Assistant Controller

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.

At Alcoa, you’re an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies. You have the power to shape things to make them better.

About the role:

This position is accountable for coordinating and providing a broad range of financial and operational analysis activities for our Massena, NY location. Situated in beautiful Northwest New York, this role would play an integral part in leading the strategic direction for a site that contains the world’s longest, continuously operating aluminum smelter.

Key responsibilities:

• Support development of annual operating plans, forecasts, and conduct variance analysis for the location.
• Manage, analyze and report physical inventory results as well as ensure inventory standards are accurately updated to reflect current costs.
• Provide accurate and timely reporting/forecasting/planning for the location.
• Own the monthly general ledger closing processes for the aluminum casthouse.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction and sharing of best practices.
• Provide support on an as needed basis for financial and control audits for both internal and external auditors.
• Assist in strategic analysis of budgets along with new business opportunities.

What you can bring to this role:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in finance or accounting, from an accredited institution
• Experience and knowledge in one of the following: cost accounting, financial accounting, and financial analysis & reporting
• Minimum 2 years of experience in accounting and/or financial analysis/reporting
• Expert user of Microsoft Office products
• Experience with Oracle is a plus.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation packages, including pay-for performance variable pay, recognition and rewards programs, and stock-based compensation awards (3-year vesting schedule)
• Flexible spending accounts and generous employer contribution to the HSA
• 401(k), employer match up to 6%, additional employer retirement income contribution (no vesting period), and a nonqualified deferred compensation plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 4 hours of paid annual volunteer hours
• Alcoa has been chosen as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 by Newsweek

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Base salary: $90,000 - $123,500 USD annually

Total rewards packages listed, including base salary and bonus eligibility, applies to US based applicants only. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on a range of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies in conjunction with multiple components of the Employee Total Rewards Package. Alcoa reserves the right to change plans at its discretion.

About the Location

Our Massena facility in New York State, established in 1902, is home to the longest continuously operating smelter in the world. Located on the St. Lawrence River, Massena, NY is the center for commercial, industrial, and manufacturing success in St. Lawrence County. Massena’s caring sense of community, affordable cost of living, and extremely low-cost locally supplied energy, coupled with four public and private universities nearby, make Massena a great place to call home. And within a two hour drive (or less) are cosmopolitan and historic Montreal and Ottawa, Canada to the north, and to the south are the tall, beautiful views of Adirondacks and within it is Lake Placid The Olympic Village.

We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress.  Our commitments to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.   

As a proud equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer, Alcoa is dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of a person’s gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, nation of origin, disability, veteran status, language spoken or any other characteristic or status protected by the laws or regulations in the places where we operate.  

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