Assistant Controller

Assistant Controller

Lead and develop General Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payroll teams in accounting duties.

Qualifications/Work Experience

• Reporting to the Controller, candidate should have 10 years of progressive business experience.
• Other deciding factors will include corporate reporting experience, internal controls experience, and leadership/direction setting and process improvement successes
• Supervision of monthly closing (in Oracle); consolidations (in Hyperion) of domestic operations and overseas affiliate plants; and review/publication of monthly financial statements and commentary to Corporate (Kalamazoo, MI) and internal management.
• Supervision of the development and submission of quarterly financial schedules.
• Supervision of the compilation and submission of annual Financial and Tax packages.
• Presentation of financial results to senior management, as required.
• Primary liaison with E&Y and Corporate Internal Audit.
• Active participation in ensuring sound internal control environment (e.g., poly and procedure development; compliance with Corporate policies; account reconciliations; data integrity maintenance; etc.) as respects general corporate governance and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Responsible for the continuous evolution of financial systems including, but not limited to, ERP Finance applications and the Prophet budgeting/forecasting tool.
• Primary Corporate liaison re: accounting, tax, treasury, risk management and other business data requests.
• Supervision of the development, publication and continuous improvement efforts (i.e., process improvement) related to monthly performance metrics.
• Oversight of Fx exposure management. •Responsible for all aspects of Fixed Asset accounting, Intercompany accounting, AP/Cash Disbursements and Payroll.
• Monitoring/control of all balance sheet activity and direct responsibility for certain P&L departments.
• Leadership regarding Finance objectives settings and execution.
• Ad hoc financial analyses, reporting and senior management presentations, as required.

Education and/or Special Training

CPA required; MBA a plus.

Percent Travel Required

5%