Rooted in nearly 200 years of family farming, Plainville Farms is built on a simple belief: do things the right way. That commitment shapes how we care for our animals, our land, our customers, and our people. We're looking for talented individuals who share our commitment to quality, integrity, accountability, and doing work that makes a difference.
Join our team and help us continue a tradition of care, quality, and bringing people together around the table.
Position Summary
As Controller at Plainville Farms, you are responsible for leading Plainville Farms finance and accounting functions, providing strategic and hands-on financial leadership, support, and counsel to the Company. As Controller, you will oversee financial accounting and reporting in accordance with GAAP and applicable regulatory requirements, as well as the FP&A function, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. The Controller provides leadership to the finance and accounting team by establishing priorities, assigning responsibilities, developing talent, monitoring performance, and driving continuous improvement across the function.
Essential Job Functions
Ensure the accuracy of existing product BOM's and cost standards, and timely completion of BOM's for new products resulting in accurate inventory and P&L reporting
Manage fixed asset accounting and tracking vs. budget; ensure capital approval process is followed appropriately
Provide financial support and guidance for new capital projects
Manage and participate in monthly and year-end financial closing process for the Company
Ensure accurate and timely monthly financial results, meeting deadlines assigned by The Wenger Group
Analyze financial results vs. budget and prior year, and provide the leadership team with clear explanations on variances
Recognize and communicate financial trends and offer potential solutions to senior leadership team to improve profitability
Manage and oversee periodic physical inventories and reconciliation to the ERP system's perpetual counts
Manage general and daily accounting operations including accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash management, and processing of general ledger journal entries.
Implement and enforce financial reporting and accounting procedures and schedules
Establish and maintain internal controls which verify the integrity of all systems, processes, reporting, and data
Drive the annual operating and capital budgeting and planning process, administer and review all financial plans and budgets, and monitor progress and changes to keep the senior leadership team abreast of the Company's financial status
Manage periodic P&L reforecasting process
Serve as accounting and finance lead on migration to new ERP system
Manage the coordination and preparation of deliverables for the year-end external audit, and serve as main liaison with audit team on behalf of Company
Respond to the VP of Finance as assigned with accurate and timely work to facilitate financial needs
Perform special projects and other comparable and related duties as assigned
Education & Experience
Bachelor's degree in accounting, or finance with equivalent experience
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and/or MBA preferred
Minimum of 5 years' financial management experience with demonstrated track record of financial accounting, standard costing, and FP&A experience, food/protein industry experience preferred
Solid ERP system knowledge; Microsoft D365 preferred
Excellent Excel and BI system/data manipulation experience required
Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate and relate to people at all levels of the organization
Strong technical skills, analytical ability, good judgment, and strong operational focus
Ability to manage and develop staff
Very organized and self-directed, able to successfully manage and execute multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
Plainville Farms provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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Job Post Date: 09/29/26
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