Regional Financial Controller

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• Make an impact
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• Have opportunities to grow & develop both professionally and financially

Located just a short drive away from Chicago, offering benefits such as tuition reimbursement, and providing a community-like work atmosphere, T&B Tube is looking to grow our team!

Location: Gary, IN

Job :128

# of Openings:1

American Consolidated Industries, Inc. (“ACI”) headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio since 1986 is comprised of Monarch Steel Company, Inc., Monarch Steel of Alabama, Inc., Parthenon Tube, Inc., Premium Metals, Inc., Southeast Tube Inc., and T&B Tube Company Inc. ACI is engaged in the direct sale and distribution of large volumes of processed carbon flat-rolled steel, steel tubing, and fabricated tube parts.

Our growing organization is seeking a highly motivated, hands‑on Regional Controller. This role will be responsible for our northern operations and will be based at our Northwest Indiana facility, located just off I-65 and Route 20. Travel to other locations within the assigned region is required approximately 10-20% of the time. The Regional Controller will partner closely with each location’s leadership team, and corporate finance to improve profitability, financial discipline, processes, and provide business performance data and analysis.

This position will play a key role in driving operational accountability and supporting growth across the region.

• Embraces ACI's 1 T.E.A.M. culture;
  Trusting, Energetic, Analytical and Mindful.
• Ensures business transactions are properly recorded in the general ledger in a timely manner
• Performs weekly detailed A/R, Inventory, and A/P reviews to ensure good working capital management.
• Drives organizational and branch accountability by understanding and enforcing business processes (PO to Pay, SO to Invoice, claims, and returns).
• Embraces and enforces processes for new customer and vendor onboarding including ACI terms and conditions and claims policies.
• Utilizes ERP system and custom reports to identify trends and issues, drive cross-functional performance towards CEO objectives.
• Direct involvement in Branch level customer and vendor claims resolutions, inventory dispositions and financial approval process.
• Works with Branch and ACI Operations leadership to identify operational waste and error, drive efficient labor productivity and control costs.
• Review and approve plant payable invoices for payment.
• Works with leadership to ensure proper inventory practices and accurate reporting in addition to root cause analysis for variances.
• Prepare Branch level annual P&L budget.
• Ensure physical and systematic scrap accounting is controlled
• Conduct annual fixed asset reviews with reconciliations to ACI asset records.
• Review Branch level contracts and elevate to CFO when appropriate.
• Be responsive to all financial and bank auditor and appraiser requests.
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders/critical customers and vendors.
• Motivate teammates through effective communications, both formal and informal.

This role is expected to have 2-3 direct reports

• Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance (required)
• CMA/CPA preferred
• Minimum 5 years of progressive accounting/finance experience required with demonstrated financial and accounting technical experience
• Analytical strengths including budgeting, financial planning and analysis
• Strong understanding of business processes and ability to cross-functionally influence process improvements
• Ability to translate a business opportunity into financial justification
• Ensure adherence to controls over business processes and policies
• Strong sense of accountability to achieve business results and established objectives
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to present and teach financial concepts to non-financial managers and leaders
• Prior supervisory responsibility/experience is preferred with ability to train and develop assigned staff
• Proficient with Microsoft products…