Director, Finance and Accounting

Do you want to be part of an organization on the cutting edge of technology?

We’re looking for talented people to join our motivated and friendly team. We have an open, collaborative, and flexible environment. You’ll work alongside leading industry experts and take on challenging projects that bring tomorrow’s electronics to life. If you want to make a difference, are an effective communicator, love a good challenge, and easily embrace change, your next career adventure awaits!

Mycronic is a global high-tech company whose innovative solutions have been advancing electronics technology for over 40 years. Today we continue to grow and serve customers in an expanding variety of industries. What we do impacts the future of technology, and in turn, the way we live our lives tomorrow.

Overview

We are looking for an experienced Director, Finance and Accounting to join Mycronic’s Global Technologies division working within our Applied Plasma business line (Surfx Technologies).  It is an exciting time to join our team! 

Surfx Technologies is a fast-growing company that offers atmospheric argon plasmas for the high-volume manufacturing of integrated circuits, semiconductor packages, printed circuit boards, and other microelectronic devices. These automated plasma machines are an excellent choice for surface cleaning, activation, and metal oxide removal.  The Surfx team delivers this atmospheric argon plasma technology for assembled products that are less likely to corrode, delaminate, or come unglued during their lifetime.  Our customers include the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers and technology companies. 

The Director, Finance and Accounting develops and manages all aspects of financial accounting operations including performing financial analysis for two legal entities (US & Taiwan).  This position addresses tight reporting deadlines with our parent company as well as a multitude of accounting activities including yet not limited to general ledger preparation, financial reporting, driving the year-end audit preparation and support of budget, forecast, and strategic planning activities. The ability to make independent judgments and be able to critically self-review one's work is essential for success in this position.

As a part of the business line’s management team, this role provides strategic financial recommendations and analysis to the head of the business line. The financial recommendations and analysis will support critical business decisions. 

Position Location: Redondo Beach, California 

Key Responsibilities 

• Oversees all financial operations including accounting, control, financial planning and analysis
• Leads the monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting processes ensuring the results are complete and accurate and delivered timely to key stakeholders in line with the Group Financial Policy and Financial Business Blueprint
• Advises senior management on financial analyses and decision-making on investments, contract negotiations, significant costs, benchmarks, and other matters
• Partners with the GT’s Head of Finance and key stakeholders across the company to provide insights on operational and financial performance, and business trends
• Provides perspectives and executive financial recommendations for strategic decisions, including P&L, NWC, BS, Capex and CF analysis and other ad-hoc projects
• Leads and develops the GT-AP finance team, collaborates with functional departments in GT-AP as well as with GT’s Head of Finance and M&A and Mycronic Group finance team
• Reviews bi-weekly payroll and off-cycle payments
• Ensures accounting policies comply with IFRS, generally accepted accounting principles, tax requirements, and management reporting requirements 
• Establishes and executes formal internal control policies and procedures. Exercises accounting control to ensure that budgeted expenditures do not exceed amounts authorized without proper approval
• Assumes responsibility for accounting classifications of all expenditures and documents
• Manages cash management functions including cash concentration and wires
• Ensures adequate liquidity for capital needs and transfer excess cash to parent company
• Manages budget process and prepares other short and long-term financial forecasts of financial performance
• Coordinates internal and external audits and manages action items
• Oversees aud