Assistant Unit Controller

Assistant Unit Controller

Curtiss-Wright's Industrial Division is looking for an Assistant Unit Controller to join their team! The Assistant Controller is a strategic business partner to the Business Unit Controller and cross functional leadership team. Your primary focus will be to assist in planning, coordinating, and administering the Accounting and FP&A activities, including recording information, reporting financial results and ensuring strong internal controls. The Assistant Controller analyzes all aspects of financial operations including manufacturing and cost performance, cash flow, deviations in operating results from prior year and plan, and helps formulate insightful financial analysis. You will partner with key business partners to drive the financial planning process and "get underneath" the numbers to identify trends and drivers. The Assistant Controller is also a key partner with the Business Unit Controller in maintaining the company's financial, management and compliance reporting functions.

Location: Arlington Heights, IL or Portland, OR (Hybrid)

Salary Range: $ 108,900 - 134,050  per year plus bonus

Please note that the salary range information provided is a general guideline only, reflecting a position based in Illinois. Criteria such as the candidate’s qualifications and relevant experience, the scope of the specific position, as well as market and business considerations will be evaluated when extending an offer.

We Take Care of Our People

Paid Time Off I 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing I Health and Wellness Benefits I Learning and Development Opportunities I Referral Program I Competitive Pay I Recognition I Employee Stock Purchase Plan I Inclusive & Supportive Culture *

Your Challenge:

• Primary responsibility is to ensure accuracy and timely reporting of actual results as well financial planning and analysis activities in support of global financial processes.

• Owns periodic management reporting and analysis package and drives the standardization of reporting metrics across the organization. Includes monthly reporting into corporate and adhering to defined close schedule. 

• Leads the close process and the preparation of budgets, forecasts, and cash flow projections to guide the financial management of the business unit.

• Drive balance sheet and P&L forecasting and assist BU Controller with implementing the forecast across the business including willingness and ability to take a stand to ensure the integrity of the forecast.

• Manage audits of business units' financials, as well as internal and external audit requirements and US Sarbanes Oxley-404 (SOX) testing and compliance. Owns quarterly review of all SOX controls.

• Ensures overall compliance with GAAP and other regulatory or governmental requirements as well as Corporate policies and procedures.

• Analyzes ledger and module transactions. Handles routine and special projects.

• Manage elements of Order to Cash, Procure to Pay and Make to Order transactional flow and activity.

• Reviews proposals for economic justification.

• Active participation in strategic planning process, support shared services groups, and assist with payroll processing.

• Possesses a strong desire to drive process creation, effective change management and organizational adoption of technology solutions.

• Be able to digest and synthesize various data sources in the pursuit of fact-based and data-driven solutions. Provide suggestions on decisive action to resolve problems or pursue opportunities.

• Excellent communication, presentation and leadership skills, with a proven ability to manage staff and develop talent.

Check out the requirements below; if the bullets match your skillsets, we’d love to hear from you:

Your Expertise:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance.

• Lead accounting/finance role within the manufacturing industry preferred.

• University graduation or professional certification (CPA preferred).

• Inter-company trading experience is highly desired.

• Analytical and problem-solving skills to conduct complex and comprehensive financial analysis, assessment and evaluation of financial reporting activities.

Who We Are

Curtiss-Wright Industrial Division, which includes the legacy brands of Arens Controls, Penny & Giles, PG Drives Technology and Williams Controls, is an excellent supplier in providing components and sub-systems which enable customer specific solutions for on- and off-highway vehicles. These include medium- and heavy-duty trucks, buses and motor coaches, construction and agricultural vehicles, materials handling, and other specialty vehicles, as well as sophisticated wheelchairs and scooters for medical mobility.

Arens Controls products comprise state-of-the-art drivetrain components, such as ‘by-wire’ and mechanical transmission shifters, as well as electronic control systems for the Hybrid Electronic Vehicle (HEV) market.

The products are the legacy of the Arens Controls company founded in 1939 and acquired by Curtiss-Wright in 2013.
Find out more information and view our products here: https://www.cw-industrialgroup.com/About/Arens-Controls

No unsolicited agency submittals please.  Agency partners must be invited to participate in a search by our Talent Acquisition Team and have signed terms in place prior to any submittal.  Resumes submitted directly to any Curtiss-Wright employee or affiliate will not qualify for fee payment, and therefore become the property of Curtiss-Wright.  

Compliance Statement

This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening.  In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn. 

Curtiss-Wright is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, age, ancestry, legally protected medical condition, family care status, marital status, religion, veteran status, national origin, or any other legally protected status. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition.

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If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.