welland team in development of capital project financial justifications.
- Create transparency on all factory spend categories like Tools, Supplies, Maintenance, Scrap, Rework, Purchased Services and implement optimization programs
- Have site leadership for the Welland finance team, evaluate and coach existing team, build a high performance finance team
- Provide proactive consultation, interpretation and education of complex financial and operational matters to various departmental leaders used to drive business decisions
- Monitor and implement plant internal controls (in conjunction with corporate policies) as necessary to ensure reporting integrity, safeguard company assets, and identify risks
- Manage internal and external audits of the Welland facility
- Determine and maintain all accounting principles and processes and ensure compliance to IFRS/ US GAAP regulations.
- Implement a controls-based approach to all financial processes
Qualifications/Requirements
- Bachelor or Master’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
- Minimum 8 years of accounting or finance experience in a complex environment in a Plant Controller or Public Accounting role
- Oracle experience is a plus
- Advanced skills in the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
- Knowledge of budgeting and forecasting techniques as well as proficiency with financial statement analysis and projection
- Strong knowledge of IFRS/ US GAAP
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to anticipate, identify, and resolve complex financial issues while managing multiple tasks
- Extensive knowledge of business operations
- Ability to travel up to 10%
About Innio
INNIO is a leading energy solution and service provider that empowers industries and communities to make sustainable energy work today. With our product brands Jenbacher and Waukesha and our digital platform myPlant, INNIO offers innovative solutions for the power generation and compression segments that help industries and communities generate and manage energy sustainably while navigating the fast-changing landscape of traditional and green energy sources. We are individual in scope, but global in scale. With our flexible, scalable, and resilient energy solutions and services, we are enabling our customers to manage the energy transition along the energy value chain wherever they are in their transition journey.
INNIO is headquartered in Jenbach (Austria), with other primary operations in Waukesha (Wisconsin, U.S.) and Welland (Ontario, Canada). A team of more than 3,500 experts provides life-cycle support to the more than 54,000 delivered engines globally through a service network in more than 80 countries.
INNIO was awarded the Gold Medal from EcoVadis in 2022 for our outstanding sustainability efforts.
Top Benefits
About the role
The Plant Controller reports to the Finance Director and will be a key member of the Welland Plant Management Team. The Plant Controller is responsible for all financial aspects on site, including maintaining accurate financial records, budgeting, forecasting, analyzing and reviewing financial performance at the Welland facility. The Plant Controller is expected to use their knowledge of the financials to drive the Plant performance by helping to set and achieve financial targets. The Plant Controller will also be responsible for developing and maintaining Plant-level financial controls and monitoring compliance with all accounting policies.
At INNIO, we offer you:
- An innovative and international connected working environment
- Flexible working model and structure
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Tuition reimbursement
- Company matched RRSP program
- Onsite gym facility
- An upbeat atmosphere with a collaborative cross-functional team
Essential Responsibilities
- Provide financial support to Welland site leaders
- Execute Factory finance responsibilities in close cooperation with Welland and Waukesha management teams including: Budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and reporting
- Analyze variances and proactively communicate explanations to management with recommended actions
- Align plant productivity with transparent financial targets
- Implement and track cost and working capital optimization programs
- Assist the Welland team in development of capital project financial justifications.
- Create transparency on all factory spend categories like Tools, Supplies, Maintenance, Scrap, Rework, Purchased Services and implement optimization programs
- Have site leadership for the Welland finance team, evaluate and coach existing team, build a high performance finance team
- Provide proactive consultation, interpretation and education of complex financial and operational matters to various departmental leaders used to drive business decisions
- Monitor and implement plant internal controls (in conjunction with corporate policies) as necessary to ensure reporting integrity, safeguard company assets, and identify risks
- Manage internal and external audits of the Welland facility
- Determine and maintain all accounting principles and processes and ensure compliance to IFRS/ US GAAP regulations.
- Implement a controls-based approach to all financial processes
Qualifications/Requirements
- Bachelor or Master’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
- Minimum 8 years of accounting or finance experience in a complex environment in a Plant Controller or Public Accounting role
- Oracle experience is a plus
- Advanced skills in the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
- Knowledge of budgeting and forecasting techniques as well as proficiency with financial statement analysis and projection
- Strong knowledge of IFRS/ US GAAP
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to anticipate, identify, and resolve complex financial issues while managing multiple tasks
- Extensive knowledge of business operations
- Ability to travel up to 10%
About Innio
INNIO is a leading energy solution and service provider that empowers industries and communities to make sustainable energy work today. With our product brands Jenbacher and Waukesha and our digital platform myPlant, INNIO offers innovative solutions for the power generation and compression segments that help industries and communities generate and manage energy sustainably while navigating the fast-changing landscape of traditional and green energy sources. We are individual in scope, but global in scale. With our flexible, scalable, and resilient energy solutions and services, we are enabling our customers to manage the energy transition along the energy value chain wherever they are in their transition journey.
INNIO is headquartered in Jenbach (Austria), with other primary operations in Waukesha (Wisconsin, U.S.) and Welland (Ontario, Canada). A team of more than 3,500 experts provides life-cycle support to the more than 54,000 delivered engines globally through a service network in more than 80 countries.
INNIO was awarded the Gold Medal from EcoVadis in 2022 for our outstanding sustainability efforts.