VP of Finance / Controller

•Oversee the activities of Accounting, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable departments to ensure accurate and timely management of all processes

•Establish and maintain necessary business controls to ensure integrity of financial information and safeguarding of assets

•Compile month end financial statements

•Organize and facilitate month-end close process including account reconciliations and maintenance of appropriate accruals within the guidelines of GAAP

•Review financial statements providing adequate explanations of variances to budgets/previous year/forecast

•Communicate any significant financial issues and exposures in the monthly results to Senior Management

•Prepare reports summarizing and forecasting company business activity and financial position in areas of income, expenses, and earnings based on past, present and expected operations

•Establish and monitor the balance sheet to ensure proper valuations of all accounts

•Complete high level financial analysis, prepare and present financial reports and statistics

•Assemble profit & loss statement reporting and month-end closing process

•Ensure successful implementation of strategic initiatives, cost saving objectives, and policy deployment measures for Finance and Operations

•Prepare and directs the capital and financial operating budgets

•Develop and implement comprehensive reporting and analysis tools to improve business evaluation and management

•Drive reporting consistency within the five focus factory internal locations. Identify and implement technology or process efficiencies to minimize data input, improve flexibility, and standardize updating

•Develop comprehensive departmental staffing performance goals/objectives and development/succession plans for facility finance Members

•Ensure compliance with GAAP, Sarbanes – Oxley, and HNI internal control requirements

•Drive process, systems and performance improvement initiatives

•Provide financial guidance to Management to aid in making sound business decisions to support Gunlocke’s profitable vision

•Responsible for Root Cause analysis and corrective action follow-up on plant performance versus standard cost of the products

•Maintain manufacturing ledgers, cost accounting activities and the preparation of Plant financial and other control reports

•Oversee disbursement of plant funds, Accounts Payable, raw material and finished goods inventory, timekeeping operations and payroll for the location

•Maintain comprehensive knowledge of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
REQUIREMENTS
•Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Business and Certified Public Account (CPA)

•Proven ability to provide financial guidance to aid management in making sound decisions

•Proven ability to eliminate waste, establish process and critical metrics to drive improvement

•Proven customer support orientation (int./ext.) and superior communication/presentation skills

•Successful experience interacting across business functions

•Proven ability to lead change, handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, while enhancing culture and member capabilities

•Minimum of 6 to 10 years accounting/controllership experience and supervisory/management experience

Additional Experience/Education that would be Helpful:
•Advanced training/education, technical certification and/or MBA