Controller Industrial Refrigeration Americas

Industrial Refrigeration (IR) Americas Controller

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What we offer: 

• Competitive salary and commission/bonus plan

• Paid vacation/holidays/sick time 

• Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care 

• On the job/cross training opportunities 

• Encouraging and collaborative team environment 

• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy 

What you will do: 

Reporting to the Senior Finance Director HVACR, Americas, you will support Industrial Refrigeration (IR) business across all four IR America Plants. Linking Plant & Commercial Operations, Finance, Controllership and BU Leadership by collecting and modelling information that will serve for developing, maintaining and implementing strong finance process improvement across IR America’s to drive business performance, financial transparency and aid swift business decision making.

You will need to drive forecasting accuracy, financial discipline and overall reporting of IR Americas performance and metrics. You will also oversee and guide a team of plant controllers and analysts that support the business.

How you will do it: 

• Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses, TWC and capital expenditures

• Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance, providing insights and decision-making support to the business

• Oversee and manage the continued development of Budgeting, Financial Forecasting and Modeling tools.

• Drive the financial quarterly and monthly forecast (flash), annual budget and outlook processes

• Implement and work with Business Intelligence Tools and Dashboard reports

• Improve performance by evaluating processes to drive efficiencies

• Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes

• Supporting Senior Management Team with in-depth analysis and presentations

• Ensure all Applied Finance reporting and deliverables are met timely and accurately

• Coordinate all of our OTC efforts with the regional collections group and the business to minimize past dues ensuring root cause issues are properly addressed by the Collections group. Lead all trade working capital initiatives and reporting. 

• Act as first escalation point for issues that don’t get resolved between Finance regional support teams and business functions

• Act as intermediary for close cooperation and effective communication between the business and record to report intercompany and accounting groups driving proper allocation of activities and responsibilities per agreed taxonomies and SLAs with our regional business centers

What we look for:

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or other relevant field. 

• 8+ years of relevant experience in Finance and Accounting.

• Experience leading teams and developing talent.

• Experience in Manufacturing Industry

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to influence across the organization and work in a cross-functional, fast-paced environment

Preferred

• MBA

• Experience with OneStream, Power BI, SAP

• Experience communicating and interacting with senior leadership

The preferred candidate would work hybrid from our Waynesboro, PA plant. We will consider remote ca