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CONTROLLER - Core Plant

Howmet
Whitehall, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 3/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/28/2025

Responsibilities

Howmet Aerospace , headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. The Company's primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems and titanium structural parts necessary for mission-critical performance and efficiency in aerospace and defense applications, as well as forged wheels for commercial transportation. Howmet Aerospace is transforming the next phase of more fuel-efficient, quieter aerospace engines and sustainable ground transportation. For more information, visit www.howmet.com . Follow @howmet : Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , LinkedIn and YouTube .

Job Responsibilities

The purpose of this position is to act as a business partner to the Plant Manager, directing the finance function at the newly constructed core manufacturing facility. This position reports to the Plant Manager with a strong dotted line to the Business Unit.

Job Roles

  • Enterprise minded understands the needs of the business and how decisions affect P&L, balance sheet and future capabilities, influences cap-ex based on broad business case
  • Responsive expertise prepared with information to help guide decision making both upon request and future planning based
  • Compliance organized and aware of legal and local ramifications to decisions and practices; proactively prepared for audits
  • Data-oriented anticipates and solves problems from a data-informed perspective; forecasts accurately and tracks closely; intervenes in ways that influence numbers
  • Involved and curious spends time on the shop floor to understand business in greater detail; seeks to make improvements and strengthen partnerships through relationship and comprehension; understands operational consequences of decisions
  • Analysis reviews decisions and data ex post facto to glean increased understanding; incorporates learning into future decision-making
  • Accountability compares business case to actual performance and collaborates with other leaders to ensure success of investments
  • Interpretation and translation able to tell a story with the data; brings life to the numbers through observation and familiarity with the business
  • Prioritization understands market and organizational conditions and prioritizes efforts accordingly; manages tension between revenue and costs, etc.
  • Communication proactively provides information about data, forecasting and financials to enable best possible decision-making for individual leaders and the organization; seeks information from others and disseminates accordingly as a conduit or hub
  • Coach / Mentor / Manager formally and informally develops others and contributes to talent factory strategy; provides direction, review, reassurance, encouragement, challenge, recognition on an individual basis; promotes growth and development in associates; inspires risk; continually assesses and reassesses talent and fit to role based on individual and collective performance

Key responsibilities include : direct the operation of accounting to provide adequate manufacturing systems, with additional responsibilities including, but not limited to :

  • Identifying key levers to drive business improvement and providing leadership to ensure implementation of business improvement opportunities
  • Determine, in conjunction with plant management, targeted goals for performance measures of quality, productivity, delivery, cycle time, inventory optimization and profitability
  • Deploying business unit initiatives
  • Forecasting, planning and analyzing business results
  • Complying with Howmet and business unit financial reporting requirements
  • Coordination of the capital appropriation process and post-project reviews
  • Ensuring completion of Howmet's Sarbanes-Oxley requirements for internal controls
  • Supervising department employees
  • Qualifications

    Basic Qualifications

  • BS in Business Administration and / or Finance Accounting from an accredited institution.
  • Minimum of 7 years related financial / controllership work experience.
  • Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • At least 5 year's supervisory experience with the ability to manage and develop Staff (Financial and Operational)
  • Experience working in a manufacturing environment in finance field
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
  • MBA, CMA and / or CPA
  • Plant Controller experience for a manufacturing facility with at least $150 million in annual revenues.
  • High proficiency in using MS Office software, experience with Oracle, Hyperion, or similar systems, project management, multi-tasking and developing / executing data queries.
  • Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
  • Strong organizational skills in relation to managing multiple projects with tight deadlines in a high pressure / high intensity environment.
  • Strong cost accounting skills - Multi level Routing and Bill of material Cost Accounting Experience.
  • About Us

    Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE : HWM), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. Our primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems, titanium structural parts and forged wheels. With $6.6 billion in revenue in 2023, our products play a crucial role in enabling fuel efficiency and lightweighting, contributing to our customers' success and making a positive impact on the world. To learn more about the way Howmet Aerospace Inc. is advancing the sustainability of our customers, markets, and communities where we operate, review the 2023 Environmental Social and Governance report at www.howmet.com / esg-report . Follow : LinkedIn , Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , and YouTube .

    Equal Opportunity Employer :

    Howmet is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

    If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email TalentAcquisitionCoE_Howmet@howmet.com

    Job Info

    Job Identification 112191

    Job Category Finance

    Posting Date 02 / 26 / 2025, 09 : 48 PM

    Locations

    One Misco Drive, Whitehall, MI, 49461-1799, US

    Job Schedule Full time

    Remote Work Schedule Availability? None

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