Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Company: Rieke LLC

Primary Location: 500 W 7th Street, Auburn, IN 46706 USA

Employment Type: Salaried | Full-Time

Function: Finance

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Position Summary:

The Finance Manager is responsible for managing the accounting, transaction systems, financial reporting and consolidations, and policies and procedures in our SOX-compliant internal control structure. He/she will lead activities associated with process improvements, timely reporting and the development of appropriate systems to ensure that financial transactions, policies and procedures meet the Company's long and short-term objectives.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the accounting and finance function and be a key member of the Closures leadership team.

• Support the achievement of KPI's for the plants (Sales, Op Inc, FCF, Working Capital)

• Support the plant leadership team in critical decisions, under any prolonged absence of local finance teams.

• Assess and develop the accounting and finance team members, throughout the division.

• Prepare and execute the financial plan for the businesses.

• Provide support through business analysis, strategic oversight, identification of areas for improvement and management of key projects, including some operational and commercial projects.

• Manage the financial statement close process to timely and accurate completion while ensuring conformity with TriMas accounting policies, procedures, and control requirements.

• Prepare forecasts, budgets, and support creation of strategic plans.

• Develop and review metrics to determine the operational effectiveness of our manufacturing operations and business processes.

• Ensure an accurate system of standard and actual costs is maintained and variance information is analyzed to understand the operations in the region.

• Complete the timely preparation and filing of all property and state/local tax reports and payments.

• Support the completion of internal and external audits.

• Identify and lead process improvement projects to automate and streamline current accounting and reporting procedures.

• Provide timely and accurate analysis of financial information, accounting systems and financial controls.

• Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

• Special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with a concentration on Finance or Accounting. Master's degree Preferred.

• 8+ years' experience in accounting and finance especially with managing international teams.

• CPA, CIMA, ACA Qualified

• Strong Financial accounting skills

• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and facilitate teams.

• Advanced skills with accounting and financial consolidation systems

• Strong business acumen

• Ability to anticipate changing business needs and potential external risks.

• Proven people management skills and ability to develop a team.

• Lean/Six Sigma problem solving experience.

• Ability to deal with international teams and work with them to resolve issues.

• Ability to liaise at all levels of the business

• High integrity, Self-motivated

• Proactive, Adaptable, Team player

• Leads by example, Ability to inspire others to achieve excellence, Strong problem-solving skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities.

• Data driven and good attention to detail.