Job description

Cosette Pharmaceuticals is a US based, diversified pharmaceutical company with a proven topicals and dermatology portfolio and a growing branded pharmaceuticals business. We are fully integrated, with a deep focus on internal R&D, high quality manufacturing standards and commercial sales excellence. We continue to diversify and expand through strategic partnerships, acquisitions and internal R&D.
Our highly experienced leadership team are busy writing the next, most ambitious chapter of our story. Building on a 100+ year heritage, their shared vision of innovation will leverage the expertise of more than 350+ team members, and infrastructure to create remarkable new opportunities for the patients and physicians we serve every day.
Cosette is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ with 2 additional locations in the U.S. The South Plainfield, NJ office consists of an R&D Laboratory and other functional areas. The Lincolnton, NC site is a fully functioning, state of the art, manufacturing facility.
Innovating every day.™
The Plant Controller is responsible for managing and directing all of the accounting operations and financial planning, forecasting, budgeting and management reporting processes for Cosette Pharmaceuticals (Lincolnton facility) aimed at enabling the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and Board of Director’s (BOD) to make business decisions that will optimize business performance and create value.
The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented individual who will oversee the company's financial functions for the Lincolnton, NC manufacturing plant. This individual will be responsible for maintaining all processes, procedures and controls related to the company's financial accounts. This position reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer, located in NJ and closely supports the SVP, Operations in the Lincolnton manufacturing plant. The position is a member of the Site Leadership Staff.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the preparation and presentation of all financial information on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. Create clear, easy to use and updated templates for financial packages for internal reviews and board presentations.
• Direct all aspects of the monthly close process at the Lincolnton, NC facility
• Control fixed asset expenditures
• Maintain compliance with government agencies
• Act as the point of contact for external auditors, specifically on inventory and other key audit areas for the manufacturing facility
• Maintain internal books and finances; analyze financial transactions with insights on GM and Plant EBITDA improvement
• Ensure the company adheres to GAAP
• Monitors cost and maintain cost records
• Assists in the preparation of financial forecasts, statements, reports, and measures of operating performance at the plant, as needed
• Responsible for management of finance staff including accounts payable and plant costing
• Anticipate Senior Management needs and provide appropriate tools needed to effectively make significant strategic and financial decisions in support of corporate business objectives.
• Proactively analyze budgets & forecasts and review w/appropriate parties.
• Facilitate budget review meetings with finance, and cross functional department heads, to include the identification of opportunities to achieve desired targets.
• Develop 5-year Strategic Plan, including three statement (P&L, Cash flow, Balance sheet) forecast models and performance metrics for Lincolnton facility
• Align/coordinate with corporate team on Quarterly review meetings and other management presentations.
• Plan for growth ideation workshops and collate insights from market research, external experts, and internal stakeholders to project new growth platforms for Cosette.
• Conducts organizational reviews to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.
• Track, coordinate, and provide inputs to API and finished dosage capacity planning teams on behalf of business
• Track business performance against Strategy Metrics on periodic basis. Flag deficiencies, and share macro insights with senior management
• Oversee the preparation and analysis of weekly /monthly/quarterly financial management analysis & reports to ELT and BOD.
• Critically evaluate processes, implementing new/revised processes and procedures to help improve the Lincolnton facility.

Qualification Requirements:

• Financial / Accounting leader with a minimum of 10-15 years of experience; CPA and/or MBA preferred, with BS in Accounting, Business or Finance
• At least 8-10 years of increasingly responsible plant manufacturing experience with necessary cost accounting experience required, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience managing a staff of individual contributors
• Ability to prioritize workload, must be highly organized, detail-oriented, handle various tasks simultaneously and work independently within limited time constraints with little or no supervision
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality and deal effectively and diplomatically
• Strong spreadsheet and PowerPoint/presentation skills required.
• Effective communication is necessary with the ability to interface with management as well as within various functional and finance groups.
• Must be comfortable directly interacting with Senior Leaders, the CFO & SVP Operations to collect and analyze information and present results and conclusions
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and oral)
• Oracle, SAP or certain ERP system experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Word: Excel, PPT, Excel promote

Job Type: Full-time

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