Through innovation and creative product design, CertainTeed has helped shape the building products industry for more than 100 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm made its slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," which quickly inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed® is North America’s leading brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, fence, decking, railing, trim, foundations, pipe, insulation, gypsum, ceilings and access covers.

Headquartered in Valley Forge, Pa., CertainTeed and its affiliates have more than 6,000 employees and more than 65 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Job Responsibilities:
General Function:

• Manage the timely completion of the month-end financial close
• Demonstrate awareness of all elements of the site’s financial statements
• Prepare all post closing financial analysis, performance reports and meaningful commentary
• Coordinate the input of Magnitude input, insuring its accuracy
• Prepare and coordinate the annual budget at the site level
• Prepare, maintain and analyze project costs, profit and sales reconciliations, product customer profitability, sales entries, and general ledger accruals.
• Support the analytical needs of the Divisional Controller and other financial management
• Partner with site management to increase efficiency and profitability
• Prepare analysis to understand the financial ramifications of current and proposed business actions
• Identify issues and proactively initiate analyses / solutions to plant issues
• Ensure compliance with SGC, Gypsum branch, and Ceilings Division policies and procedures
• Oversee and reconcile inventory cycle counts and annual physical inventory
• Supervise purchaser and solve general purchasing issues
• Assist HR with various tasks including payroll and safety training
• Assist in preparation of capital appropriations requests
• Track cost reduction projects and maintain required reporting
• Ad hoc analysis

Duties/Responsibilities:
Partner with Management Staff(20%):
oActive participation in staff meetings

oInvolvement in and support of site review meeting

oIdentify and manage process improvement initiatives

oIdentify issues and proactively initiate analysis (labor, material usage, spending, etc.)

oAd hoc analysis and reporting for site management

oCost reduction monitoring, reporting, and results auditing (where applicable)

oCustomer and product profitability analysis

oMaintain the integrity of IT systems

Month End Closing (20%):
oInventory verification and control

oPrepare and post journal entries

oAnalysis of financial results

oAccount reconciliations

oOversee Magnitude input

Month-end Analysis and Reporting (15%):
oPrepare month end reports

oPrepare monthly reporting packages

oSite management financial review

oCeilings division management monthly review

Coordinate and assist in the preparation of the annual operating budget and 5 year plans (15%):

oAnalytically review and challenge the budget and all assumptions

oPrepare site presentation

oDevelop all financial schedules required by CertainTeed and Gypsum Branch

Ensure proper internal controls and compliance with ICRF policies and procedures (15%):

oCoordinate and support annual Self-Assessment review

oSupport ICS audit activities, coordinating plant responses and follow-up.

Coordinate various SSCs (15%):
oGeneral accounting and reporting (Magnitude)

oAccounts payable and treasury

oCredit control

oSales and other taxes

Other duties such as (15%):
oMid-month forecasts

oOversee and reconcile inventory cycle counts and annual physical inventory

oSupport capital expenditure appropriation request development

oCoordinate and support annual fixed asset desk review, triennial fixed asset audit

oSupervise purchaser and solve general purchasing issues

oAssist HR with various tasks including payroll and safety training

Problem Solving:
This position will need the capacity to meet the needs of a complex, diverse, dynamic and fast paced organization that will pose a wide variety of challenges from a manufacturing level. This position must answer these challenges quickly and accurately, keeping in mind the requirements from IFRS and Canadian Accounting Standards. Although some challenges have standardized answers, many do not, and require creative thought and strong analytical skills to solve. Typically, these questions concern inventory valuation, product profitability, location capacity, etc.

Knowledge:
oBachelor degree in Accounting or Finance , CA, or MBA preferable or equivalent, complementary work experience

oMinimum 5 years of progressive general and cost accounting and analysis experience with a major manufacturing organization. A strong emphasis should be put on knowledge of management accounting, cost and inventory accounting, and Canadian Accounting policies

oStrong analytical skills are required to quickly grasp issues impacting the site’s financial results

oStrong IT aptitude to deliver effective desktop reporting (paperless web-enabled environment), utilize business warehouse tools and MS Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentations

oExcellent communication and presentation skills are required

oCapable of leading a process team and able to define clear vision, goals, and service standards

oAbility to manage projects, work independently, and communicate effectively to all areas and levels of the location

oExcellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across plant and functional organizations.

oDemonstrated client service orientation

Comments:
oRequires the intensity, agility and aptitude to successfully manage multiple simultaneous priorities and projects to support a matrix of diverse customers

oMust have a broad enough understanding of the business to be credible, make impactful changes, and support other projects that impact areas outside of accounting and reporting

oFocus on continuous improvement and the elimination of non-valued activities

oStrong sense of customer service

oAbility to effectively develop people and transfer knowledge down into, and across, the financial and manufacturing organizations

oTravel up to 10%
SAINT-GOBAIN - 13 months ago