Plant Controller

Howmet Aerospace, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. The Company’s primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems and titanium structural parts necessary for mission-critical performance and efficiency in aerospace and defense applications, as well as forged wheels for commercial transportation. Howmet Aerospace is transforming the next phase of more fuel-efficient, quieter aerospace engines and sustainable ground transportation.

Howmet Structured Systems (HSS) serves the global aerospace and automotive markets with the most specialized engineering, highest quality, and the greatest breadth and depth of forgings and extrusions. Our vertically integrated capabilities and deep materials science expertise in aluminum and titanium structural casting is taking the industry to new heights. Headquartered in Cleveland, OH; HSS is a business unit of Howmet.

Company Benefits:

We offer eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to assist employees and their families with financial security, health and well-being. In addition to competitive pay, we offer a variety of benefit programs:

• Medical, Life, Dental, Vision, and other Company benefits
• 401(k) with exceptional Company retirement contribution and Company match 
• Bonus based on business performance
• Vacation eligibility 
• Paid holidays

JOB SUMMARY:

This is an outstanding opportunity for a high-level finance/accounting leader to become the controller at Whitehall Ti-Ingot. The purpose of this position is to act as a business partner to the Plant Manager, directing the finance function at a manufacturing facility.  This position reports to the Plant Manager with a strong dotted line to the Business Unit. The position is primarily responsible for all functional accounting and control activities for Ti-Ingot. The Controller will manage business unit forecasting, planning, reporting, consolidation and analysis functions and develop and manage processes to ensure compliance with ASAT and other internal audit requirements and will provide leadership to the Financial organization.    

Roles:

• Enterprise minded--understands the needs of the business and how decisions affect P&L, balance sheet and future capabilities, influences cap-ex based on broad business case
• Responsive expertise--prepared with information to help guide decision making both upon request and future planning based
• Compliance--organized and aware of legal and local ramifications to decisions and practices; proactively prepared for audits
• Data-oriented--anticipates and solves problems from a data-informed perspective; forecasts accurately and tracks closely; intervenes in ways that influence numbers 
• Involved and curious--spends time on the shop floor to understand business in greater detail; seeks to make improvements and strengthen partnerships through relationship and comprehension; understands operational consequences of decisions
• Analysis--reviews decisions and data ex post facto to glean increased understanding; incorporates learning into future decision-making
• Accountability--compares business case to actual performance and collaborates with other leaders to ensure success of investments
• Interpretation and translation--able to tell a story with the data; brings life to the numbers through observation and familiarity with the business
• Prioritization--understands market and organizational conditions and prioritizes efforts accordingly; manages tension between revenue and costs, etc.
• Communication-proactively provides information about data, forecasting and financials to enable best possible decision-making for individual leaders and the organization; seeks information from others and disseminates accordingly as a conduit or hub
• Coach/Mentor/Manager-- formally and informally develops others and contributes to talent factory strategy; provides direction, review, reassurance, encouragement, challenge, recognition on an individual basis; promotes growth and development in associates; inspires risk; continually assesses and reassesses talent and fit to role based on individual and collective performance

Responsibilities: 

This is a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) may and may be required to perform additional, position-specific tasks.

• Serve as a member of the Ti-Ingot Operations Lead Team and act as a business partner to the team as they develop and implement business strategy.
• Act as a catalyst for change and help drive business performance improvement.
• Manage planning, reporting, consolidation and analysis functions and develop and manage processes to ensure compliance with ASAT and other internal audit requirements, as well as US GAAP and Howmet reporting requirements. 
• Understands, reviews, and communicates key drivers for location success.
• Drive financial engagement to operations.
• Create and monitor internal controls that allow operations to meet the financial plan.
• Ensure strict adherence to the Howmet code of conduct and corporate policy.
• Manage location performance pay plan.
• Lead initiatives to close gaps from current performance to benchmark level.
• Develop strong internal cost control systems to ensure that plans are met.
• Ensure compliance with all audit requirements.
• Create an environment where problems are solved to the root cause.
• Create an environment where systems are used to accurately plan and deliver according to expectations.
• Continuously drive for process improvements.
• Perform special projects or other duties as assigned/requested.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Business Administration and/or Accounting from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 5 years related financial/controllership work experience with a minimum of 2 years for a manufacturing company 
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States.  Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.  Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a manufacturing environment in finance field
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
• MBA, CMA and/or CPA
• High proficiency in using MS Office software, experience with Oracle, Hyperion, or similar systems, project management, multi-tasking and developing/executing data queries.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Strong organizational skills in relation to managing multiple projects with tight deadlines in a high pressure/high intensity environment.
• Strong cost accounting skills – Multi level Routing and Bill of Material Cost Accounting Experience.