Plant Controller

IPL Lommel produces high-quality plastic parts in large volumes for customers in the food, beverage and personal care sectors. We specialize in custom-made, sustainable packaging from the highest quality injection molds. IPL Lommel can thus take care of the complete development of a project: from design, through mold construction to the finished product. We are the trusted innovation partner to some of the biggest brands in the world. By working closely with customers to design and develop the right solution, millions of people around the world use our products every day.

We are looking for: a **Plant Controller **for our branch in Lommel.

**Role purpose**

The Plant Financial Controller owns the financial accounting and reporting process for the Lommel site, providing strategic information and insights to the management team to support effective decision making & overseeing and monitoring an effective compliance and control environment.

**Key accountabilities**

**Site Finance Leadership**
- Be a visible leader across the site & the business who promotes and “lives” the Group’s values and culture.
- Partner with the Lommel Plant Director, providing good information, insights and challenge enabling better decision making & the ability to run the Lommel site in the most efficient and cost-effective way.
- Strategic projects - play a leading role in the transformation of the Lommel site, including potential for new business wins & new operational setup.

**Financial Control**
- Ensure the integrity of financial reporting by demonstrating diligence & independence & maintaining a strong control environment.
- Take ownership of product costings on site, investigating any deviations from standard and promoting corrective action
- Take ownership of site overheads with spend category owners, managing to budgets and adjusting expectations in line with volumes, investigating any deviations from target and promoting corrective action.
- Manage the timely and high-quality delivery of the period-end financial close process.
- Drive the implementation of global accounting policies and procedures, leveraging enabling technologies.
- Drive compliant and effective operation of taxation and treasury activities, notably cash management.
- Lead the accounts payable and accounts receivable functions, ensuring appropriate and efficient processes and procedures and positively impacting working capital balances.
- Periodic forecasting and planning activities, including leading the annual budget process.
- Manage relationship with the auditors and ensure GAAP/ IFRS compliance.
- Coordinate internal and external financial reporting requirements to the Group, statutory authorities, and other key stakeholders.

**Finance Function**
- Implement consistent standards and efficient ways of working across the Finance team.
- Motivate, coach and develop the team; build capability and succession plans.
- Support the Group’s ambition to deliver a best-in-class Finance function globally.
- Work with the IPL Europe Finance team across all sites to deliver a high performing, consistent & insightful finance solution for the total European business which demonstrates the right behaviours.
- Play a leading role in the maximising the use & effectiveness of the current ERP system and implementing new systems into the future.
- Work with Central teams to streamline reporting solutions using ERP, Power BI & Excel solutions.

**Additional information **(including specialized qualifications)**
- A proven Financial Controller with an excellent record of financial and operational achievement in driving accuracy, efficiency and controls
- Experience in a manufacturing environment
- Change management experience with ability to lead key projects. System implementations and integration experience advantageous
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to quickly command the confidence and respect of the management team
- Passion and commitment with high personal integrity and a practical, pragmatic and hardworking ethic
- Highly analytical with the ability to delve into the detail to drive improvements in the business.
- Practical with a positive “can do” attitude.
- Good understanding of IFRS and local standards
- Fluency in English language skills
- Qualified accountant with at least 10 years’ PQE