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Within the Global Health Care - North America (GHC-NA) segment of Rigid Packaging Solutions International (RPSI), we have an Assistant Controller position with certain aspects of reporting responsibility for our 7 plants. Our plants are located in:
Ahoskie, NC
Brookville, PA
Cranbury, NJ
Franklin, IN
Greenville, SC
Millville, NJ
Youngsville, NC
This is a remote position, but will require regular on-site work with the local management teams. The key focus is on top and bottom-line performance, along with minimizing working capital. It will require travel to all 7 sites when participation is needed with plant operations and divisional management as needed for best practice sharing, or other initiatives.
Financial Leadership & Reporting
· Ongoing Position Requirements
o Work with AR, AP, and the plants to assist in solving transactional level issues, including purchasing, inventory control, and master data maintenance.
o Track working capital balances for inventory, AR, & AP on a monthly basis and provide comments and recommendations on a weekly basis.
§ Inventory with reserves and turnover by cost of sales $ and volume sold in lbs/metric tonnes as Inventory Days on Hand
§ AR past due reporting with overall AR balances by sales as Days of Sale Outstanding.
§ AP balances with days of spend outstanding.
o Complete monthly financial closing and reporting requirements on-time – specifically plant P&L reporting and balance sheet reconciliations for your designated site along with commentary on variances.
o Provide accurate weekly financial forecasts for the month, current quarter, and the following quarter, for your designated site.
o Provide all other required weekly and monthly reporting requirements including key metrics
§ Accuracy and deadlines are key to each of these duties.
o Work closely with plant directors and divisional leadership to identify, measure, and execute ways for improving the profitability of the business, especially continuous improvement / cost reduction activities and ongoing risks & opportunities analysis.
o Capital planning and analysis for plant maintenance and cost reduction projects.
o Financial management of open company funded and customer funded capital projects.
o Assist in managing the annual budgeting process from gross sales to P&L account level down to EBITDA, and then build a depreciation and working capital budget to EBIT.
o Understand, implement, and support implementation of best practices in all facets of the business.
o Ad hoc analysis as required by management, and other duties as assigned.
Additional Requirements:
o Training on US plants, structure and expectations, KPIs, P&L structure, variances, being part of IT team to organize implementation and support finance on any ad hoc request.
o Function as the group’s ERP system / contact expert and lead system and IT platform conversions.
· Focus JDE implementation with IT team, training MV/YV teams, avoid any business disruption.
o Shift to junior controlling activities in support of the group’s Regional Controllers.
o Development, justification, or review/approval of capital investment projects, including standard cost / contribution margin modeling and post project ROI analysis.
o Key contact for product line management, pricing, product development, sales, and supply chain with a focus on growing business in new technologies, winning business from competitors, and maintaining current business.
· This will include product margin reviews, pricing proposals, and rebate/incentive programs.
o Finance contact for production platform / infrastructure capabilities, including between plants.
o Team with AR & AP shared services groups to maximize cash flow including analysis of customer aged accounts receivables and credit level limits.
o Along with AR & AP, work with plant management & supply chain to maintain optimum inventory levels to minimize working capital.
o Team with corporate accounting, while understanding the business group owns the entire balance sheet and P&L.
Compliance & Controls
· Maintain strong internal controls and ensure compliance with corporate governance standards.
· Monitor and enforce adherence to Amcor’s Code of Conduct and financial ethics policies.
· Ensure the facilities are Sarbanes-Oxley compliant down to a material transactional level.
Team Collaboration
· Support team members by collaborating and fostering good relationships.
· Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and ethical conduct.
· Promote cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Qualifications
· Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, and/or Finance
o 2-3 years relevant experience is preferred.
o Prior experience with ERP systems (preferably JD Edwards and SAP).
o Strong understanding of manufacturing operations desired.
o Understanding of actual manufacturing costing & standard costing systems, inventory, & master data control.
o Capability to build/maintain excellent rapport with facility management teams and divisional leadership.
o Ability to travel as needed up to 25%
We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:
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When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:
Medical, dental and vision plans
Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time per year for full-time salaried employees
Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location
Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits
Paid Parental Leave
Retirement Savings Plan with company match
Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)
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