G&H Photonics Looking for SITE FINANCIAL CONTROLLER at Highland Heights, OH Full Time

Site Financial Controller

LOCATION: CLEVELAND (OH, US)

G&H offers exciting and rewarding opportunities for motivated and talented people to join a team of like-minded, highly skilled colleagues who want to grow and succeed with our company.

Hiring talent to complement and grow our current teams’ skills and capabilities is a strategic priority to enable our plans for growth.

Our seven business locations in the United States and four UK-based businesses employ across a broad range of functions including engineering and process, manufacturing, product management, supply chain and customer services, quality assurance, continuous improvement, compliance and finance.

Job Description

Gooch & Housego is looking for a Site Financial Controller to support its Cleveland Ohio site. The position’s scope includes:

• cost accounting, including opening, closing and analyzing work orders, site spending and variances, customer revenue and margin analysis
• labor data collection support
• cost control/management
• R&D, Engineering project accounting and controlling, reporting
• Program and project bid preparation, overhead rate preparation, accounting, revenue recognition/invoicing
• managing/coordinating annual physical inventories; audit regular cycle-counting activities
• general ledger accounting (journal entries, BS account reconciliations, intercompany activity reconciliation, maintenance, analysis)
• sales commissions accounting
• interfacing with remote A/P, A/R, F/A, Payroll Shared Services organization
• preparation of tax schedules (local, state, S&U tax filings, annual income tax support)
• preparation of municipal, local, state, governmental, other compliance forms and schedules
• preparation of property and sales & use filings
• compliance reporting for various jurisdictions; e.g. local water and air quality management districts – in conjunction/coordination with site and Group EH&S
• monthly closing of company’s financial books
• monthly reporting (statutory and management – HQ and local requirements)
• monthly Manufacturing Center (MC) and Business Unit (BU) reporting
• preparing monthly cash-flow projections and monitor/manage collections and disbursements
• ad hoc reporting
• preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecast updates
• supporting Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process
• developing and refining accounting processes and procedures
• ERP optimization and improvement
• preparing business case economics and project analyses, product cost modelling and analysis
• preparation of year-end audit schedules; primary site contact for external auditors

Job Responsibilities

• General ledger, cost accounting, US Govt. contract accounting and revenue recognition, inventory control
• Reporting – legal and management
• Transactional accounting
• Has the gravitas and experience necessary to act as an effective finance business partner to a management team.
• ERP (preferably SYSPRO) and MS Office Suite (Excel), Data warehouse/BI reporting tool(s)
• understanding of and experience with USGAAP; understanding of IFRS desirable
• “hands-on” direct work experience in a manufacturing environment; strong operations cost accounting and shop floor control experience from a finance perspective
• government/contract accounting, including FAR/DFAR understanding
• Inventory analysis and control experience
• good analytical and presentation skills (verbal and written)
• strong interpersonal skills
• “Quality spirit” (continuous improvement)
• strong ERP and PC experience; familiarity with SYSPRO (ERP) a plus
• Microsoft suite a must
• education: bachelors / equivalent or greater
• minimum of 5-7+ years of relevant and progressive experience

The responsibilities of this position will involve having access to items and technical data that may be controlled under U.S. export laws and regulations (“U.S. Export Control Laws”), including but not limited to the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”). In order to comply with the U.S. Export Control Laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within G&H that may present access to export-controlled technical data, G&H must assess whether candidates are “U.S. persons” as defined under the EAR (15 C.F.R. Part 772) and the ITAR (22 C.F.R.

• 120.15). Certain questions asked during the application process are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.

The Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunity or practices on the grounds of gender, race, religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national laws under which the Company operates.

Company Description

LEADING PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY

G&H’s advanced optical engineering and manufacturing enables effective OEM system supply and development.

Our expertise in optical systems, subsystems and components extends from research through the development of prototypes to volume manufacturing and is a catalyst for innovation and effective manufacturing in the aerospace and defense, industrial and telecom, and life sciences and biophotonics sectors.

From eleven sites across the UK, USA and Asia, our capabilities span a uniquely broad range of photonic technologies: crystal growth, optical materials processing, acousto-optics and electro-optics, active and passive fiber optic components, precision optics, opto-mechanical and medical systems.

LEADING PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY G&H’s advanced optical engineering and manufacturing enables effective OEM system supply and development. Our expertise in optical systems, subsystems and components extends from research through the development of prototypes to volume manufacturing and is a catalyst for innovation and effective manufacturing in the aerospace and defense, industrial and telecom, and life sciences and biophotonics sectors. From eleven sites across the UK, USA and Asia, our capabilities span a uniquely broad range of photonic technologies: crystal growth, optical materials processing, acousto-optics and electro-optics, active and passive fiber optic components, precision optics, opto-mechanical and medical systems.