Financial Controller

Job Responsibilities

• Entity Consolidation
• Reconciliation of all entity trial balances to the consolidated entity.
• Work with Senior Accounting Manager and Regional Accounting Managers to ensure accounting at the entity level is being completed timely and accurately.
• Ensure all journal entries are posted promptly in accordance with the Anitox operating Calendar.
• Ensure all assigned entities complete balance sheet reconciliations for all major accounts on a period basis.
• Intercompany Management
• Ensure all Anitox entity trial balances are reviewed and in compliance with Anitox accounting standards.
• Ensure that all intercompany activity between Anitox entities is identified and all intercompany profit and expenses are properly accounted for and reported.
• Financial Reporting
• Process and complete financial and operating reporting for Anitox Holding Company, internal reporting for Anitox and Illuma Alliance in a timely manner.
• Manufacturing Accounting
• Work with the Global Cash Manager and Chief Financial Officer to address Anitox cost accounting needs in the following areas within the ERP System:
• Setting of standards
• Validation of Bills of Material for all products
• Recording labor and overhead rates
• Completion of profitability analysis for fully landed costs by entity for Anitox Products and Customers
• Inventories
• Maintain and update entity-level inventory analysis and reporting.
• Work collaboratively with the Global Operations team to ensure proper inventory counts are completed promptly.
• Fixed Assets
• Schedule and Reconcile Fixed Assets
• Process monthly Depreciation.
• Set up and maintain CAPEX projects.
• Review and reconcile CIP Accounts
• Complete CapEx say-do analysis.
• Working Capital Management
• Participate as part of the Weekly Global Cash Review.
• Provide cover for Asia and EMEA bank account reconciliations.
• Planning & Analysis
• Lead the annual budgeting process.
• Support the monthly forecasting process.
• Work with the Finance team and Operations leadership to provide timely analysis into profitability across operating entities and gross margin by product, by region, and by customer.
• Provide action-oriented financial information to department heads to help manage their operating expense spend vs. budget and prior year.
• Improve and develop analytical skill sets across the finance team.
• Audit Management
• Manage and lead the annual fiancial audit for all Anitox entities.

Qualifications

• Accounting Degree plus at least 10 years of finance experience in a manufacturing company with a large, dispersed operating profile.
• Proven history of delivering accounting tasks in a timely and accurate manner.
• A responsive, flexible, adaptive personality with an ability to deal with ambiguity.
• Demonstrated success in influencing decision makers to adopt new ways of thinking and execution that helps propel the business.
• Extraordinarily strong quantitative and analytical skills and operationally focused.
• Demonstrated success in driving efficiencies and delivering results.
• Excellent listening, communication and presentation skills.
• Able to develop, train/coach team members to support long-term organizational needs.
• High energy level; must motivate and be capable of getting a team to work together.
• Strong strategic abilities: a thoughtful leader who produces great ideas, but also enjoys being challenged.
• Eager to take on new responsibilities as an opportunity to expand skill sets and help the company succeed.
• Excel skills: Intermediate/Advanced level (pivot tables, look-ups).
• Excellent written and spoken English language.
• CPA and/or MBA a plus.
• Familiarity with foreign currency and management of converting foreign currency financials statements into US Dollars.
• Familiarity with ERP system conversions.
• Familiarity with IFRS Accounting rules & regulations.