Controller, Finance & Banking, Financial Manager

Responsible for directing accounting operations, fiscal plans, and policies, the maintaining of fiscal records and preparing financial reports for the business units with multi-site oversight. Lead and manage Accounting Department staff.

• Meet corporate reporting and federally mandated reporting requirements of the business units for multi-site operation.
• Manage, train, and evaluate accounting staff. 4 direct reports;
  Accounting Manager, Senior Accountant, Senior Specialist, Intern
• Acts as Business Partner. Partner with Senior Management to enhance understanding of business unit trends and further develop reporting and analytics capability across the business unit.
• Leads the Financial Planning process (annual budget and monthly/quarterly forecasts).
• Leads the Financial Closing process – in charge for accuracy and timeliness.
• Analyze costs and collaborate with Operations/Engineering to determine root causes and corrective actions relative to costs vs. actual variances (PPV, labor productivity, and manufacturing variances).
• Develop and update standard costs for material and labor/overhead. Ensure accurate and timely process of product cost roll-up and annual standard cost roll.
• Analyze inventory valuation and inventory reserve calculations and recommend necessary adjustments.
• Leads the performance variance analysis in manufacturing against weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts. Prepare reports which provide explanations about past performance, insights into expected future performance, and recommendations regarding optimization actions.
• Leads capital spending plans and manages the capital appropriation request process (CAR).
• Actively manage Net Working Capital and inventory optimization.
• Leads the preparation of a rolling cash forecast and manage company’s cash flow.
• Conduct cost modeling and scenario analysis for strategic initiatives, cost improvement projects and other business improvement ideas.
• Perform special projects and ad hoc analyses to further support process excellence and profitable growth.
• Review accounting standards, internal policies and procedures to ensure compliance with GAAP
• Establish and maintain files and records necessary to the orderly operation of the accounting function.
• Review the job performance of department staff and make recommendations regarding retention, promotions, transfers, reclassifications, and salary increases.

• Bachelor’s degree Accounting or Finance required
• 12+ years of accounting/finance experience and 2+ years of cost accounting
• Manufacturing experience required;
  Defense industry strongly preferred
• 10+ years of experience in a supervisory capacity required. Strong leadership skills.
• Costpoint highly preferred, ERP systems, Microsoft Office proficiency

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