Corporate Financial Controller

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Celebrating 100 years in 2024, Plymouth Tube Company is a fifth-generation family-owned, precision metals manufacturer. Our products include tubing, extruded shapes, and cold-drawn shapes spanning specialty carbon, alloy, stainless steel, nickel alloy, and titanium. Headquartered in Warrenville, Illinois, with seven plants in the U.S. and one in Germany, Plymouth is known for offering industry-leading service levels and unique technical innovations.

We have a great family-based culture guided by these four values: People, Customer Focus, Community & Environment, and Long-Term Orientation. These values serve as pillars to support our mission statement: ‘We are committed to providing products and services that meet or exceed our customers' expectations.

Plymouth Tube is looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious team member to join our Finance and Accounting Department. This person must love change, be self-motivated and inspire others inside and outside the department. This individual should be able to communicate directly and openly with all levels in our organization. There will be many opportunities for the successful candidate to engage their innovative and creative problem-solving skills to help move the department to the next level. It is a must that the Corporate Controller has a high degree of personal integrity in dealing with superiors, subordinates and co-workers and will represent Plymouth Tube Company in a professional manner. The successful candidate will live in both the big picture as well as in the details, desire to make an impact, and work well on a team and individually.

YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

Being a self-motivated individual who inspires others both within and outside the finance department. They must effectively communicate with various organizational levels and lead the Finance team in preparing financial statements, overseeing audits, and ensuring tax compliance. Additionally, their role involves maintaining personal integrity in all interactions and representing the organization professionally.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Lead the accounting team in corporate accounting functions, financial reporting, cash management, and shareholder communication.
• Ensure tax compliance in collaboration with third-party professionals.
• Assist CFO in insurance coverage evaluation for risk management.
• Provide necessary financial and operating information to the organization.
• Analyze consolidated financial results of domestic and international divisions.
• Manage bank relationships and cash projections.
• Recommend and implement cost reduction programs.
• Maintain internal controls and lead special projects, including M&A due diligence.
• Address shareholder issues promptly and effectively.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited institution with a minimum of ten years of related experience.
• CPA certification required; MBA preferred.
• Background in manufacturing or audit experience is beneficial.
• Previous supervisory experience necessary.
• Familiarity with corporate accounting for multiple entities and Sub-Chapter S Tax work is advantageous.

Technology Skills:

• Proficiency in advanced Excel spreadsheet skills.
• Desired skills in Microsoft Access and experience with Power BI.
• Knowledge of ERP/financial application implementation in a manufacturing setting is beneficial.

Language Skills:

• Effective verbal and written communication skills to engage stakeholders at all levels.

Travel Requirement:

• Approximately 15% travel to US locations

WHAT WE OFFER YOU:

Benefits effective 30 days from date of hire.

Medical, Dental and Vision, HSA, FSA

401k Matching, Life Insurance, STD/LTD

100% covered tuition reimbursement (including books & reasonable expenses)

Wellness Program / Lifestyle Rewards / Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Career Arching: Plymouth allows for a great depth & breadth of knowledge in which you can wear many hats and be exposed to several opportunities.

COMPETENCIES/DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

Critical Core Competencies: Integrity, Intelligence, Strategic Thinking, Team Collaboration, Transparency, Strong Communication.

• Care & Commitment: Consistently reliable, follows work instructions, investigates any inconsistencies and looks ahead to next steps. Offers ideas for improvements (safety, operations, process, and quality) and actively participates in improvement processes.Accepts change as part of future state improvement and adapts with positive enthusiasm.

Team Player: Steps up to help the team even when it’s outside of normal duties or comfort zone, looks out for the safety of self and team. Cooperates with others without dominating the group, values team members for their contributions and professional abilities, and always treats people with respect. Communicates ideas respectfully, honestly and clearly, and considers the suggestions and opinions of others

• Customer Focus: Seeks out information on customer requirements, stops a process when an inconsistency is suspected, and reports inconsistencies to the right person. Involves customers and seeks best resource before moving forward with key decisions; follows through on promises made to internal/external customer. Delivers accurate product, services and paperwork to the next operation.
• Initiative: Initiates problem solving to address issues, acts without being told or directed, actively participates in resolution, seeks best alternative even if it challenges the status quo. Does and says the right things for the right reasons even when it’s uncomfortable, speaks up immediately when seeing a safety hazard, a process error, or problem to resolve. Acts with sense of urgency: Gives immediate attention to tasks or issues that prevent organization from reaching goals, rethinks priorities and organizes work to achieve goals or get goals back on track.

Additional Competencies

Judgment: Uses common sense when discerning priorities, demonstrates sound decision making when approaching decisions with critical impact. Grasps business cycle and its requirements, is process and detail oriented, absorbs new information quickly. Earns trust of others, does not cut corners ethically, does what is “right” not what is expedient.

Involvement: Works effectively with all levels of organization to help them understand metrics and organizational data, interpreting into a relatable format. Improves costs and/or spending by analyzing, making suggestions in production and non-production categories. Provides leadership for special projects and/or any cost cutting problem solving events, adept at running meetings.

Technical Knowledge: Identifies problems, gathers data, and seeks alternatives through research and opinions/ experiences of others. Most effective in following through on solution, tracking results, reporting changes, challenges, or improvements to the appropriate person. Demonstrates effective use of resources (time, money, people, equipment, etc.). Demonstrates proficiency in the technical requirements of this position and in many aspects of technology, continues to improve skills in this area.

Negotiations & Persuasion: Demonstrates mindfulness, creativity, and sincerity in negotiating, always toward a collaborative outcome in the best interest of all parties.Demonstrates effectiveness in salvaging tense negotiations and resolving interpersonal or organizational conflicts.Exhibits effective and appropriate persuasion in change efforts, is viewed as credible by others throughout the organization.

Organization & Planning: Plans, organizes, schedules in an efficient productive manner, focuses on key priorities, effectively juggles multiple tasks. Spends time on today’s priorities, as well as preparing and planning.Is on time and on schedule, does not miss deadlines, and communicates any issue before missing a commitment.

Communication I: Demonstrates a helpful and resourceful attitude with all vendors, customers, and employees.Is respectfully persistent when needing information from others and follows through on any verbal or written commitment made to others. Keeps people informed and up to date, gives thought to “who” needs to be told “what” and helps others (vendors, customers, and employees) recognize the chain of communication.

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