Plant Controller

Company: Meggitt PLC
Location: Baltimore
Posted on: November 13, 2024

Job Description:

Responsible for overseeing the finance and accounting functions for the Baltimore facility, including establishing and maintaining the company's accounting principles, practices, procedures, and initiatives. Serves as an advisor to the site leader by clearly communicating financial results and accurately analyzing financial information. Provides financial leadership by developing and achieving financial targets.Responsibilities:

• Acts as a member of the leadership team for the Baltimore site.
• Supervise the accounting staff and daily activities, including working capital management, accounts payable & receivable, corporate reporting, operations financial tracking, etc.
• Prepare and interpret the operating and financial reports for the key management personnel and the parent company.
• Maintain a company-wide expense and cost control program coordinated with the budgetary control system.
• Provide comprehensive operating and financial analyses covering all contracts and current business operations in compliance with acceptable Government contracts procedures. Also, be the lead person and point of contact for U.S. Government/DCAA audits and forward pricing data.
• Interface with Program Management to provide financial analysis on program performance.
• Work with business, functional, and technical staff to support cost estimate development, customer proposals, negotiations, and various audits.
• Coordinate portions of the monthly/quarterly/year-end close process.
• Prepare quarterly forecasts and annual budgets for the site.Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business desired from a four-year college or university.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in Finance or Accounting.
• Defense contracting experience.
• Experience in project/cost accounting.
• Knowledge of FAR/DFAR requirements.Preferred Qualifications:
• Masters Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business preferred from a four-year college or university.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in Finance or Accounting.
• Experience in an engineering design and manufacturing environment.
• Experience with Profix and/or Made-2-Manage.Computer Skills:
• Basic PC knowledge.Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear the telephone, ability to enter data on a computer, and may also require the ability to lift up to 10 pounds.The work site is an industrial manufacturing operation, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) may be required in some aspects of the role. Work usually performed in an air-conditioned office environment.Other:To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by his/her supervisor.
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