POSITION SUMMARY:

Oversees key aspects of financial reporting and accounting for manufacturing.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Primary Accounts Payable contact for vendors and plant personnel.

• Coordination with external auditors to ensure that plant accounting is properly recorded and timely and meets all GAAP and IFRS requirements

• Provide support to Treasurer to provide cash flow forecasting

• Manages back end of payables to facilitate reconciliation and payment of invoices; works across Procurement, vendors, 3rd party services and plant personnel

• Advise Accounting Specialist, Plant Analyst and Manufacturing on accounting issues (inventories, fixed assets, manufacturing and cost accounting)

• Supervise the monthly closing process for plants

• Coordinate property tax submissions

• Manage ad hoc financial requests

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance or similar field

• Min. 5-8 years of financial/ accounting experience

• MBA preferred

• Understanding of complex financial and accounting transactions

• Analytical and problem solving capability

• Presentation skills

• Interpersonal and planning skills

• Performance Orientation

• Teamwork

• Influencing Capability

• Work independently

• Proactive

• Self-motivated

• Project management skills and process oriented

• Ability to work with full range of manufacturing positions and across different cultures