Finance Director

Job Title: Finance Director

Reports To: CEO

Job Status: Salaried

Job Locations: Bryan, OH

Basic Job Functions:

Altenloh, Brinck & Co. US, Inc. manufactures and distributes engineered fasteners under the SPAX® brand for the construction market, TRUFAST® for the commercial roofing industry and TRUFASTWalls® for exterior building envelopes and facades. The Finance Director connects the activities and opportunities of the organization to their respective financial impact, while communicating these relationships to the appropriate departments and associates. This position is integral in ensuring the organization is focused on improvement and growth in the most beneficial areas, which includes forecasting, capacity planning, production/engineering opportunities, new products, make vs. buy comparisons, budget vs. actual vs. past explanations, etc. The Finance Director will understand and ?tell the story? of the past, present and future financial performance of ABC US.

Essential Responsibilities:

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Support and lead financial analyst.
• Develop and maintain performance measures that support the company?s strategic direction.
• Analyze cash flow, cost controls, expenditures, and sales data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Perform pro-forma and cost/ benefit analysis.
• Identify and direct cost savings/ process improvement initiatives throughout the organization.
• Work on specific projects such as costing models, sales analysis, lean initiatives, etc. as part of the EOS process or otherwise with the focus on improving efficiencies, processes vs. financial performance.
• Lead budget process.
• Lead CAPEX process.
• Produce and update various reports such as OSMI, monthly sales forecasts, working capital analysis, etc.
• Identify and help drive financial improvement possibilities.
• Collaborate with supply chain on scheduling/capacity needs
• Review vendor agreements with supply chain team, recommending edits and improvements to help improve company?s strategic and financial position
• ID issues and opportunities seen in ledger and connect/communicate back to operations.
• Interact with and respond to questions/requests from Parent Company. Prepare monthly review presentation.
• Partner with and support other departments through developing reports, analyzing data, etc.
• Collaborate with German parent company on reporting and planning needs.

General Ledger

• Performs budget vs. actual monthly analysis for the corporate preparation of financial statements and reviews statements for accuracy and clarity.
• Leads Year-End close, physical inventory and audit preparation along with Controller.
• Serve as backup for Controller functions.
• Issue monthly and annual financial statements, ensuring their accuracy and monitoring performance of the organization and individual departments.
• Review and ensure monthly entries, balances, etc. are accurate and up-to-date.

Sales Analysis

• Leads pricing function through sales analyst and other sales leaders.
• Supports and optimizes sales analysis in order to empower and enable sales teams to make more profitable decisions with pricing, programs, customer and product mix, etc.
• Reviews all customer contracts and agreements.

Management

• Manage finance and accounting functions
• Lead finance and accounting team; responsible for the development, training and evaluation of staff to help meet their individual goals as well as the needs of the department and organization.

The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.