Controller

Our growing medium sized Manufacturing client is looking for a Controller in the North Central Suburbs of Chicago.

*Bilingual in Spanish Preferred* Some Travel to Plants International & Domestic*

Duties:

• Direct and coordinate division financial planning and budget management functions.
• Recommend benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance of each plant.
• Monitor and analyze monthly operating results against budget.
• Direct and coordinate debt financing and debt service payments.
• Oversee daily operations of the accounting departments in all 3 plants.
• Coordinate the preparation of the annual tax returns.
• Oversee and ensure the accurate maintenance of the ledgers, ensuring that all transactions are properly recorded and reconciled.
• Perform reviews and adjustments to ensure the ledger aligns with operational needs and financial reporting requirements.
• Lead efforts to assess and assure all 3 plants have strong accounting teams, optimizing structure and processes to improve efficiency and productivity.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations, investigating discrepancies and ensuring accounts are properly balanced and explained for all 3 plants.
• Help implement a process to record transactions by department and compare costs incurred to budget and performance analysis of profit centers
• Review and recordation of journal entries required to reflect the monthly activities.
• Review monthly accounting close process including analytical review of the monthly operating results to ensure accurate accounting records are maintained.
• Preparation of monthly financial statements and related footnotes for US and Mexico plants, including consolidated corporate rollup report.
• Preparation of the year-to-date cash flow.
• Perform cash projections to effectively manage cash balances and maximize the return on any excess cash balances.
• Coordinate the preparation of financial outlooks and financial forecasts for plants.
• Prepare financial analysis for contract negotiations and product investment decisions
• Supervise the accumulations of permitted reimbursements from customers through the accounts payable process and bill these reimbursements to the customer’s monthly.
• Design, establish, and maintain an organizational structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the department goals and objectives in both US and Mexico finance departments.

140K-150K, DOE, License, Education, etc...

Brilliant Staffing, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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