Controller - Pirson

ALKEGEN•Tonawanda, NY

1d•$117,771•Hybrid

About The Position

Alkegen brings together two of the world’s leading specialty materials companies to create one new, innovation-driven leader focused on battery technologies, filtration media, and specialty insulation. Through global reach and breakthrough inventions, we’re delivering products that enable the world to breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before. With over 60 manufacturing facilities with a global workforce of over 9,000 of the industry’s most experienced talent, including insulation and filtration experts, Alkegen is uniquely positioned to help customers impact the environment in meaningful ways. The Mobility Pirson Plant Controller will be the strategic business partner to the Pirson Plant Leader. They will be the finance leader for this site thus responsible for ensuring strong financial control, cost/working capital management and adherence to GAAP/IFRS and company financial policies. This role will report directly to the Wester NY Finance Leader. Work Schedule: Requires in-office attendance four days per week Monday-Thursday, with Friday designated as work-from-home.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting required
5+ years of experience with 1-2 years relevant FP&A experience focused in a manufacturing setting
Ability and excitement to navigate a complex, fast growing, global manufacturing and business environment
Excellent organizational and analytical skills w/ supervisory experience leading financial teams through both controllership & FP&A duties and tasks
Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
Extremely proficient with Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint

Responsibilities

Ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with accounting standards as a part of the monthly close processes
Enforce adherence to GAAP/IFRS and company financial policies through monitoring all internal control systems to ensure integrity in financial reporting
Own the integrity and accuracy of all manufacturing-related balance sheet accounts, while ensuring coordination with Corporate Controllership and Tax and compliance with CHQ policies
Prepare timely, accurate financial reports, forecasts and variance analysis that support strategic business decisions
Translation of operational performance metrics – throughput, yield, scrap, labor efficiency, etc. – into financial impact to enable plant leadership to react quickly and effectively
Leads inventory management ensuring accurate valuation, robust standard costing process, cycle count integrity obsolescence management and working capital optimization
Support the development and execution of the annual budgeting and rolling forecast processes ensuring alignment with company goals
Lead resolution of discrepancies and drive improvements in data quality and reporting systems
Serve as a key member of the plant leadership team
Is a consistent role model for the Alkegen Core Values
Demonstrates excellent process management and change management skills
Exemplifies a systems-thinking mindset being able to navigate complexity and understand secondary and tertiary financial impacts on decisions
Combines strong manufacturing finance and technical accounting skillsets
Develops relationships that enable effective leading, coaching, and development of team members
Is a highly motivated problem solver able to balance priorities well under pressure
Communicates clearly with all stakeholder groups; quickly builds trust, credibility and respect with senior leadership. Can translate complex financial analyses into clear decision framework for leadership to quickly assess