Trident Seafoods is the largest vertically integrated seafood harvesting and processing company in North America. Trident is a privately held, 100 percent USA-owned company with primary seafood processing operations and fleet support in twelve Alaska communities. Trident’s global operations produce finished wild Alaska seafood products in 6 countries and its sales teams serve customers in over 50 countries. Trident employs approximately 9,000 people worldwide each year and partners with over 5,400 independent fishermen and crewmembers. Species harvested and processed by Trident include virtually every commercial species of salmon, whitefish, and crab harvested in the North Pacific and Alaska. The global supply chain also includes cultured and wild species from a network of trusted sources worldwide. 

Summary:

The Plant Controller will be a key player supporting the plant management teams. The Controller will provide key analysis and insights to guide decision making and will provide strong leadership and partnership to local plant teams to ensure the financial accounting and reporting objectives are met. The Controller will also provide financial insight and support management teams to meet their goals and objectives and ensure all plant accounting/reporting is done in a timely and accurate manner. 

Key Responsibilities:

Provides financial decision support to the plant management team to ensure sound financial and operational decisions, including operational performance reporting and other relevant financial data. 

Provides financial leadership for Lean Manufacturing initiatives at the plant level. 

Instills strong cost control and planning discipline to assist plant management in controlling manufacturing costs. 

Leads the monthly, quarterly, and annual business planning processes for the plant, including preparation of the financial manufacturing business plan and product standard cost inputs. 

Assists plant management team with capital planning, including calculating and evaluating financial payback, for all capital expenditure proposals. 

Works with divisional business units on various initiatives including: 

Providing cost estimates for innovation and cost reduction projects. 

Identifying cost/performance improvement opportunities. 

Ensures the accuracy of monthly closing of books, including preparation of month-end journal entries and maintaining the general ledger.  

Establishes and monitors accounting controls, including maintenance and review of all Bills of Material. 

Accumulates and records defined period plant costs. Monitors cost and inventory variances and reports to management for the plant. 

Responsible for overseeing materials cost and usage management, labor cost and utilization, asset utilization, overhead expenditure control and zero loss analytics. 

This is a salaried exempt position with an annualized salary range of $120k to $140k.

Trident Seafoods offers a comprehensive and quality benefits package. Full time employees may be eligible for discretionary/performance-based incentives, medical, dental and vision insurance plans, optional HRA/HSA, telemedicine, employee assistance and wellness programs, long-term disability, basic life and AD&D, and 401(k) with a company match, paid time off, 10 paid holidays each year, and paid parental leave.  For full-time employees, the initial paid time off benefit starts at 20 days per year, adjusted commensurate with relevant experience.  Commuter and transit programs are also available.