**Job Title** Assistant Plant Controller **Job Category** Finance **Job Description** What starts with **YOU** , moves the world! Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc, a world-class manufacturer of industrial lift trucks, has an outstanding opportunity for an exceptional and talented **_Assistant Plant Controller_** based at our **Berea, KY** facility. **What You Will Do;** + Lead and oversee financial reporting activities, ensuring compliance throughout the department. + Support the Plant Controller and other plant management in maximizing plant and business results while providing oversight for all manufacturing accounting functions and activities. + Ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) requirements, and state and federal laws by creating, reviewing, editing, and auditing financial transactions. + Prepare timely and accurate financial reporting, lead month-end closing activities, compute monthly financial results, and reconcile accounts. + Prepare and oversee the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Short-Term Forecast (STF), and Long-Range Financial Forecast (LRFF), while analyzing and explaining financial variances. + Participate in the development, reporting, and analysis of product costs, and provide financial analysis to support plant financial targets and key business decisions. + Manage payroll, accounts payable, financial review of capital expenditures, foreign currency transactions and revaluations, property tax returns, and make-versus-buy analyses. + Serve as the primary contact for internal and external auditors by providing audit documentation, supporting Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance activities, and addressing audit inquiries and findings. + Provide leadership by coaching, training, mentoring, and developing the plant finance team while assisting with special projects. **Who You Are:** + A detail-oriented accounting professional with a passion for accuracy and continuous improvement. + A collaborative financial leader who partners effectively with plant leadership to support operational and financial success. + A strong communicator with the ability to present financial information clearly to senior management and cross-functional teams. + A detail-oriented professional who ensures accuracy, compliance, and strong internal controls. + A proactive problem solver with sound decision-making and analytical skills. + An effective leader who motivates, coaches, and develops team members while promoting accountability. + A strategic thinker who provides financial insight to support informed business and operational decisions. + A professional who maintains the integrity of inventories, fixed assets, and financial processes through effective internal controls. + A highly organized individual who manages multiple priorities while consistently meeting deadlines. **What You Will Need - Education;** + Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a major in Accounting. + Certified Public Accountant and/or Master of Business Administration preferred. **Skills Experience & Abilities:** + Seven or more years of relevant accounting and finance experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. + Leadership, communication, and motivational skills. + Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills. + Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), company policies, and applicable governmental laws. + Experience with SAP, including uploads and builds. + Cost accounting and product costing experience. + Financial modeling and reporting experience. + Excellent attention to detail with the ability to effectively interface and communicate with senior management and employees throughout the organization. **Additional Information** : + Support the Plant Controller's office in providing financial insight that enables plant management to make informed operating decisions. + Create, administer, and maintain company policies and procedures that ensure adequate internal controls and safeguard plant assets, including inventory integrity and fixed asset controls. + Lead the month-end financial close process by reviewing and approving the work of team members to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting. + Prepare and support monthly operating reviews, Annual Operating Plans, and Long-Range Financial Forecast presentations for senior leadership. + Serve as the first point of contact for internal and external auditors by providing requested information and resolving audit findings in a timely manner. + Monitor financial performance by providing analysis of month-end results, prior-year forecasts, and key financial trends. + Assist with special projects and other duties as assigned in support of the accounting and finance function. **Who we are:** Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., designs, engineers, manufactures, sells and services a comprehensive line of lift trucks,