Operational Controlling Manager
This Hybrid position is direct hire with a reputable, financially strong, Global Tier 1 Automotive Supplier located in the US HQ in Troy, overseeing the financial controls for 6 automotive manufacturing facilities. You would have direct reports of a Controller and Cost Accountant at each facility. Focus will be on Management Accounting, Controls of General and Cost Accounting, Internal Auditing, Budgeting, Inventory Valuation, Standard Costing, Bill of Material, Routing, Efficiency Variances, and Price Variances which would enable sound business decisions to be made for current and future growth objectives.
Primary Responsibilities:
- To ensure all financial controls are in place for 6 manufacturing facilities in the US as it pertains to general property, cost accounting, internal auditing, and budgeting to enable company to meet current goals and objectives as well as make sound business decisions regarding future growth.
- Work with Plant Management team on ongoing and new business issues to ensure accuracy of financial statement information
- Work with Accounting group to communicate plant related issues and provide direction on plant financial performance
- Manage Plant Controlling organization to ensure compliance with controlling guidelines
- Participate in all plant level management meetings and provide guidance to Plant Management team on all financial related matters
- Provide plant management team with periodic analysis of plant financial results
- Manage budget process at plant level including analysis of year over year changes
- Oversee forecast process at plant level
- Manages month end process and target actual analysis
- Ensures all reporting requirements are met timely and accurately
- Work with Plant Management team on strengthening internal controls at the plant level
- Work with Plant Management team on improving core manufacturing systems including inventory, labor reporting and tracking, overtime tracking, scrap reporting, and shipping
- Work with Plant Management team and Corporate Engineering group on launch of new programs
- Work with Fixed Asset accountant to ensure accuracy of capital for plants
- Key contact for all financial related matters by Plant Management team at the plant level
- Participate in working with IT in developing or identifying procedures/software systems and makes recommendations that will continually enhance company financial operations or respond to changing conditions
- Maintains positive employee relations and addresses issues in timely manner. Seeks advice/counsel from appropriate sources as required. Conducts timely annual performance reviews
Qualifications:
- Must have 7+ years of experience as an Accounting or Controlling Manager with hire/fire authority.
- Employs strong leadership skills to guide, coach and direct employees
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Effective use of problem solving and decision making skills
- Ability to manage conflict and confrontation in a positive, constructive manner
- Effectively manages multi-tasks and changing priorities
- Ability to assess strengths, weaknesses and degrees of risk in plans and actions
- Works extremely well in a team-based environment
- Thorough understanding of accounting/auditing principles, tax legislation, etc.
- Knowledge of SAP highly preferred
- Advanced Excel skills required, i.e. Pivot tables, VLOOKUP
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