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Assistant Controller/Controller

Emerge

Branford, CT

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$125,000–$140,000 Per Year
SKILLS
Accounting, Accounting Software, Aerospace and Defense, Analysis Skills, Balance Sheet, Bill of Materials (BOM), Budgeting, Business Administration, Business Analysis, Business Case, Business Operations, Business Plan, Business Solutions, Capital Appropriation, Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Coaching, Communication Skills, Corporate Policies, Cost Accounting, Establish Priorities, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Compliance, Financial Control, Financial Reporting, Forecasting, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Hyperion, Leadership, Legal, Manufacturing, Marketing, Mentoring, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Multitasking, Needs Assessment, Oracle, Organizational Skills, People Management, Performance Metrics, Plant Management, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Profit & Loss, Project/Program Management, Quality Metrics, Regulations, Revenue Management, Risk, Risk Management, Sales Management, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Team Lead/Manager, Time Management
LOCATION
Branford, CT
POSTED
3 days ago
Emerge is currently recruiting qualified candidates for an Assistant Controller in Branford, CT for our client, a growing manufacturer of quality machined products for the aerospace and industrial sector. The position reports to the Plant Manager with a strong dotted line to the Business Unit. The Assistant Controller will have experience in a manufacturing organization and act as a business partner to the Plant Manager, directing the sites finance function.

Job Responsibilities
  • Responsible for location compliance (financial reporting, adherence to all GAAP, SOX, and company policies and procedures).
  • Practice risk management and ASAT compliance for all aspects of controls.
  • Provide financial leadership and data analysis for the development of actions and alternatives used in management decision-making.
  • Preparation of budgets and forecasting and corresponding financial accountability. Developing financial acumen in the location lead team.
  • 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 company and business unit financial reporting requirements.
  • Coordination of the capital appropriation process and post-project reviews.
  • Ensuring completion of company’s Sarbanes-Oxley requirements for internal controls.
  • Supervising department employees.
Key Skills
  • Enterprise minded: Understands the needs of the business and how decisions affect P&L, balance sheet and future capabilities; influences cap-ex based on a broad business case.
  • Responsive expertise: Prepared with information to help guide decision-making, both upon request and for future planning.
  • Compliance: Organized and aware of legal and local ramifications of 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 the 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 the 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 the best possible decision-making for individual leaders and the organization; seeks information from others and disseminates accordingly as a conduit or hub.
  • Coach/Mentor/Manager: Formally and informally develops others and contributes to talent factory strategy; provides direction, review, reassurance, encouragement, challenge, and recognition on an individual basis; promotes growth and development in associates; inspires risk; continually assesses and reassesses talent and fit to role based on individual and collective performance.
Minimum Qualifications
  • BS in Business Administration and/or Finance Accounting from an accredited institution.
  • Seven (7) years related financial/controllership work experience, a minimum of four (4) years in a manufacturing environment.
  • Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
  • This position is subject to the Internal Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which requires U.S. person status.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
  • Experience with project accounting software.
  • MBA, CMA and/or CPA.
  • Previous roles requiring SOX compliance and adherence to GAAP policies.
  • Plant Controller experience for a manufacturing facility.
  • High proficiency in using MS Office software; experience with Oracle, Hyperion, or similar systems; project management; multi-tasking; and developing/executing data queries.
  • Strong analytical, decision-making, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines in a high-pressure/high-intensity environment.
  • Strong cost accounting skills (Multi-level Routing and Bill of Material Cost Accounting Experience).
  • Ability to dig for details and work on challenging projects.
  • Ability to communicate complex financial information in an easy-to-understand manner to non-finance personnel.
Salary & Benefits
Medical, Dental, Vision and more - eligible from day one + excellent 401(K) match - vested from day one.

If you are qualified for this position, please click "apply now". Thank you in advance for applying, however, only qualified candidates will be contacted.

Who is Emerge? We are a global talent solutions company working with clients all over the world. We deliver talent, recruiting expertise, managed sales, marketing, and business operations solutions to our clients. These solutions are an extension of your existing operations. We are committed to your success, working quickly and efficiently to provide tangible, measurable results. 

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About the Company

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Emerge

Emerge extends sales, marketing, and business management teams for enterprise corporations. We put exceptional people, processes, and systems into action to help our clients achieve their business goals.

We are a collection of people who care deeply about our clients, family, friends and co-workers. Working together to solve our clients’ Staffing and Managed Services needs is what drives us to work in the morning, powers us through hectic travel and keeps the wide smiles on our faces every day.

COMPANY SIZE
20 to 49 employees
INDUSTRY
Business Services - Other