Charter Manufacturing Looking for Finance Manager – FP&A at Woodstock, IL Full Time

Charter Manufacturing is a fourth-generation family-owned business where our will to grow drives us to do it better. Join the team and become part of our family!
**This position can be based out of 1of 3 Charter locations: Woodstock, IL; Mequon, WI; or Shawano, WI.
POSITION PURPOSE:
Lead financial reporting and creation/reporting of short- and long-term forecasts as well as the annual business plan. Lead analysis and reporting on variances to plan and forecast. Provide the Commercial Team financial support on pricing, margin analysis, and new business quoting. Guide strategic direction for Business Intelligence and Analytics efforts as it relates to financial planning.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related degree.

• Six plus years’ commensurate accounting or finance experience.

• Three plus years’ of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Strong analytical, problem solving, and qualitative skills.

• Ability to gather data from multiple sources, and report findings.

• Ability to understand Business Intelligence and Analytics needs across entire business to ensure accurate and efficient reporting.

• Demonstrated capability of independently leading processes and projects to completion.

• Experience participating effectively and leading teams within the function and cross functionally.

• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with other functional areas.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills requiring tact and discretion in working with and explaining financial data to employees at all levels of the organization.

• Proficient with advanced features of Microsoft Office software products (Excel, Power Point, Access, Word).

• Experience working with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.

• 20% travel required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) and/or CPA or CMA.

• Seven plus years’ accounting experience.

• Three years’ experience working with an integrated ERP system (Oracle preferred).

• Significant experience with ERP implementations.

• Prior experience with Oracle Financials and/or Hyperion Planning and Reporting.

• Advanced financial analysis ability.

• Significant exposure to cost accounting, financial forecasting, and capital investment decision making in a manufacturing environment.

MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Partner with others to identify and capitalize on financial opportunities.

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve forecast models.

• Lead monthly and annual forecasting process to ensure accuracy.

• Lead quarterly long-term forecast creation and quarterly Board of Director’s Book submission.

• Lead the monthly financial close process.

• Report, analyze, and communicate monthly results for the business.

• Coordinate and drive improvements in the monthly financial reporting process to provide support to various business partners, staff members, and executive team.

• Develop and maintain working relationships with the commercial leadership teams.

• Participate in the monthly S&OP process by providing the necessary financial information.

• Work with finance team members as needed to perform financial analysis and assist in development of financial modeling.

• Review the monthly business balance sheet for accuracy and ensure the necessary controls are in place for the various business cycles.

• Drive a Continuous Improvement culture.

• Prepare annual business plan, financial forecasts, budgets, and support the strategic planning and deployment process.

• Assist in the improvement of profitability through in-depth analysis of operations, identifying areas of weakness and opportunity.

• Support corporate financial requirements as needed for tax, audit, financial closing, and reporting.

• Integrate existing financial systems and processes with the corporate standard, where justified.

• Utilize financial modeling tools providing information for decision-making, and offering recommendations based on analysis.

• Provide support in areas such as: pricing and quoting, and product line review including pricing for complex finishing operations.

• Establish budgets and operating goals, provide forecasts and variance analysis.

• Flexible to work required hours during certain periods to accomplish job requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SUPERVISION:

• Will oversee 2-5 team members

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

• Reports to: Director of Finance

• Primary internal customers: Business President, Commercial Management Team, Corporate Office Finance Team, Cross-functional Teams

• Primary external customers: Auditors

POSITION CHALLENGES:

• Meeting the organization’s highest expectations for quality and service in a, at times, time and priority challenging environment.

• Meeting a strict deadline at month end for both internal and external reporting.

• Handling of multiple projects and tasks with strict deadlines.

• Completing complex projects and analysis with minimal supervision.

• Providing guidance and support to all members of the business Finance team, promoting a strong team environment.

• Working independently on projects with minimum supervision.

• Balancing the demands of a centralized role in a decentralized environment.

• Ensuring accuracy in all sources of information and reports to support Business Intelligence and Analytics initiatives.

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Job Type: Full-time