Brock Grain Systems Business Unit Controller

Ctb-USA • Milford, IN

257d • Onsite

About The Position

As the Business Unit Controller, you will partner with the BU General Manager on the planning, management and execution of business initiatives and priorities, to ensure that financial and operational objectives are aligned to the business goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience; MBA preferred but not required.
• 7-10 years of progressive financial analysis, financial reporting, and accounting experience, preference for manufacturing and cost accounting experience, multi-site and international multi-currency experience, experience handling complex situations.
• Public accounting experience helpful for US GAAP knowledge.
• CPA or CMA preferred but not required.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills.
• Ability to teach, train and coach non-financial staff in financial concepts, provide financial accountability in reviewing trends, variances, as well as other cost analysis.
• Advanced Excel usage, extracting data from systems, and the ability to navigate through an ERP system.
• Able to read/write/speak English fluently.

Nice To Haves

• Mature leadership and influencing skills to lead and guide team members in various areas.
• Ability to easily speak up and put things on the table to help drive business performance.
• Need conceptual thinkers who can take a vision and create better processes/solutions.
• Enjoys collaboration and leading/participating in continuous improvement processes.
• Team members work in an ethical and transparent way to reach best practice solutions.

Responsibilities

• Plans, manages and executes on the business projects and priorities, ensuring operations are within business parameters based on the goals of the business.
• Leads, manages, supports and collaborates with the shared services team, ensuring timely and accurate closing of various period financials while providing explanations for business performance variances relative to budget and prior periods.
• Approves or performs balance sheet account reconciliations regularly.
• Performs key financial analysis, summation and recommendations/input for new products, capital investing and other strategic projects to ensure initiatives stay within budget and business goals are achieved.
• Researches, develops and prepares additional analyses, using reporting tools and mechanisms to support decision-making processes and to ensure accurate and reliable monthly estimates, forecasts / budget is reported and presented to the business unit and corporate management.
• Helps lead the BU's annual budgeting exercise.
• Leads other strategic priorities as needed or directed to ensure financial, budget and operational goals are met.
• Develops, leads and manages the areas of compliance related to internal controls, policies and procedures to ensure defined procedures and segregation of duties follow the business policies and financial best practices.
• Leads, manages, prepares and gathers the data and documentation for internal/external financial audits, providing recommendations for enhancement in audit processes and ensures information is accurate and provided on time.
• Takes ownership of initiating the physical inventory and cycle count events, ensuring accurate reconciliation and valuation of inventory.
• Leads, mentors, and trains financial and non-financial employees on financial concepts in relationship to the business and their area of ownership to help meet integrated goals.
• Directly participates in the committee for pricing products based on movements in commodity costs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Food Services and Drinking Places
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree