The purpose of this position is to act as a business partner to the Plant Manager directing the finance function at a manufacturing facility. This position reports to the Plant Manager with a strong dotted line to the Business Unit. Key responsibilities include: direct the operation of Information Systems Procurement and 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 postproject reviews
- Ensuring completion of Howmet s SarbanesOxley requirements for internal controls
- Supervising department employees
Requirements
- Enterprise mindedunderstands the needs of the business and how decisions affect P&L balance sheet and future capabilities influences capex based on broad business case
- Responsive expertiseprepared with information to help guide decision making both upon request and future planning based
- Complianceorganized and aware of legal and local ramifications to decisions and practices; proactively prepared for audits
- Dataorientedanticipates and solves problems from a datainformed perspective; forecasts accurately and tracks closely; intervenes in ways that influence numbers
- Involved and curiousspends 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
- Analysisreviews decisions and data ex post facto to glean increased understanding; incorporates learning into future decisionmaking
- Accountabilitycompares business case to actual performance and collaborates with other leaders to ensure success of investments
- Interpretation and translationable to tell a story with the data; brings life to the numbers through observation and familiarity with the business
- Prioritizationunderstands market and organizational conditions and prioritizes efforts; accordingly manages tension between revenue and costs etc.
- Communicationproactively provides information about data forecasting and financials to enable best possible decisionmaking for individual leaders and the organization; seeks information from others and disseminates accordingly as a conduit or hub
- Coachformally and informally develops others and contributes to talent factory strategy
- MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE IN A PLANT IS A MUST!!
- MONTH END CLOSE
- Standard COST ACCOUNTING
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--formally and informally develops others and contributes to talent factory strategy MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE IN A PLANT IS A MUST!! MONTH END CLOSE Standard COST ACCOUNTING
Education
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;