Howmet Aerospace

Plant Controller - Thermatech

Howmet Aerospace • $100K — $120K *
Whitehall, MI 49461In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS in Business Administration and/or Finance Accounting
  • Minimum of 5 years related financial/controllership work experience
  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
  • MBA, CMA, and/or CPA qualifications are preferred
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and cost accounting skills

Responsibilities

  • Act as a business partner to the Plant Manager in directing the finance function
  • Identify key levers for business improvement and lead implementation efforts
  • Set targeted goals for performance measures such as quality, productivity, and profitability
  • Forecast, plan, and analyze business results
  • Ensure compliance with financial reporting requirements
  • Coordinate capital appropriation processes and post-project reviews
  • Supervise department employees

Benefits

  • Opportunity to develop talent and contribute to a talent factory strategy
  • Engagement in organizational performance improvement
  • Involvement in key financial decision-making processes
  • Networking and collaboration with senior management
  • Opportunity for personal and professional growth within the company
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Job Roles
  • Enterprise minded--understands the needs of the business and how decisions affect P&L, balance sheet and future capabilities, influences cap-ex based on broad business case
  • Responsive expertise--prepared with information to help guide decision making both upon request and future planning based
  • Compliance--organized and aware of legal and local ramifications to decisions and practices; proactively prepared for audits
  • Data-oriented--anticipates and solves problems from a data-informed perspective; forecasts accurately and tracks closely; intervenes in ways that influence numbers
  • Involved and curious--spends time on the shop floor to understand business in greater detail; seeks to make improvements and strengthen partnerships through relationship and comprehension; understands operational consequences of decisions
  • Analysis--reviews decisions and data ex post facto to glean increased understanding; incorporates learning into future decision-making
  • Accountability--compares business case to actual performance and collaborates with other leaders to ensure success of investments
  • Interpretation and translation--able to tell a story with the data; brings life to the numbers through observation and familiarity with the business
  • Prioritization--understands market and organizational conditions and prioritizes efforts accordingly; manages tension between revenue and costs, etc.
  • Communication-proactively provides information about data, forecasting and financials to enable best possible decision-making for individual leaders and the organization; seeks information from others and disseminates accordingly as a conduit or hub
  • Coach/Mentor/Manager-- formally and informally develops others and contributes to talent factory strategy; provides direction, review, reassurance, encouragement, challenge, recognition on an individual basis; promotes growth and development in associates; inspires risk; continually assesses and reassesses talent and fit to role based on individual and collective performance


Job Responsibilities

The purpose of this position is to act as a business partner to the Plant Manager, directing the finance function at a manufacturing facility. This position reports to the Plant Manager with a strong dotted line to the Business Unit. Key responsibilities include: direct the operation of Information Systems, Procurement and Accounting to provide adequate manufacturing systems, with additional responsibilities including, but not limited to:
  1. Identifying key levers to drive business improvement and providing leadership to ensure implementation of business improvement opportunities
  2. Determine, in conjunction with plant management, targeted goals for performance measures of quality, productivity, delivery, cycle time, inventory optimization and profitability
  3. Deploying business unit initiatives
  4. Forecasting, planning and analyzing business results
  5. Complying with Howmet and business unit financial reporting requirements
  6. Coordination of the capital appropriation process and post-project reviews
  7. Ensuring completion of Howmet's Sarbanes-Oxley requirements for internal controls
  8. Supervising department employees


Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
  • BS in Business Administration and/or Finance Accounting from an accredited institution.
  • Minimum of 5 years related financial/controllership work experience.
  • Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience working in a manufacturing environment in finance field
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
  • MBA, CMA and/or CPA
  • Plant Controller experience for a manufacturing facility with at least $150 million in annual revenues.
  • High proficiency in using MS Office software, experience with Oracle, Hyperion, or similar systems, project management, multi-tasking and developing/executing data queries.
  • Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
  • Strong organizational skills in relation to managing multiple projects with tight deadlines in a high pressure/high intensity environment.
  • Strong cost accounting skills - Multi level Routing and Bill of material Cost Accounting Experience.

About Howmet Aerospace

Howmet Aerospace is a global leader in engineered metal products. The company provides aerospace components, such as jet engine and industrial gas turbine components, as well as forged wheels for commercial transportation. Howmet Aerospace has a strong focus on research and development, and has been awarded numerous patents for its innovative products and processes. The company has a global presence, with operations in North America, Europe, and Asia. Howmet Aerospace was formerly known as Arconic Inc. and changed its name to Howmet Aerospace Inc. in April 2020.
Learn more about Howmet Aerospace
Size
19,900 employees
Market Cap
$16 billion
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Net Income
$261 million
5 Year Trend
-16.7%
Revenue
$5.2 billion
NASDAQ
HWM
* Ladders Estimates

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