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Finance Director

3 months ago

Reading, United States Glen-Gery Full time
About the Company

Brickworks North America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brickworks Limited. Brickworks Limited ("The Group") is a large Australian-listed group of companies. The Group has been in operation since the early 1900s, has a market capitalization exceeding A$3.5 billion, and operates across 3 core business segments: Building Products, Land & Development, and Investments. The Group employs more than 2,000 FTE employees and operates nationally across Australia and has a significant presence in the USA.

Founded in 1890, Glen-Gery Corporation is one of the nation's largest brick manufacturers and operates nine brick manufacturing facilities and one manufactured stone facility. Glen-Gery products are sold nationally through a network of over 500 distributors as well as in Canada. Since entering the USA in 2018, Brickworks have acquired Sioux City Brick, Redland Brick and the distribution business of Southfield Corporation in Illinois and Indiana (Illinois Brick, Indiana Brick). The combined North American business now has more than 1,000 employees, operates across 40 locations, including 8 brick plants (Glen-Gery), 25 masonry supply center/retail locations (Brickworks Supply) and 3 Design Studios (Brickworks).

Basic Function

Reporting to the Brickworks North American Executive Vice President, Finance, this position will have primary financial responsibility for the manufacturing plants and retail locations in North America.These responsibilities include oversight of financial reporting, annual budgeting as well as weekly forecasting.This position will have knowledge of operational finance (inventory, standard costs, etc.) and the ability to apply standard principles, theories, concepts, and techniques, as well as make complex decisions in coordination with the VP of Sales, VP of Operations and Senior Director of Retail Operations.This includes working with the executive team to develop the financial strategy and the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve divisional assets and report accurate financial results.

In addition, this role will be a critical part of the development of internal control policies and procedures at the plant & retail level.This position will have 5-7 direct reports with a total team of 13 employees throughout North America.

Principal accountabilities are:

Planning

  • Monitor and direct the implementation of strategic business plans
  • Develop operational strategies in conjunction with the Executive VP Finance and senior management team
  • Support the capital request process, including payback and discounted cash flow calculations
  • Develop performance measures that support the company's strategic direction and monitor operational metrics
Operations
  • Oversee month-end reporting within operations, including inventory monitoring & valuation, general ledger entries and accruals
  • Maintain in-depth relations with all members of the management team
  • Oversee process improvement initiatives across the operational organization with a focus on driving standardization in finance processes and controls across the organization
  • Oversee monthly & annual physical inventories


Financial Information
  • Oversee the management and coordination of all operational reporting for the organization, including revenue/expense and balance sheet reports and the development of budgets
  • In conjunction with the EVP Finance, manage the preparation and submission to the parent company of weekly profit estimates and semi-annual profit forecasts
Risk Management
  • In conjunction with EVP Finance, construct and monitor reliable internal control systems
  • Ensure that recordkeeping meets the requirements of auditors and government agencies
  • Maintain strong relations with both internal and external auditors and investigate their findings and recommendations
Acquisitions
  • Key role in driving integration of acquired businesses, including reporting and controls
Other Duties
  • Lead, direct, and develop the operational finance team, including providing coaching and career development support
  • Provide finance leadership support to the sales and production leaders
Education and Travel
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
  • Master's degree in accounting or business administration preferred
  • Certified Management Accountant (CMA) a plus
  • Must be willing to travel up to 15-20% of time outside of assigned locations
Experience
  • Business experience of 10+ years in progressively responsible leadership positions in a major company or division of a large manufacturing corporation (Public Company/Corporate Office Experience is beneficial)
  • Demonstrated experience in managing, developing, and leading a large team
  • High level of written and oral communication
  • Experience in forecasting, budget preparation, and product costing


This job description is not intended to be all inclusive and as such, the employee will also be required to perform other reasonably related business duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or other management personnel as required.