Controller

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee and guide the organization's financial procedures (create monthly financial statements, a rolling forecast, an annual budget, etc.).
• Provides financial analyses to management so they can make decisions quickly and wisely.
• Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates all financial and budgetary reports before recommending actions to management to meet organizational goals.
• Monitor and safeguard company cash.
• Partner with other members of company leadership to ensure proper return (ROI) of capital spending are established and met.
• Coordinate and lead the financial audits of the company's accounts. Establish and monitor necessary controls to safeguard the company's assets.
• Know and follow general company and corporate policies and procedures.
• Know, understand, and follow department policies and procedures.
• Provides data for and/or assists in establishing major economic objectives and policies for the company.
• Partner with other members of the organization to drive continuous improvement initiatives (daily scrum, kaizen events, RCCA, etc.)
• Meet the expectations of the position, be a leader within the site and partner with site General Manager in all aspects supporting the business, interact well co-workers, understand and follow work rules and procedures.
• Other various duties as needed or as assigned.

Position Requirements

• 10 years plus in an accounting leadership role in a manufacturing environment
• Prior experience in cost accounting preferred.
• CPA and public accounting experience, MBA and CGMA are a plus.
• Private equity experience is a plus.
• Ability to operate as a key member of a diversified management team.
• Ability to multi-task competing demands and priorities.
• View of Role as service position first.
• Model personal obligation of fiduciary duty to protect shareholder investment.
• Ownership of every problem detected & obligation to offer possible solutions.
• Ability to coach, mentor and develop direct reports within the accounting department.
• Ability to effectively articulate complex financial information to non-financial counterparts within the organization.
• Experience with a Tier 1 accounting software (JD Edwards, SAP, preferably Visual)
• Database query experience a plus but not required.
• Financial Consolidation and Reporting Software such as Oracle HFM, Host Analytics, and Prophix.