General Role Description

Develop and maintain a department capable of providing accurate and timely financial information, effective cost accounting

systems, and general business accounting services, which enable the business unit (BU) to meet its commitments

Role Accountabilities

• Ensure the effective design, development, implementation, measurement, and management of finance and accounting
• systems to continuously increase capability and performance
• Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees to ensure successful delivery of finance services aligned with
• business objectives
• Ensure accurate and timely processing of accounts payable, accounts receivable, corporate company credit cards, travel
• and living expense reports, fixed assets, payroll processing, and inventory transactions
• Ensure the monthly and annual closing process results in timely and accurate financial statements
• Provide accurate product costs for quoting and for cost improvement tracking
• Calculate and report the cost of raw materials, WIP, and finished goods inventory
• Calculate and prepare the business unit financial budget for the fiscal year
• Provide timely and accurate data to external financial audit firm
• Ensure timely and accurate labor, material, and overhead reports

General Employee Accountabilities

• Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager
• Give manager best advice
• Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified
• Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager
• Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment
• Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws
• Recommend viable improvements proactively
• Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

Manager Accountabilities

• Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees
• Plan for, appropriately assign, resource, and integrate the work of the team
• Lead, expect, and implement continuous improvement
• Own the output of the team
• Ensure team members fulfill functional and general employee accountabilities
• Exercise effective managerial leadership to include
• Two-way managerial team working
• Fair and just treatment of direct reports
• Context setting
• Planning
• Task assignment
• Ongoing performance management
• Coaching
• Selection and orientation
• De-selection and dismissal

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or equivalent via education and/or work experience
• 5 years’ professional or managerial accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated cost accounting experience
• Demonstrated experience leading a team to achieve business goals
• Knowledge of budgeting and forecasting techniques as well as proficiency with financial statement analysis and projection
• Proficiency in financial module of an ERP system
• Demonstrated knowledge of applicable legislation and regulatory guidelines and their impact on business processes and
• strategy
• Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts

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