Director of Finance

This position is responsible for location Financial Reporting, adherence to all GAAP, Howmet policies and procedures, and practicing risk management and SOX compliance for all aspects of controls. This position also provides financial leadership and data analysis for development of alternatives and solutions used in management decision making, as well as preparation of budgets and forecasting and corresponding financial accountability. In addition, this position is accountable for developing financial acumen in the location lead team as well as developing direct reports.

Although located in Niles, OH, this role will also have financial responsibility over Structures’ Canton, Ohio, and Martinsville, Virginia operating locations. This role will report directly to the Ti-Mill Director of Operations with a dotted line to the Vice President of Finance.

Essential Job Functions:

Compliance

• Full ownership of the P&L and Balance Sheet
• Complying with Howmet and business unit financial reporting requirements
• Ensuring completion of Howmet’s Sarbanes-Oxley requirements for internal controls
• Act as an authority on GAAP related accounting matters for the site, including areas such as revenue recognition and cost accounting
• Act as primary interface to external auditors with respect to site matters

Leadership

• Supervising department employees
• Developing Finance team members
• Set goals and evaluate team members against the goals

Business Partnering

• Identify key levers to drive business improvement and providing leadership to ensure implementation for business improvement opportunities
• Determining in conjunction with the plant management, targeted goals for performance measures of quality, productivity, delivery, cycle time, inventory optimization and profitability
• Coordinate and administer an adequate plan for the control of operations including profit planning and analysis, sales forecasts, expense budgets, cost standards, savings opportunities, and capital investing
• Deploying business unit initiatives
• Coordination of the capital appropriation process and post-project reviews
• Forecast short- and long-range cash requirements and obligations as a basis for maintaining adequate funds
• Keeping Sub-Segment controller informed of the site’s performance and provide advice on all financial matters, including desirable operational adjustments

Attributes:

• Enterprise minded--understands the needs of the business and how decisions affect P&L, balance sheet and future capabilities, influences capital expenditures based on broad business case
• Responsive expertise--prepared with information to help guide decision making both upon request and future planning
• 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 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

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/EQUIPMENT USED

• The controller position requires frequent sitting in an office environment and occasional walking and standing in a manufacturing environment.
• No PPE required for in office, however, employee is expected to observe all PPE requirements while out on the floor.

Disclaimer

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