Job Description

Job Description

This role is onsite in the Northwest Suburbs in Chicago.

Some travel to Plants including Mexico

• Direct and coordinate division financial planning and budget management functions
• Recommend benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance of each plant
• Monitor and analyze monthly operating results against budget
• Direct and coordinate debt financing and debt service payments with external agencies
• Oversee daily operations of the accounting departments in all 3 plants
• Coordinate the preparation of the annual tax return with outside CPA firm
• Oversee and ensure the accurate maintenance of the peso ledger, ensuring that all transactions are properly recorded and reconciled
• Address and resolve discrepancies in the ledger, ensuring consistency and accuracy of financial records
• Perform reviews and adjustments to ensure the ledger aligns with operational needs and financial reporting requirements
• Lead efforts to assess and assure all 3 plants have strong accounting teams, optimizing structure and processes to improve efficiency and productivity
• Work and interact with the financial team to prepare and consolidate financial statements for all 3 plants
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations, investigating discrepancies and ensuring accounts are properly balanced and explained for all 3 plants
• Implement a process to record transactions by department and compare costs incurred to budget and performance analysis of profit centers
• Review and recordation of journal entries required to reflect the monthly activities
• Review monthly accounting close process including analytical review of the monthly operating results to ensure accurate accounting records are maintained
• Preparation of monthly financial statements and related footnotes for US and Mexico plants, including consolidated corporate rollup report
• Preparation of the year-to-date cash flow
• Perform cash projections to effectively manage cash balances and maximize the return on any excess cash balances
• Coordinate the preparation of financial outlooks and financial forecasts
• Preparation of monthly reforecast incorporating historical results and future assumptions/Pro Forma monthly for each plant
• Prepare financial analysis for contract negotiations and product investment decisions
• Supervise the accumulations of permitted reimbursements from customers through the accounts payable process and bill these reimbursements to the customer’s monthly
• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal budgetary reporting requirements
• Establish and implement short- and long- range department goals, objectives, policies and operating procedures
• Design, establish, and maintain an organizational structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the department goals and objectives in both US and Mexico finance departments

Company Description

Brilliant is an award-winning direct-hire, contract and consulting practice specializing in accounting, finance and technology for the Midwest and Southeast regions of the U.S. Many of Brilliant’s team members include former accounting, finance and technology professionals who are experts in the fields.

Company Description

Brilliant is an award-winning direct-hire, contract and consulting practice specializing in accounting, finance and technology for the Midwest and Southeast regions of the U.S. Many of Brilliant’s team members include former accounting, finance and technology professionals who are experts in the fields.