Plant Controller

Location Guelph, Ontario Company Original Composites & Fiberglass Employment Full-time, Permanent Compensation $114,000 - $150,000 Paid Bi-Monthly ABOUT OCF Join Original Composites & Fiberglass, The Original Composites Company™, a leading global provider of solutions for the growing composites industry as we build on more than 85 years of material innovation.

Our 4,000 employees across 12 countries share a commitment to redefining what is possible for our customers in energy, transportation, infrastructure, defense, and consumer goods.

Guided by our core values of Passion, Ownership, and Team Spirit, the Guelph plant has produced glass fiber reinforcements, including Wet Use Chopped Strands (WUCS) and Continuous Filament Mat (CFM), in the heart of the city since 1951.
- POSITION SUMMARY We have an immediate opening for a Permanent Plant Controller to provide financial and functional leadership for our Guelph facility.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Reporting to the Plant Leader, with a dotted-line relationship to the Regional Manufacturing Finance Leader, the Plant Controller is a member of the Guelph Leadership Team and the finance point of contact for both the Guelph and Wixom, Michigan facilities. This hands-on role leads plant accounting, planning, forecasting, performance analysis, inventory accounting, capital governance and internal controls.

The position also leads the Guelph Sourcing and Supply Chain function , translating operating performance into clear financial insight and helping plant leaders make timely, fact-based decisions.
- KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Lead with safety, ethics and strong controls Champion the plant’s safety culture and integrate safety considerations into financial and business decisions.

Maintain high standards of integrity, confidentiality, compliance and professional judgement.

Establish and sustain effective internal controls, segregation of duties, approval processes and documentation.

Ensure compliance with company accounting policies, local statutory requirements and applicable financial standards.

Deliver accurate reporting and actionable insight Lead month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely plant results.

Prepare, review and explain financial statements, operating results, balance-sheet accounts, accruals and reconciliations.

Ensure the accuracy of manufacturing costs, standard costs, inventory valuation, reserves and related transactions.

Identify trends, risks, opportunities, control gaps and accounting issues, and drive timely resolution.

Provide concise analysis of results against plan, forecast and prior periods, including drivers and corrective actions.

Support the Wixom facility’s month-end process and provide month-end financial reporting.
- Lead planning, forecasting and performance management Lead the annual operating plan, periodic forecasts and long-range financial planning for the plant.

Develop annual standard costs for products manufactured at the Guelph and Wixom facilities.

Develop clear financial targets, assumptions, risks, opportunities and performance scenarios.

Maintain disciplined performance routines and dashboards that connect financial outcomes with operational drivers.

Build financial acumen across plant leadership by explaining cost drivers, trade-offs and financial consequences in practical terms.
- Drive cost, productivity and cash improvement Partner with plant leadership to improve conversion cost, labour productivity, material usage, yield, reliability, quality cost and operating efficiency.

Translate operating data into financial insight and challenge assumptions constructively to improve decisions.

Support loss analysis, root-cause problem solving and validation of benefits from productivity an