Controller, Finance & Banking, Financial Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Responsible for directing, controlling, and planning all financial activities for the manufacturing organization. Provides financial support and advice to the Plant Manager. Supervises all financial activities while mentoring, developing, and supporting members of the Finance Teams.

Ultimately responsible for insuring timely and accurate month-end and year-end closing, reporting, and budgetary activities. Leads the Finance Field Organization to implement and understand Best Business Practices and using it to increase plant efficiencies.

• Administers financial policies and procedures and internal control systems for implementation to insure the safeguarding of assets and financial records.
• Ensures that the reporting of all financial data is done in an accurate and timely fashion and adheres to corporate requirements.
• Ensures that all reporting requirements are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, while applying GAAP and Client’s accounting policies and procedures properly and consistently.
• Analyzes and reviews the monthly internal reporting package, and quarterly and annual financial packages. Oversees preparation of the mid-month estimates and quarterly forecasts. Provides guidance to Plant Manager on results.
• Directs the preparation of the company’s annual management plan and strategic financial plan and ensures that plans support short-term and strategic objectives to meet the annual business plan.
• Conducts post completion audits and review of approved capital expenditure appropriations.
• Coordinates and directs the analysis of the budget and financial forecasts before they are submitted to Corporate Office; institutes and maintains other planning and control procedures, and analyzes and reports variances.
• Represents the company in financial matters in dealing with the public, government agencies, auditors, and other external parties. Liaises with Corporate Office on tax, audit, insurance, statutory and government reporting.
• Manages and coordinates all activities related to BBP (Best Business Practices). This includes data collection and analysis plus the improvement activities resulting from those benchmarking activities.
• Responsible for evaluating the performance of members of the Accounting/Finance Department, semi-annually at a minimum, and recommending salary action.
• Recommends training requirements and insures that the staff members are at the appropriate skill levels to meet company needs and objectives.
• Strong understanding of cost accounting; understands how to audit.
• Approx. 10 years in automotive manufacturing operations doing cost accounting.
• Strong experience in Automotive Manufacturing is required.
• MRP system; if they have JDE it is a huge plus.
• Strong leadership ability, accountability, and ethics.
• Understand how to do financial reporting.
• Has had plant experience with cash flow, financial bridges, monthly variances, scrap, and inventory.
• Wants to understand the business processes and work hand in hand with the Plant Manager.
• Understand GAAP.
• Be able to accurately forecast and, if there is a variance, understand and be able to articulate why.
• Be able to budget and hold the plant manager and facility accountable to the budgeted numbers.
• Present numbers in monthly meetings and be able to logically answer questions about the numbers.
• MS Office Suite.
• Professional communication skills, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to effectively lead and work effectively with minimal supervision.
• Decisions involve thorough comprehension of cost accounting and financial reporting systems and auditing. The ability to guide staff within the framework in the resolution of problems and new situations. Decisions are based on precedent and knowledge of accounting systems.

Great company to start and grow your career with, excellent growth opportunities