Position Purpose:

This position will act as a strategic partner within the Brunner business units with experience in other BWE BU’s as well. This will entail month-end financial closing, cost analysis, fixed asset accountability, plant capital investments, and plant team support.

Salary Range:$70,000 - $100,000

Essential Functions:

1. Support Brunner Medina facility as well as the Niagara facility supporting Finance Management in all aspects of business
2. Perform month-end financial close.Record manufacturing expenses, depreciation, taxes, and other overhead expenses through journal entries
3. Provide manufacturing cost and variance analysis for Brunner Medina as well as Niagara
4. Understand monthly financial results and key operating metrics, communicating these results to the Management Staff
5. Produce daily, weekly, monthly reports for the Plant Manager and Brunner General Manager as well as other reporting for BWE entities as requested
6. Ensure adequate internal controls exist and are utilized at the plant.
7. Identify areas of weakness and assists local management in implementing corrective action
8. Assist local management in identifying and implementing cost reduction opportunities as well as quantifying those cost reductions
9. Support divisional requirements such as internal/external audits
10. Provide financial support for capital development projects from justification to approval to installation
11. Work with Management Team to develop standard costs, routers, and department burden rates and once developed maintain those standards
12. Assist in developing monthly forecasts and annual operating plan including analysis on future spend and working with teams to rationalize future spend for forecast and plan 
13. Perform monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts for multiple entities
14. Maintain all fixed assets in the Fixed Asset System
15. Assist in tracking product margins, cost reductions and new product programs for Brunner
16. Analyze inventory variances/transactions, plus inventory control cycle count programs once implemented
17. Monitor cash flow
18. Control weekly payments of vendors by check and electronic payments
19. Review and code purchase orders to GL accounts
20. Review and approve applications for new credit arrangements
21. Monitors delinquent AR
22. Reports to Division HQ as needed
23. Position may supervise accounting employees and receptionist – would include interviewing, hiring and training employees as well as directing work and performance appraisals.
24. All duties as assigned