Financial Analyst
LMI Aerospace
- USA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Active involvement in process improvement for the plants
- Proposes, leads, and participates in kaizen activities with production and staff personnel to achieve integrated reductions in cost and production flowtimes across value chains
- Continuously improves plant financial processes to support Plant production objectives
- Active monitoring of progress after improvements have been implemented
- Primary focus on job/process cost with goal of maintaining or reducing cost
- Assists plant managers, supervisors and employees with understanding plant financial objectives, performance, and their role in ensuring cost-effective plant performance
- Assists Plant General Manager and production personnel with making cost-effective workload decisions during daily operations
- Assists Plant General Manager in analyzing new workloads, reviewing pricing quotes, and optimizing the workload mix to facilitate cost effective and profitable Plant performance
- Engage in ongoing detailed analysis of plant performance
- Specific emphasis on job cost, inventory management and valuation
- Ensure the GAAP accuracy of the plants’ financial statements
- Collaborate with Plant General Manager to prepare monthly written reports summarizing and forecasting business activity and financial position
- Facilitate preparation of annual plant financial budgets
- Review capital expenditure proposals and prepare supporting documentation and justification
- Reconcile and/or analyze all balance sheet and primary income statement accounts for the plants
- Maintain detailed records and analysis for developing or updating unit costs for all areas of inventory at the plants
- Develop, monitor and enhance internal controls with significant emphasis on inventory control
- Monitor activity related to all plant fixed assets and coordinate necessary approvals and transactions related to disposals or transfers
- Perform all quarterly and year-end plant-specific accounting work
- Prepare audit responses as necessary
- Assist the Corporate, Segment, or COE Aerostructures Controllers to ensure compliance with all Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)documentation
- Assist various corporate departments to resolve plant-related issues
- Understand and abide by all federal, state and local regulations relevant to accounting and financial institutions
- Bachelor of Science in Accounting or Finance with an MBA preferred.
- Minimum of two year of experience in cost accounting or financial analysis in a manufacturing environment or the equivalent of education, training and experience.
- Preferred qualifications include MBA and CPA.
- Knowledge of and experience with lean manufacturing techniques is highly desired.
- Green belt certification highly desired.
- Ability to produce, read and interpret various financial reports, specifications and regulations. Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Ability to use various types of financial accounting management software such as: AS400 and inventory software.
- Ability to convey operational performance via financial information to both financial and non-financial management.
- Employee must have the ability to work in a dynamic environment with multiple priorities and shifting time requirements.
- Must be able to promote a participative, team oriented environment, working with customers (both internal and external), all employees, vendors and others in a professional and respectful manner
- Employee must have excellent communication skills and be able to communicate clearly and professionally, both orally and in writing.
- Employee must have the ability to write reports, business correspondence, work instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, customers, employees and vendors.
- Employee must have the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
- Employee must have the ability to perform accounting and financial calculations and projections.
- Ability to produce and interpret financial data reports in logical formats.
- The employee may be required to work extended hours, including evenings and weekends, if necessary to meet deadlines. The employee may be asked to occasionally travel to other Sonaca North America locations for assignments or training programs.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with a percentage company-match contribution
- Competitive wages
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and accidental insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Employee assistance plan — for access to counseling, consulting and other community resources
- Wellness program
- Tuition assistance
- Subject to eligibility, terms, and conditions