CFO

Express Employment Professionals - Keego Harbor, MI

Full-time - Senior

Keego Harbor, MI

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will play a critical role in guiding the financial strategy and operations of the company. This position is responsible for overseeing financial decision-making, managing regional P&L, and ensuring compliance with government regulations. The CFO will also support corporate activities such as mergers and acquisitions and will be a key liaison between operations and auditors.

Responsibilities

• Provide decision-making support to all functional areas and Senior Leadership.
• Report risk issues to President and Group CFO.
• Guide financial decisions by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies and procedures.
• Responsible for regional P & L, revenue growth and EBIT targets.
• Planning, budgeting, forecasting and business analysis.
• Prepare annual budget and monthly reports to headquarter including KPI, Operating Index, Budget Comparison and Variance Analysis, Cash Flow Forecast.
• Working capital management and improvement.
• Oversee the financial operations of subsidiary companies and foreign operations.
• Manage and comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings in North & South America.
• Treasury (operational cash flow and forecast), supplier credit and customer collection.
• Support corporate level activities such as mergers and acquisitions, regulatory bodies, shareholder/investor relationship and transactions, banking and financing relationships, strategic business and operational plans and projects.
• Manage loan package through monthly Borrowing Base Certificate, monitoring Financial Covenants and handling bank audit. Maintenance Price Control in ERP system.
• Manage and analyze periodic Purchasing Price Variance.
• Managing manufacturing costing and stand cost system.
• Conduct ongoing cost analyses.
• Report on margins by product and customer.
• Accounting operations including A/R, A/P, GL, Cost Accounting and Fixed Asset.
• Monitor month-end and year-end close process.
• Support all other department activities as necessary.
• Renew and maintain annual company Insurance Package.
• Serve as primary liaison between the operations and its external/internal auditors.
• Oversee the implementation of a new cost-efficient ERP system.
• Staff development through ongoing trainings.
• Travel inside and outside the United States whenever necessary.

Requirements

• Master's degree or CPA preferred.
• 10+ years' automotive experience.
• 10+ years' progressive responsibilities managing accounting/finance teams in multi-entities and multi-national environment.
• Broad experience in all aspects of accounting.
• Experience in strategic business planning.