Director, Finance - Operations/Engineering

Oshkosh AeroTech, LLC; Appleton (WI); Vor Ort; USD 140.000 - 200.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Oshkosh Corporation, a leader in specialty vehicles, seeks a Finance Director to drive accounting and financial planning for the Fire Division. You will oversee cost accounting, inventory, and capital expenditures, ensuring GAAP/SOX compliance and timely monthly closes.

Lead a high-performing team and partner with operations to boost profitability. This role reports to the VP of Finance within the Fire Division.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• Twelve (12) or more years relevant Finance experience.
• Three (3) or more years of management experience.
• Ability to travel 10%.

Aufgaben

• Manage the cost/operational accounting and engineering teams to meet deadlines and deliverables.
• Drive continuous improvement of cost accounting processes to decrease time to close and improve accessibility to information.
• Ensure compliance with Corporate Accounting Policies & Procedures, GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting for product costs, direct labor, and departmental spending for operations and engineering, plus capital expenditures.
• Direct financial analysis of past, present, and forecasted results related to product costs, engineering costs, profitability, and truck performance.
• Partner with leadership to plan, measure, and report performance and identify cost-efficiency opportunities.
• Develop teams' knowledge of the business to identify and drive efficiency opportunities; recruit and retain top talent.

Kenntnisse

Accounting

Finance leadership

GAAP & SOX

Forecasting

Cost accounting

Cost reduction

Team management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

MBA or CMA/CPA

Tools

SAP

Excel

Oracle Financials

Jobbeschreibung

About Pierce, an Oshkosh company

At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Finance Director will be responsible for directing teams that provide accounting and finance services in support of the Oshkosh Corporation Vocational Segment - Fire Division's business objectives. This role will lead a team who oversees the accounting close process, account reconciliations, monthly analysis, forecasting as well as the annual budgeting process for the Operations and Engineering organizations. The Finance Director will also lead business transaction processing teams in areas such as cost accounting, inventory, and property, plant and equipment in compliance with corporate accounting policies and internal control requirements. This position will report to the Vice President of Finance of the Fire Division.

YOUR IMPACT:

These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

• Manage the cost/operational accounting and engineering teams in order to meet deadlines and deliverables.
• Drive continuous improvement activities to improve the cost accounting processes at the Fire Division in order to decrease time to prepare monthly close and to provide greater access to information and analysis to support the business.
• Ensure that processes and procedures are in place and operating effectively for compliance with the Corporate Accounting Policies & Procedures, GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Lead the preparation of budgeting and forecasting for: product costs and direct labor manning, departmental spending for operations and engineering, and capital expenditures.
• Direct financial analysis activities to provide interpretation of past, present, and forecasted results of the company related to product costs, engineering costs, product profitability and individual truck performance.
• Partner with the operational and engineering leadership teams in planning, measuring and reporting on performance of key business areas and identification of opportunities to improve profitability through cost efficiency.
• Partner with internal and external customers to lead & the … .
• Develop connections with internal and external customers on issues that impact financial projections.
• Develop the teams knowledge of the business to help identify and drive efficiency opportunities.
• Recruit, develop, and retain top talent.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• Twelve (12) or more years relevant Finance experience.
• Three (3) or more years of management experience.
• Ability to travel 10%.

STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS:

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA).
• Master's Degree
• 3 plus years of public accounting experience
• Ability to interact with company personnel, build strong relations at all levels and across all business units and organizations.
• Strong understanding of the business impact on different financial policies and processes.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

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Pay Range:

The above pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target pay for the position across all U.S. locations. Within this range, individual pay is determined by various factors, including the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, education and skills, as well as the equity of pay among team members in similar positions. Beyond offering a competitive total rewards package, we prioritize a people-first culture and offer various opportunities to support team member growth and success.

Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at [e-mail].

Oshkosh Corporation is a merit-based Equal Opportunity Employer. Job opportunities are open for application to all qualified individuals and selection decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protec