Business Controller / Plant Controller

At AME, we develop and manufacture high-tech products by combining electronics, mechanics, software, and advanced manufacturing technologies. As our Business Controller / Plant Controller, you play a key role in strengthening our financial insight and supporting better decision-making across the organization.

A key focus of your role will be to further professionalize our product costing by designing and implementing a robust Standard Costing / Cost Roll-up Model. You work closely with Finance, Operations, Purchasing and Production to translate cost data into reliable management information and ensure the new way of working is embedded within the organization. You report to the Finance Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze and provide insight into the current product costs, cost build-up and related management information, and identify opportunities to improve cost visibility

• Design and implement a Standard Costing / Cost Roll-up Model

• Build product costs based on, among others:

  • Purchase prices of materials and components, including price fluctuations

  • Bills of Materials (BOMs)

  • Direct and indirect labor hours

  • Production and assembly costs

  • Machine and other production costs

  • Activity-Based Costing (ABC) and relevant cost drivers

  • Production and other overhead

• Set up clear standard versus actual analysis, including relevant price, usage, volume and efficiency variances

• Translate the new costing structure into reliable management information for Operations and Management

• Ensure alignment between standard costs, inventory valuation and financial reporting

• Support the upcoming budgeting and forecasting cycles and ensure the new costing principles are incorporated

• Work closely with Finance, Operations, Purchasing and Production

• Lead the change: drive the implementation, build support and ensure knowledge transfer within the organization

• Establish clear processes, responsibilities and governance so that ownership is structurally embedded within the organization

Who are you?

• You have 5+ years of relevant experience as a Plant Controller, Business Controller, Cost Controller or similar role

• You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Controlling, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field

• You have solid experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably within a technical or high-tech production organization

• You have proven knowledge of standard costing, BOM costing, cost roll-ups and manufacturing accounting

• You have hands-on experience with SAP (preferably CO-PC / product costing) in a complex production environment

• You are analytically strong, but above all pragmatic and hands-on

• You are able to both develop a costing model and actually implement and embed it within the organization

• You have strong stakeholder and change-management skills

• You are comfortable working independently and taking ownership

• You are fluent in English; Dutch is a plus

Why join AME?

• Have a direct impact on financial insight and decision-making within a high-tech manufacturing environment

• Work at the intersection of Finance, Operations and Manufacturing

• Help build a costing structure that supports better business decisions across the organization

• Contribute to lasting improvements by embedding knowledge, processes and ownership within the organization

• 27 holidays + 13 ADV days (11 of which are fixed) based on fulltime