Assistant Controller

Davita Inc.; Rockaway (NJ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in precision castings is seeking an Assistant Controller for their Rockaway, NJ facility. The role involves overseeing accounting and finance activities, managing monthly closings, and ensuring compliance with US GAAP. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical skills and prior experience in an accounting role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum three years of accounting experience.
• Adaptive to change in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Complete monthly closing activities and ensure financial statement accuracy.
• Perform and review account reconciliations.
• Support commercial activities by clarifying financial margins.

Skills

US GAAP

Microsoft Excel

Communication

Standard costing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Job description

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Job Description

Assistant Controller

Wyman Gordon is seeking an Assistant Controller to work alongside the Regional Controller of the Cleveland, OH, Mountain Top, PA, and Rockaway, NJ facilities. The Assistant Controller can be based out of the Mountain Top, PA, or Rockaway, NJ locations and will play a key role in accounting and finance activities across all three sites. The Assistant Controller will connect finance processes with operations, provide guidance to the plant staff with reporting and analysis tools, perform and review journal entries and account reconciliations in accordance with company policy, partner with sales to provide clarity into actual margins, and assist the Controller with forecasting and budgeting. This is a great opportunity to learn and become a key part of the accounting team.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively to complete monthly closing activities, create and review journal entries in accordance with company policy, and work to meet deadlines associated with closing
• Ensure accuracy of financial statements by being a compliance leader for the business
• Perform and review monthly account reconciliations and verify balances are consistent with GAAP and PCC Policy
• Work with Controller to establish priorities and identify opportunities for improvement
• Work with engineering and operations to manage capital projects and complete required documentation for corporate reporting
• Review inventory balances, create analysis tools for variances to standard, monitor inventory for excess & obsolescence, and partner with operations when asked to assist with inventory planning activities
• Coordinate with internal and external auditors to ensure efficient reviews of financial data
• Assist with annual standard cost rolls and physical inventory counts across the three sites
• Assist Controller in annual budget process
• Work to support commercial activities by providing clarity into actual margins and set accurate pricing
• Complete special projects and ad hoc analysis as requested
• Be able to travel on a limited basis

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in either accounting or Finance with a strong understanding of US GAAP/Financial Accounting
• Minimum of three (3) years of accounting experience, preferably with some management experience within an accounting/finance department (manufacturing experience, while not required, is a plus)
• Adaptive to change and is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with standard costing
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Must possess strong communication skills to interact with leadership and various departments
• Interested in learning Controlling and FP&A activities

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To be qualified to work in this facility, a successful applicant must be a U.S. Person, as defined in those regulations, and able to supply evidence of that qualification prior to starting work or be authorized to receive controlled information under a specific license or permission from the relevant government agency. The U.S. export control regulations define a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), and certain categories of Asylees and Refugees.