Jr. Controller

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of quarterly reforecast incorporating historical results and future assumptions.
• Assessing current accounting operations, offering recommendations for improvement and implementing new processes.
• Preparation of work papers supporting the monthly close process and month end balances.
• Review and posts receipts and payments to appropriate ledgers, spreadsheets, records, and databases.
• Audits invoices against purchase orders, researches discrepancies, and approves for payment.
• Provides advance warning of variances to most recent budget / forecast in a no surprises manner.
• Evaluating accounting and internal control systems.
• Directs preparation of budgets, reviews budget proposals, and prepares necessary supporting documentation and justification.
• Provides counsel and advice to peer management in an effort to optimize operational results.
• Coordinates activities of external auditors.
• Prepares reports required by regulatory agencies.
• Acts as close confidant to Plant Manager of operation.
• Hiring, training and retaining competent accounting staff.

·         Attending weekly meetings and providing spreadsheets and explaining any discrepancies.

·          Abe to work with various departments in the accounting, supply chain, purchasing, etc.

·          Able to meet deadlines

·         Weekly financial statements 

·         Product Costing

·         SQL

·         AS400 or SAP

·          Cost Reduction

·         Able to conduct queries

Qualifications:

• Three (3) years of experience as a Controller, or Five (3) years of experience in the (Automotive industry)
• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• Five (5) years of experience interpreting financial reports, and legal documents.
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience presenting information to various levels of management (ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or executive teams.)
• Five years of experience working with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Eight years of experience applying concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

PREFERRED SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• • Experience as an audit manager / senior associate at a CPA firm (Large  or Middle Market) strongly preferred
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment or with manufacturing clients preferred
  • Experience with inventory management (year-end) physical counts or recurring cycle counts) preferred
  • CPA preferred

Experience & Others • Previous experience as Controller is a plus; • Experience in Automotive Industry is a plus. KPI's • Nr. Safety Accidents • Actual Gross Margin • C&B Costs • ESS • Internal Audit Non-Conformities • Personal Training Plan Execution