Director of Finance

Job Description

The Director of Finance (DOF) will work closely with the Controllers and their teams to maintain oversight of day-to-day accounting including cash management, financial budgeting, financial reporting, month-end transactions, and other various banking requirements. The DOF will also work with the CFO and other executive leadership to communicate and positively impact the company’s financial performance. This role will provide leadership and expertise, for all of our facilities including Cincinnati, OH; Grand Rapids, MI and Hingham, MA, that sets the tone for strong focus on Project Accounting including projects involving capital equipment manufacturing, project costing as it relates to production of capital equipment and inventory.

Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities (Job-Specific Knowledge/Skills)

• Work with the CFO on any financial legal related issues or concerns
• Supervise accounting staff and their functions such as AP, AR, GL, banking
• Manage the accounting function including, accounts payable, accounts receivable, master data entry for customers and vendors, employee expenses, sales and local tax filing and reports, 401K, workers comp, time management system, and corporate assets.
• Month-end closing for WNA and provide timely financial reports to Executive Management as well as German HQ
• Provide accurate analysis of budgets, financial reports, and financial trends to support strategic goals
• Prepare and analyze financial reports and general ledger accounts monthly, quarterly, and annually
• Establish and monitor KPI’s that reflect the progress on company and profit center goals
• Analyze operations to evaluate performance of the company in meeting objectives or to determine areas of potential cost reduction/savings to improve the company’s EBIT
• Controlling the flow of raw materials, tool and other assets in the manufacturing department
• Coordinate and prepare annual and quarterly budgets for the Profit/Loss Statements, Balance Sheet, and Capital equipment
• Review all revenues, product cost, and expenses for reasonableness and investigate/account for deviations from budgets
• Provide financial presentations to management staff explaining P&L report
• Work with Human Resource department on coordination of annual health benefit costs analysis as needed
• Coordinate and assist in any required financial audits or special projects as needed
• Analyze and improve processes within the department / across departments