Controller

Overview

FG Air is a division of Filtration Group. We supply air filtration products to residential and commercial customers across many industries. We seek an experienced Controller who will be based in our York (SC) or Joliet (IL) locations. Reporting to the Vice President Finance, the US Controller will be responsible for overseeing financial operations across three plants and directly managing the finance and accounting team. This senior leader will be a core member of the management team.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and analyze drivers of EBITDA and Cash Flow performance. Develop and implement measures to improve performance.
• Intellectually lead management team down the path to hitting goals for EBITDA and cash flow. Drive regular reporting that gives management team visibility to business performance and key actions that need to be taken to enhance performance. Examples include a daily revenue flash and 13-week cash flow.
• Manage capital expenditure budget. Drive analysis of potential projects. Track execution of approved projects.
• Partner with FP&A to analyze and present monthly financial performance and improve forecast accuracy.
• Lead day-to-day accounting and finance operations in the U.S., including but not limited to journal entries, A/R and A/P.
• Run a tight, efficient operation. Eliminate wasteful processes.
• Collaborate with corporate leadership on completion of tax returns, audits, and special projects.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in Accounting or Finance in a manufacturing environment - with demonstrated experience driving results in operational improvements
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related discipline
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Cost accounting experience
• Experience in QAD a plus
• 10% travel

More About Filtration Group

Filtration Group is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. With a passionate workforce, global footprint and world class engineering and manufacturing capabilities, we are driving innovation and developing solutions across a broad spectrum of applications in the fast-growing and rapidly-evolving global filtration industry. We are committed to maintaining an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust and in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action.

The Company began in 2009 and has rapidly grown organically and through a thoughtful acquisition strategy to be a global leader in the highly attractive filtration industry. Filtration Group has the broadest portfolio of solutions in the industry and has had a particular focus on building a leading platform of solutions focused on the Life Sciences and Indoor Air Quality end markets which are rapidly growing in the current market environment. Filtration Group produces mission critical products with high replacement rates. Over 80 percent of the Company's revenue comes from replacement / consumable products, many of which are specified into customer's products or processes. With revenues over $2 billion, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world and has a global footprint of 141 facilities in 28 countries. Filtration Group has over 10,000 employees who are united in their Mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive.