Plant Controller
Pubblicato il 01-09-2026 - BW Filling & Closing in Parma
**Informazioni sulla Divisione**:
Barry-Wehmiller fornisce a livello globale progettazione, consulenza e produzione tecnologicamente avanzate nei settori del packaging, del cartone ondulato e della trasformazione della carta. Combinando a un'idea di leadership che pone al centro le persone, strategie operative mirate e una crescita basata su obiettivi, Barry-Wehmiller è diventata un’azienda da $ 3 miliardi con quasi 12.000 dipendenti uniti da uno scopo comune: usare la forza del business per costruire un mondo migliore. **Descrizione del lavoro**:
**The company** As a Barry-Wehmiller Packaging Systems company, Pneumatic Scale Angelus maintains a major market position in the supply of wet and dry fillers, cappers, can seamers, labelers, and change parts for the pharmaceutical, personal care, food, beverage, canning and household products industries worldwide. Our custom engineered product lines include Angelus, Hema, Mateer, and Pneumatic Scale. Angelus Italy S.r.l, a subsidiary of Pneumatic Scale Angelus, began operations in 2014 and is on a high growth trajectory as it leads the introduction of a new generation of seaming machines to the global packaging market. This position also has controllership responsibility for a related company in Italy which manufactures form-fill-seal machinery. Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world. **Responsibilities**: - Planning,
controlling and directing the division’s accounting and finance activities ensuring a strong financial position and compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in Italy and the United States, statutory tax guidelines and other regulatory requirements.
- Stewardship of financial reporting accuracy and consistency, the maintenance of effective internal control systems, and compliance with internal policies and procedures (financial and operational).
- Enhancing and/or developing, implementing and enforcing policies and procedures of the organization by way of new/updated systems that will improve the overall operation, controls and effectiveness of the division.
- Oversee the reporting, analysis and evaluation of financial results, trends, fluctuations, and ratios that will drive higher levels of financial performance, improvement initiatives, and growth for the division. Assist in analyzing the financial impact of major business decisions and operational issues affecting the division.
- Developing a comprehensive plan to align transactional finance work over a one-year period and share it across our Italian subsidiaries.
- Participate with senior leadership at the division to develop the vision, three-year strategic plan, annual budget, and monthly rolling forecasts of the division.
- Continuously improving the budgeting process through education of department managers on financial issues impacting their budgets.
- Interviewing, selecting, recommend hiring, training and assigning of Finance staff. The Controller will provide direction and mentoring, and will develop and communicate performance metrics to assess the effectiveness of staff, both as a department and individually. He/she will evaluate performance and provide counseling and coaching to employees; maintain harmonious employee/employer relations; and develop and implement staffing and development plans and related budgets.
- Performing or assisting with any departmental operations, as required or directed to maintain workflow and meet production schedules and requirements.
- Attending and participating in a variety of meetings and task force groups within the division and across the group or corporation to integrate activities, communicate issues, obtain approvals, resolve problems and maintain specific level of knowledge pertaining to new developments, requirements and policies. **Minimum Qualifications**
- Diploma (Bachelor’s degree) in Accountancy
- CPA, CA, or equivalent **Experience**
- 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in finance and accounting leadership within a global manufacturing operation, with three to five years in a comparable management position
- Experience working in shared service environments a plus
- U.S. multinational experience a plus **Knowledge / Skills & Ability**
- A strong working knowledge of Italian and U.S. GAAP, financial analysis, cost accounting, transactional processing of receivables (debtors), payables (creditors) and payroll, business intelligence, and effective business processes across all functions.
- Proven reputation for financial acumen, strategic thinking, business judgment, quantitative analysis abili