Controller 113539
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Job Location:
Springdale, AR - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
This is an outstanding opportunity for a high-level finance/accounting leader to become our Plant Controller in Springdale Arkansas and within Arconic s Building & Construction Systems (BCS) business segment.
As a Controller you will report directly to the Location Manager with a dotted line to the BCS Segment Controller and lead a team of six finance and accounting professionals. As a strategic business partner you will lead and oversee all functional accounting and control activities include forecasting planning reporting consolidation and analysis while also developing strong processes and ensuring full compliance with internal audit and regulatory standards.
To be successful in this role you ll quickly get up to speed on our processes methodologies and plant operations including the key drivers of financial performance. A strong Controller is someone who can influence at all levels of the organization and communicate financial information clearly whether speaking with senior leadership or team members outside of finance.
**Work Arrangement: This role is onsite at our Springdale Arkansas plant five days a week.
People Management
- Lead mentor coach and develop finance team members to build capability bwnch strength and ensure high performance in a collaborative positive work environment.
- Hire train and coach team members to build both capability and bench strength.
- Drive succession planning to ensure continuity and long-term organizational effectiveness.
Compliance
- Develop maintain and continuously improve accounting principles policies and procedures to ensure accurate timely financial statements and strong internal controls.
- Review and approve journal entries in alignment with Arconic/BCS policies.
- Conduct monthly balance sheet reconciliation reviews.
- Oversee internal control testing to ensure adherence to Arconic and BCS audit standards.
- Partner with corporate teams on tax treasury and technical accounting matters.
- Coordinate with internal and external auditors on tax financial operational and internal control audits.
Closing
- Own the accuracy and integrity of the month-end close (1-day close) across Oracle and JDE systems.
- Collaborate with Arconic Financial Shared Services to ensure timely and efficient close activities.
- Lead ongoing improvements to streamline standardize and optimize the closing process.
Business Partnering
- Serve as a strategic finance partner to the Plant Lead Team.
- Lead the preparation of monthly quarterly and annual budgets and forecasts including income statement balance sheet and cash flow projections.
- Analyze variances between actual and plan/forecast results presenting clear financial bridges and insights.
- Lead daily P&L analysis to drive operational and financial performance.
- Deploy and maintain unit cost analysis to identify cost variances and improvement opportunities.
- Collaborate with procurement to track vendor spend analyze variances and uncover cost reduction opportunities.
- Provide financial analysis to support data driven decision making including product margin assessments working capital reviews and risk & opportunity identification.
- Lead development of business cases for capital expenditure projects.
- Bachelors Degree in finance or accounting from an accredited institution.
- Minimum of seven (7) years of finance and accounting experience within a manufacturing environment including at least three (3) years in a financial leadership role.
Preferred Qualifications (in addition to Required)
- Oracle/JDE experience
Skills/Competencies
- Demonstrated ability to develop accurate forecasts perform detailed variance analysis and deliver clear actionable financial reporting.
- Strong understanding of standard costing within manufacturing with experience applying cost standards to support budgeting evaluate production efficiency and improve operational performance.
- Strong oral verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional teams and across all levels of the organization.
- Strong attention to detail organizational and time management skills.
- Proven ability to problem solve to Root Cause with understanding of lean management principles.
- Self-Starter with a proactive mindset with the eagerness to seek opportunities and expand capabilities.
- Advanced Microsoft skills (Excel Access PowerPoint) with enhanced expertise of Excel Hyperion or other data reporting tools.
- Understanding of self-assessments or internal audit processes.
emonstrated ability to develop accurate forecasts perform detailed variance analysis and deliver c
Strong understanding of standard costing within manufacturing with experience applying cost standar
Strong oral verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively wit
Strong attention to detail organizational and time management skills.
Proven ability to problem solve to Root Cause with understanding of lean management principles.
Advanced Microsoft skills (Excel Access PowerPoint) with enhanced expertise of Excel Hyperion or
Understanding of self-assessments or internal audit processes.
