SUMMARY:
The Ravenswood Plant Controller will have responsibility for leading the Ravenswood Finance department, reporting and control of the plant, including balance sheet responsibility and the protection/management of the assets of the business.
The Controller advises senior management on matters of accounting principle and internal controls and recommends where action should be taken. The Controller and his/her team will play a significant role in enhancing business growth through financial planning, business analysis, financial controls, process and margin improvements, and development of Finance function talent.
This role will maintain an accounting record and reporting system so as to fulfill Division, Corporate, GAAP, and management requirements. The role also oversees the internal control and SOX program - with specific responsibility to administer program in conjunction with SOX Coordinator.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Leads the Finance team in preparation of budgets and forecasts, corporate and division financial reports
- Liaises with function heads to meet and exceed business targets for Revenue, EBIT, cashflow, inventory, and other financial measures
- In conjunction with Sr Director Finance & Controller - TIMET, assess the performance of the Finance staff and advise on matters of promotion and salary and the need for training and development of staff in line with TIMET and PCC guidelines.
- Develop and maintain financial control systems and procedures to establish and maintain control over the assets of the company.
- Work with SOX Coordinator to develop and enhance SOX controls to ensure a robust and effective SOX program, enforcing compliance with all controls and procedures.
- Leads and directs the month end close process for the operation - ensuring all activities/analysis are completed, journal entries are prepared, final results are accurate, necessary variance analysis completed, and in compliance with Division and PCC requirements.
-Develops short and long-range department objectives, organizational structure, and department staffing requirements
- Participates in the preparation of Capital Appropriation Requests, preparing financial analysis for determining feasibility of proposed expenditure prior to approval. Ensures adherence to budget, and project spend and timeline. Carries out post-appraisal reviews as defined by PCC.
- Understands all key PCC definitions and calculations - including but not limited to LCM, E & O , FCA, Absorption, Entitlement.
- MOR & FQR attendance required
- Assures that effective communications are maintained within areas of responsibility. Where appropriate, informs employees as to plans and progress. Conducts employee discussion sessions at regular and frequent intervals.
- Reviews department employee performance and establishes developmental goals and objectives
- Provides direct support to the commercial team on product costs and margins - will maintain a cost book for all products produced.
- Ensures compliance with PCC Pre-Approval policy, including submission of ECARS, ECONS, and Judgemental Areas of Accounting for relevant matters.
- Assures that the necessary coordination within the area of responsibility is taking place and that coordination of the assigned area with those of other company or corporate units is taking place. Resolves problems involving coordination. Provides other company units with related information required by them to carry out their assigned responsibilities
- Consults with all segments of management responsible for policy or action. Makes recommendations for improving the effectiveness of policy or procedures
- Acts within scope of authority and consistent with company and corporate objectives, guidelines, policies, and procedures
QUALIFICATIONS COMPETENCIES:
- Champions Change - Actively promotes and continually seeks changes that move the business forward. Works with an open and flexible mind in considering change.
- Communication/Interpersonal Skills - Maintains a positive attitude, works at maintaining positive work relationships, ability to communicate effectively with co-workers, effectively communicates with outside contacts, strong impact and selling skills
- Delivers Results - Sets goals and objectives for self and team and takes responsibility to achieve these in a timely manner. Ensures that actions are taken in support of goals and objectives. Examples - sets and delivers goals, results focused, action orientated.
- Displays Creativity - Able to generate novel solutions to problems. Examples are creative decision making and applying vision and creativity to decision making.
- Effective Decision Making - Skilled at analyzing the soft and hard aspects of a problem and using functional expertise to make effective decisions. Comfortable in dealing with concepts and uncertainty in problem solving.
- People Management Skills - Effective as a manager in motivating, coaching and developing employees. Applies effective management skills to motivate subordinates.
- Provides Effective Leadership - Effective as a leader and communicator in motivating and managing people as individuals and in teams. Provides direction to sub ordinates and is effective in coaching and developing others. Examples include developing and retaining talent, project and team leadership, providing clear direction and effective people management.
- Works Efficiently - Effective at planning and organizing work and using time management to ensure deadlines are met and targets are achieved. Able to reschedule plans to cope with unexpected occurrences Maintains well-organized materials, files, systems and tools. Breaks work down into logical steps. Anticipates and eliminates roadblocks and delays. Stays within allotted time for accomplishing tasks. Completes tasks in the shortest, most efficient manner. Makes sure all parts of a job are completed in full, including follow-up plans and paperwork.
- Self Development - Constantly seeks to improve own knowledge and skills set by seeking feedback on performance, making positive plans for future direction and developing aligned personal action plans.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
BS/BA – Accounting or Finance with a CPA/CMA highly preferred
MBA desirable
15+ years&39; experience as a Department, Division, or Company Controller in a minimum $100M revenue organization.
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Demonstrated proficiency with GAAP, Accounts Payable, Payroll, General Ledger, Cost Accounting, Fixed Asset Accounting, and Integrated Accounting Systems, Microsoft Office Software products such as Excel, Word, and Outlook
Demonstrated knowledge and experience with planning & forecasting
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in process based manufacturing in a metals or durable goods environment
Demonstrate knowledge and experience with supervising employees
SAP, Syteline, and HFM/Oracle EPM Cloud experience highly desired or equivalent experience in ERP Accounting systems
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Proof of US citizenship, nationality, and/or permanent resident status in order to comply with all applicable export and import laws and regulations.
PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS – THE PHYSICAL DEMANDS DESCRIBED HERE ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE THAT MUST BE MET BY AN EMPLOYEE TO SUCCESSFULLY PERFORM THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THIS JOB. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS MAY BE MADE TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO PERFORM THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear; frequently required to stand, walk or sit; regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms; occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
THE WORK ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE AN EMPLOYEE ENCOUNTERS WHILE PERFORMING THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THIS JOB. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS MAY BE MADE TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO PERFORM THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS.
The typical work environment is a standard office setting. Travel will be required as necessary.
The employee is rarely required to perform work in a mill environment with rare exposure to work near moving mechanical parts / work in high, precarious places / fumes or airborne particles / toxic or caustic chemicals / risk of electrical shock; the typical noise level is moderate noise.