Director, Finance - Operations​/Engineering

About Pierce, an Oshkosh company

At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal.

Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Finance Director will be responsible for directing teams that provide accounting and finance services in support of the Oshkosh Corporation Vocational Segment - Fire Division’s business objectives. This role will lead a team who oversees the accounting close process, account reconciliations, monthly analysis, forecasting as well as the annual budgeting process for the Operations and Engineering organizations. The Finance Director will also lead business transaction processing teams in areas such as cost accounting, inventory, and property, plant and equipment in compliance with corporate accounting policies and internal control requirements.

This position will report to the Vice President of Finance of the Fire Division.
YOUR IMPACT:
These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

Manage the cost/operational accounting and engineering teams in order to meet deadlines and deliverables.

Drive continuous improvement activities to improve the cost accounting processes at the Fire Division in order to decrease time to prepare monthly close and to provide greater access to information and analysis to support the business.

Ensure that processes and procedures are in place and operating effectively for compliance with the Corporate Accounting Policies & Procedures, GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

Lead the preparation of budgeting and forecasting for: product costs and direct labor manning, departmental spending for operations and engineering, and capital expenditures.

Direct financial analysis activities to provide interpretation of past, present, and forecasted results of the company related to product costs, engineering costs, product profitability and individual truck performance.

Partner with the operational and engineering leadership teams in planning, measuring and reporting on performance of key business areas and identification of opportunities to improve profitability through cost efficiency.

Provide financial analysis support for strategic planning, strategic initiatives, acquisitions, due diligence, business process optimization, and special projects.

Partner with internal and external customers to lead and grow the business.

Develop connections with internal and external customers on issues that impact financial projections.

Develop the teams knowledge of the business to help identify and drive efficiency opportunities.

Recruit, develop, and retain top talent.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.

Twelve (12) or more years relevant Finance experience.

Three (3) or more years of management experience.

Ability to travel 10%.STANDOUT

QUALIFICATIONS:

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA).Master's Degree3 plus years of public accounting experience

Ability to interact with company personnel, build strong relations at all levels and across all business units and organizations.

Strong understanding of the business…