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 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. Please visit www.filtrationgroup.com
The Company began in 2009 and has rapidly grown to be a global leader in the highly attractive filtration industry. With over $2.0 billion in revenue, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world. With 7,000+ employees, the Company serves its customers from a global footprint of 105 facilities in over 25 countries. Filtration Group operates across a wide variety of attractive end markets and produces mission critical products with high replacement rates. Over 80% of the Company’s revenue comes from replacement / consumable products, many of which are specified into customer’s products or processes.
We are seeking an individual with a strong accounting and financial controls background that can support us on our journey to improve procedures, processes, and internal controls across the organization. This role will be a key element of our corporate finance team and will report directly to the Corporate Operations Controller.
ResponsibilitiesPolicies and Procedures:
Work with the broader finance team to develop and maintain financial policies and procedures.Benchmark Filtration Group policies and procedures with external examples to ensure adequacy of all policies and procedures.Help coordinate the corporate orientation for newly hired finance leaders.Provide training to accounting personnel on an as needed basisProject champion Blackline (i.e., account reconciliation and accounting task software) implementations and optimizationWork closely with Internal Audit to implement Sarbanes Oxley level of internal controls across the organization. Help maintain minimum controls compliance standards across the organization.Operations Controllership:
Analyze financial trends to identify potential risks and accounting problems at the international business units.Perform risk-based reviews over business units’ accounting, including (i) process reviews, (ii) account reconciliation reviews, (iii) variance analyses, (iv) financial statement and metric trend analyses, and (v) conversations with field personnel.Specific focus on:Working capital managementCapitalized inventory variancesFinance personnel capabilitiesInventory standard costing and excess and obsolete reservesAny subjective accounting policyBonus accrual levelsAppropriate mapping of business units general ledger accounts into Planful master chart of accountsRevenue recognition/intercompany sales eliminationOperating changes that could be an impairment indicatorAssist Operations Controller in monitoring business units’ compliance with Filtration Group’s accounting policy and procedures.Assist in review of quarterly operations financial fluctuation analysis.Assist in the implementation of new GAAP as necessary.Review percentage of completion accounting for applicable business units.Support controllership with managing external auditor relationships to facilitate completion of audit procedures in a timely and efficient manner Qualifications Bachelor’s degree required.Requires minimum 2-5 years of accounting experience, including public accounting audit and industry experienceExperience with manufacturing-based companiesA strong accounting background with CPA, CMA or in the process of pursuing relevant certifications.Composed, mature individual comfortable working with financial and operating personnel at all levels.Ability to work with consolidation/reporting tools like Planful in order to analyze business unit financial accounting data.Intermediate Excel skills, capable of crafting complex spreadsheets and utilizing functions such as VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, and other formulas.Demonstrated capability to lead change and generate process improvements leading to greater effectiveness and efficiency.An individual of strong values and the highest level of integrity. Never compromises or risks reputation.High degree of professional skepticismRelishes working with limited direction and oversight. Can understand the goal and figure out how to achieve it on their own.Comfortable working in international business environments.Demonstrated ability to operate in a “hands on environment.”Confident and self-aware with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal. A high impact presence—capable of quickly establishing credibility, influencing constituencies and persuading professionals at all levels.Intelligent, with excellent analytical and strategic skills. Good business judgment and problem solving skills.Strong results orientation and a tireless work ethic with the emotional intelligence to know when to push harder and when to look for alternative approaches.Open to domestic and international travel.Options Apply for this job onlineSubmit Your InformationEmail this job to a friendRefer Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later. Application FAQs
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