Plant Finance Manager - Winnipeg, Canada - JELD-WEN, Inc.

JELD-WEN, Inc.

Verified Company

Winnipeg, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

OUR COMPANY
JELD-WEN (

NYSE:
JELD), founded in 1960, is one of the world's largest door and window manufacturers, with more than 22,000 employees operating in 24 countries globally.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, JELD-WEN designs, produces and distributes an extensive range of interior and exterior doors, wood, vinyl and aluminium windows and related products for use in the new construction and repair and remodelling of residential homes and non-residential buildings.

Our products and services afford us the opportunity to enter peoples' workplaces, homes and daily lives.

With this privilege comes great responsibility to ensure that the products we deliver are reliable and enrich the places and lives that they touch.

We bring beauty and security to the spaces that touch our lives.

Key Responsibilities/Areas of Accountability:

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Costing Processes and Systems

Ensure maintenance and integrity of the costing system and related processes.
Product profitability analysis by product category and manufacturing / distribution location
Ensure costing and inventory valuation is in compliance with SOX and Bill 19
Management Reporting and Control
Coordinate, collaborate, and prepare annual business plans, quarterly forecasts, monthly flashes, and weekly financial pulse collaborating with FP&A requirements
Partner with the Plant Management to gather, analyze, and summarize operational financial reports and adhoc reports and analysis
Provide financial leadership in productivity / efficiency improvement proposals and any other factory and warehouse studies and analysis.
Collaborate with the Controllership and FP&A teams to support the financial close process and analyze variances to deliver accurate results and timely reporting.
Collaborate with the Controllership Team to prepare, distribute, and present monthly spend reports and analytics (vs. plan, forecasts, and prior year) review each sites' leadership teams.
Rationalize and optimize the internal financial setup (g/l accounts and cost centers) to align with product lines, manufacturing, and accountability structure.
Review and analyze weekly / monthly plant productivity and efficiency reporting and scorecard provide analytics and ideas to ensure the teams achieve their commitments and objectives.
Perform financial analysis and develop business models for Inventory and COGS assessment
Perform reviews and prepare financial analytics and review of all Capital Investment Proposals (CERFS) in compliance with JW capitalization policies.

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Accounting and Financial Operations

Management, and control including a perpetual inventory system
Ensure inventory valuation complies with US GAAP remediate any gaps.
Financial lead in quarterly physical inventory preparation, procedures, and reconciliation develop tools and recommendation to improve accuracy.
Collaborate with Controllership Team to prepare and distribute Operations analytics and MD&A.
Participate in close activities as assigned by the Sr. Controller and Director of Finance

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Other

Drive continuous improvement in finance processes / activities and standardizing across all business units improving efficiency and effectiveness of the Finance team
Adhoc requests or duties assigned by the Director of Finance or Sr. Controller

Technical/Professional Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Strong understanding of Cost Accounting concepts, approaches, and setups

Strong Communication Skills

Ability to summarize and present conclusions and provide clear and concise training and coaching to fellow colleagues.
Ability to work effectively in a multi system environment.
Advanced Excel Skills required (data downloading, efficient manipulation and analysis)
Superior problemsolving abilities thinking outside of the box for appropriate solutions

Initiative/Dynamic

Needs to work cross functionally to drive improvements
Detailed and deadline oriented individual.

Qualifications:

Education

University Degree
Commerce or Business Admin.

Accreditations

Finance Designation such as CPA (CA, CMA, CGA) required.
Fluent in English.

Related Experience

7+ years related experience in a manufacturing environment required.
3+ years Cost Accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
Previous experience leading and developing a team.
Knowledge and experience with US GAAP and SOX (Bill 198) environment
Experience with OneStream and SAP will be considered a strong asset.
Experience with systems implementation would be considered an asset.
Public company experience or exposure preferred

LI-HS1

JELD-WEN is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification prote