Regional Controller - The Americas

Howmet Aerospace is searching for a Regional Controller - The Americas to join our Howmet Wheel Systems (HWS) business unit in Cleveland, OH.

Howmet Aerospace (NYSE: HWM) creates breakthrough products that shape industries. Working in close partnership with our customers, we solve complex engineering challenges to transform the way we fly, drive, and power. Through the ingenuity of our people and cutting-edge advanced manufacturing techniques, we deliver these products at a quality and efficiency that ensures customer success and shareholder value. 

Howmet Wheel Systems (HWS) is a business unit with a rich tradition and a bright future. We invented the forged wheel in 1948 and have remained the global leader in providing safe, strong, lightweight, and innovative aluminum transportation products ever since. ALCOA® Wheels are highly engineered products operating in challenging environments with significant product liability risk and wide diversity of end use applications ranging from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks to commercial and military vehicles. HWS employs 1,900 people at 14 locations worldwide and produces over 4 million aluminum wheels globally.

Our customers trust us to deliver a wide range of great looking and dependable products that improve fuel economy and increase payload to address their customers’ business needs. Our Commercial Vehicle Wheel products lead the world in market innovation and truck, trailer, and bus customers recognize our LvL ONE®, Dura-Bright® and Ultra ONE® wheels as the current innovative products in this market. 

Job Dimensions: 

The Regional Controller, The Americas provides financial leadership and governance for North America and South America including commercial & manufacturing operations. This role oversees a team of Plant Controllers responsible for multiple manufacturing facilities and serves as the primary regional financial partner to the VP of Finance. The position is accountable for the integrity of regional financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, internal controls, compliance and manufacturing accounting processes while driving consistency, standardization and continuous improvement across all locations. The Regional Controller collaborates closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial, Corporate Finance, Internal Audit and Executive Leadership to optimize financial performance, mitigate risk and support strategic business initiatives throughout the region.

Major Activities & Key Challenges

• Provide strategic financial leadership for all North America and South America operations including Cleveland Manufacturing, Barberton Wheel Plant, Barberton Cast House, Monterey Manufacturing and Brazil, ensuring alignment with corporate financial objectives and business strategy.

• Primary partner to drive cost analysis and pricing proposals to improve profitability and cash flow.

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Plant Controllers, establishing performance expectations and driving accountability.

• Oversee the monthly close process across all North and South America locations, ensuring timely, accurate and consistent financial reporting while resolving significant issues impacting results.

• Review and consolidate regional financial results, communicating key risks & opportunities and performance trends to executive leadership.

• Lead the regional forecasting, annual operating plan and long-range financial planning processes, ensuring alignment across manufacturing, supply chain, commercial and corporate finance organizations.

• Drive forecast accuracy and financial discipline by reviewing plant forecasts, challenging assumptions and ensuring consistency across all locations.

• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial and executive leadership to identify opportunities to improve profitability, productivity, working capital and overall business performance.

• Establish and maintain standardized accounting policies, internal controls and financial processes across all North America and South America sites to ensure compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements.

• Provide governance over inventory accounting, manufacturing cost accounting, account reconciliations and financial controls while ensuring consistency across all plants.

• Ensure compliance with SOX requirements, internal control standards, ASAT completion and corporate accounting policies across the region, driving timely resolution of