Plant Controller - Manufacturing

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 post-project reviews
  
• Ensuring completion of Howmet’s Sarbanes-Oxley requirements for internal controls
  
• Supervising department employees
  

Requirements

• 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