Mgr, Accounting & Projects

Job Summary

This role has responsibility for managing and assisting each plant's month-end and year-end processes/analysis and assists, where necessary, in keeping the process efficient and effective (e.g. analytical review of key journal entries, reconciliation of inventory, balance sheets and costing processes). The incumbent also manages the cost accounting function with month-end and year-end analysis and assists, where necessary, in keeping with accuracy, timeliness and efficiency targets.

This includes leading the cost accounting team in preparing monthly and quarterly analysis of financial results and assisting in the preparation and presentation to senior management the results of the financial analysis. The incumbent identifies and initiates process improvement projects (both business process and technology driven) with respect to day-to-day plant accounting operations and corporate cost accounting. Creates and maintains strong control environment across the organization.

Assists each plant with the administration and application of corporate policies and assists in the development of policy changes.

• Provide leadership, guidance, coaching, and process oversight for accounting, financial reporting, forecasting, and budgeting areas of the corporate controller's group
• Provides direction to individuals regarding their roles and responsibilities to help meet the overall Company objectives, along with the role the department has in fulfilling corporate goals
• Empowers and promotes the proper level of responsibility and authority for others to learn, grow into new responsibilities and make the proper decisions to obtain the overall department objectives
• Demonstrates the highest level of integrity and trust in all aspects of the job by working continually towards self-development, staying abreast of all current information and technology, and be knowledgeable with FASB & AICPA governing bodies affecting functional areas to increase innovation and ensure compliance
• Promotes the corporate controller's group by developing strong relationships between department members and other CF departments through a high degree of communication across management
• Promotes the matrix organizational structure, including cross communication, and encourages cross involvement between people and groups

• Responsible for coordinating and reviewing journal entries and account analysis; along with coordinating control procedures for the general ledger system
• Coordinates and reviews analyses and exhibits for the financial statement commentary package
• Coordinates and reviews preparation and issuance of various reports to management
• Work with CF internal and external auditors
• Assistance in adopting new accounting policies and new accounting standards
• Accounting research and special projects as requirements arise

• Plans, coordinates and reviews work assignments
• Identifies training needs of subordinates and provides means to meet the needs including conducting formal employee training sessions

• Develop greater analyses skills across the finance team
• Performs or directs the performance of special projects as assigned
• Initiates, researches and documents improvements to current methods and procedures leveraging teams of indirect reports while also aligning with the appropriate stakeholders
• With approval, investigates and implements process changes to promote internal controls to efficiently process department transactions and other responsibilities

• Bachelor's degree with major in Accounting or equivalent, CPA and/or MBA preferred
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in various areas of accounting with increasing levels of responsibility
• Must be knowledgeable of automated accounting software systems (i.e. SAP)
• Must be PC-literate within a windows environment and have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Applications
• Must possess strong interpersonal and communication skills

This position interfaces with all personnel in the Corporate Controller's department, plant accounting staffs, Information Technology, Tax, Treasury…