Controller, Finance & Banking, Financial Manager

Controller for North America Forged Products Business Unit

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We are currently seeking a Controller for our North America Forged Products Business Unit which includes locations in Cudahy, WI, Irvine, CA, East Hartford, CT and New Britain, CT. This position will be based in Cudahy, WI and is responsible for directly supervising 6 employees in multiple locations across the Business in Financial Reporting, Billing/Credit, Accounts Payable, Capital Assets and Cost Accounting functions.

The Business Unit ("BU") Controller will be a business partner responsible for challenging and supporting the business unit's ability to anticipate business issues, and for driving good decision-making through sound financial management and understanding of public company regulations and responsibilities. The successful candidate will be capable of driving detailed, tactical execution. This position will be the "Go-To" resource for the BU Senior Finance Director from a finance and compliance perspective and will have considerable interaction with and visibility to the entire Senior Leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Leadership of the Finance Team
• Meet deadlines for month end, quarter and year-end close duties, balance sheet management, and reporting requirements.
• Managing the annual audit process, with both internal and external auditors.
• Assist in the development of long-term financial plans and strategies. Evaluate capital investment opportunities, mergers and acquisitions, and other business initiatives.
• Providing business unit management with needed financial information, analyses, and recommendations to make business improvement decisions.
• Monitoring and reporting on the Cash Flow performance and needs of the company by providing estimates of funds generated by earnings, working capital efficiency, and Capital Expenditure requirements.
• Working closely with your team to prepare timely and accurate monthly forecast support, financial reports, and financial trends to assist the Business Unit Senior Finance Director, Business Unit President, and other senior leaders in performing their responsibilities.
• Continuous improvement of the financial processes through education of operational managers on financial issues impacting their forecasts, including identifying ways in which to minimize costs and maximize performance.
• Assist as necessary with the annual budget and forecasting process.
• Maintain internal controls in a Sarbanes Oxley compliant organization.
• Evaluate and implement financial systems and software to improve efficiency, accuracy, and data integrity. Stay updated on emerging financial technologies and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Actively participate in cost avoidance and cost reduction efforts for the business unit and reporting monthly savings and helping to identify opportunities.
• Coaching your Team; plan, assign and direct work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing and resolving problems.
• Managing personnel including talent development, coaching and support, performance management, and team hiring decisions.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance is required
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in accounting in an industrial manufacturing or services environment with 5+ years of managerial experience required.
• S. GAAP experience

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA is strongly preferred

Essential Skills

• Experience in a manufacturing environment and understanding of Cost Accounting principles
• Experience managing within a multi-location ERP environment.
• Proven ability to generate and analyze income statement, balance sheet, revenue forecasts and cash flow statements.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively in fast-paced, results oriented environment.
• Willing to dig into issues or problems when necessary.
• Effective problem-solving skills.

Key Leadership Characteristics

• Strong influencing and relationship-building skills; must demonstrate the ability to secure buy-in at all levels within the Business Unit, and within other business units and entities of Company.
• Organized and engaged leadership. Able to define priorities and focus on areas that add value. Good at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient workflows.
• Collaboration - demonstrated ability to work across functions as part of a leadership team. Displays inclusive working practices. Brings people together across functional and organizational boundaries to achieve results as a team and share best practices.
• Change management - has played an integral role in transformational changes, including but not limited to supporting ERP implementations or upgrades.

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