Controller, Finance & Banking, Financial Analyst

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Requisition : 25899

Ferrara/KME are premiere manufacturers of fire trucks and emergency response vehicles offering a full line of pumpers, aerials, industrial, wildland, and rescue apparatus. Working hands‑on with both municipal and industrial fire departments, the Ferrara/KME team thrives on diagnosing departments' current apparatus limitations and response needs to custom design the perfect fire apparatus solution that will stand the test of time.

Ferrara/KME is part of the larger REV Group (NYSE: REVG), a leading manufacturer of specialty vehicles for the fire & emergency and recreation markets. REV Group’s extensive vehicle line‑up includes models such as ambulances, fire trucks, terminal trucks, RV’s and much more. Our 5,000+ employees continuously demonstrate their commitment to building innovative and reliable vehicles that our customers can depend on whether for a family trip across the U.S. or when responding to an emergency.

Rev Group is a veteran friendly employer and hires over 200 veterans and or those transferring out of the military each year.

This position reports directly to VP Finance. Acts as Finance business partner to the VP/GM providing value‑added analysis to increase revenue and profits, generate cash and meet overall business goals and objectives. The Controller has full responsibility for the organization’s accounting and finance function including implementing policies and procedures.

These duties and responsibilities are not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• Responsible for preparing financial statements, internal/external reporting packages. Ensure SOX compliance, internal controls, facilitate audits, and other inquiries.
• Prepare monthly rolling forecasts for the fiscal year (P&L, Cash) working with functional areas (commercial, purchasing, operations). Explain performance variances and key drivers.
• Responsible for the integrity of the plant reporting systems, (i.e., receiving, shipping, inventories, labor efficiency, material usage, etc.) so that accurate financial statements that are bridged to budget and forecast can be submitted for each month’s business activity by the established deadlines.
• Coordinate the activities of the plant in the areas of accounting costs and budgets through the review of the operations and the criteria used for developing cost standards and expense budgets to establish an acceptable base for measuring product cost, expense control, and plant performance.
• Regularly monitor plant performance to targets to track progress, make modifications as necessary, and accurately forecast anticipated performance.
• Ensure proper account distribution for item expenses, inventories, fixed assets, etc.
• Facilitate the monthly closing process along with accounting staff to meet reporting requirements and deadlines.
• Coordinate the taking of annual physical inventory to assure accurate ending inventories balance.
• Monitor cycle count program for completeness and accuracy.
• Prepare appropriation requests and the justification of it for capital expenditures to ensure that the funds are being requested in accordance with corporate guidelines.
• Responsible for conducting monthly financial reviews with plant staff to track performance and forecast improvements.
• Responsible for ensuring that all financial, and governmental reports are completed and submitted in a timely manner.
• Responsible for maintaining the accuracy of all balance sheet accounts by ensuring that account reconciliations are completed monthly/quarterly as scheduled.
• Coordinate all activities, related to year‑end audit requirements, SOX compliance, operating plans, forecasts, and outlooks.
• Monitor and resolve any issues regarding procedures systems, or cost centers. Delegate accounting function to members of the accounting department and follow up to ensure attainment of assigned goals.
• Review and approve all continuous improvement initiative reporting of anticipated and actual results.
• Direct…