Director of Finance

Director of Finance
Job Expiry Date: 01.07.2024

A manufacturing business specializing in the design and manufacturing of powder metal components is currently looking for a Financial Controller. This individual will play a pivotal role in overseeing the financial operations of the company.

Responsibilities:

• Establishing financial policies, procedures, controls, and reporting systems, guiding financial decisions through continuous monitoring and enforcement.
• Preparation of budgets, including establishing schedules, collecting, analyzing, and consolidating financial data, and making recommendations.
• Achieving budget objectives by scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Providing a status update on the financial condition by collecting, interpreting, and reporting financial data.
• Ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local legal requirements, including filing financial reports and advising management on necessary actions.
• Collaborating with commercial and engineering teams to calculate and present business cases to the Owner/Board of Directors.
• Creating financial models to assist in corporate decision-making.
• Coordinating and overseeing audits by external financial agencies, with direct interaction with the Owner and Board of Directors.
• Managing the Accounting team, which includes an Accounting Manager, Purchasing Analyst, and Network Administrator.
• Preparing financial statements and presenting them to the Owner, Board of Directors, and Senior Management.
• Working closely with finance and plant operations to provide advice on the financial implications of operating strategies, cost control actions, and decisions.
• Providing leadership to ensure proper cost accounting processes, including cost management, physical inventory verification, and inventory review in the plant.
• Managing day-to-day accounting functions, month-end close activities, internal and external reporting, and annual audits.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business.
• 5 years of relevant professional experience.

Key Attributes:

• Data-driven mind-set in identifying and prioritizing opportunities and issues.
• Energetic and self-driven professional with a high degree of customer focus.
• Excellent communication skills, both internally and externally.
• Strong analytical skills, strategic thinking ability, and problem-solving capacity.
• Good team player with the ability to operate in a cross-functional organization.
• Proven ability to manage deadlines, prioritize, and multitask.
• Comfortable interacting with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to troubleshoot issues, find root causes, and initiate corrective actions.
• A high degree of integrity and the ability to handle confidential information.
• Theoretical and practical knowledge relating to computer hardware, databases, telecommunications, and project management.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and executed with a sense of urgency.