*the company*we have been retained by a global leader in high speed and high-density connection systems dedicated to delivering innovative products and services to their customers worldwide.
this global leader has sales of over $11 billion usd and currently seeks a financial controller to oversee all finance for two manufacturing business entities.
this financial controller must have a strong financial background to join a growing operation in mexicali, bc, mexico that manufactures high speed cable products for telecommunications and many other sectors.
*the position*job summary*:*main responsibilities*:- create and analyze financial data (budgets, income statement forecasts etc.
).- provide recommendations to reduce costs and improve financial performance.- update the management team with current month results every week to identify any gaps to forecast.- develop financial models and tools to improve forecasting process.- work with management team to guide and influence long term and strategic decision making.- drive process and policy development initiatives that impact operational performance.- prepare monthly and quarterly p&l and variances between forecast and actual.- investigate and help fix (if required) any material variance issues.- fixed assets control - manage inventory every 5 years, periodically determine whether any assets are impaired.
also work with operations to request and follow up on capital investments.- support and audit semi-annual physical inventory (may and november).- perform month-end closing, including accruals, misc.
journal entries, and account reconciliations.- various projects and assignments in support of corporate or divisional data collection/ financial analysis.- kpi's are defined on a monthly basis according to the operation's goals of the plant manager for each business; these will be reviewed twice per month.
*the candidate*- previous experience as a hands-on finance manager or financial controller with a strong finance background in a manufacturing environment, preferably in mexico.- strong financial reporting and analysis skills in a manufacturing environment (minimum 5 years of experience)- strong background in financial forecasting and budgets, standard cost accounting and information analysis.- experienced with fixed asset control and capex.- well informed on current accounting rules and regulations (mexico and usa).- bachelor's degree in finance or accounting- english and spanish fluency (written and spoken)