Finance Manager

Finance Manager - ( 2400050 )**Description****CONSTRUCTION SPECIALTIES, INC.**Founded in 1948, Construction Specialties (CS) is a specialty building products manufacturer. CS provides solutions to building challenges that architects, designers, building owners, facility managers, and contractors face every day. Since inventing the first extruded louver, CS has become a global leader in all our product categories. Our products are a part of some of the most iconic buildings around the worldfrom the worlds tallest tower, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, to the Oculus at the World Trade Center Transit Hub in Manhattan. If you want to work in an inspiring atmosphere and collaborate with customers and colleagues to solve challenges, we're the right place for you. CS: People. Buildings. Better._Equal opportunity is not only the law but is the basis of how we ensure that our workplace fosters an environment of fairness, equality, and respect. It is the policy of Construction Specialties to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. In addition, Construction Specialties will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on our operations._**SCOPE OF POSITION:**The Finance Manager will report to the Assistant Controller and support key business objectives to enhance reporting, controls, and analysis across the business in the US and internationally. This role will engage with local BU controllers and local BU management in support of key initiatives from Corporate Finance to create value, reduce risk and increase efficiency for the business.**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:**_To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, including but not necessarily limited to the following:_+ Review of monthly accounting close process including analytical review of the monthly operating results including related key performance measure reports to ensure accurate financial reporting and appropriate documentation and support of all financial entries.+ Play an integral role in the implementation of a new ERP system with specific focus on cost accounting and process development for financial close in multiple ERP systems.+ Drive improvements in BU operational finance including forecasting abilities, cost mitigation strategies and process improvement.+ Preparation and/or review of financial statements and related fluctuation analysis and management reports for domestic and international operations.+ Implement, document, and maintain adequate and effective internal controls and processes to ensure timely and accurate financial and management reporting.+ Build systems and processes that will streamline financial reporting, account reconciliations and finance dashboards to ensure completeness, consistency, accuracy, and GAAP compliance.+ Participate in the administration of ERP financial reporting system, ensuring appropriate master data administration, controls, validations for financial transactions and interfaces for accounting & system subledger implementation.+ Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.+ Provide technical accounting GAAP guidance and support to all team members.+ Collaborate with the other department managers to support overall department goals and objectives.+ Proactively identify opportunities for improvement of financial performance in accordance with corporate objectives; pursue and communicate opportunities identified.+ Support Assistant Corporate Controller, Corporate Controller, and CFO with special projects.+ Additional responsibilities and projects as assigned in support of business objectives.**Qualifications****KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE/ EDUCATION:** (Minimum Education and/or Experience required)+ Bachelors degree in finance, Accounting, or related field (CPA preferred)+ At least 5 years experience in a Corporate/Manufacturing environment+ Strong experience with cost accounting and internal controls in a manufacturing environment+ Ability to identify, plan and implement improvements in reporting, controls and analysis including detailed cost accounting initiatives across the business.+ Hands on experience with general ledger, trial balance and journal entries+ Combination of managerial and staff accounting experience+ Solid track record of planning and implementation of small and medium size business transformation and improvement projects to create value, reduce risk and increase efficiency.+ Ability to work in cross functional and matrixed environment to help support key business initiatives.+ Understanding of database structures and table relationships to develop and implement more effective and accurate reporting tools.+ Ability to collect and analyze structured and unstructured data in a logical manner.+ Knowledge of foreign business practices preferred.+ **Up to 30% - 50% travel.**+ Excellent communication skills written and oral.+ Able to conduct effective meetings at any level.+ Demonstrated ability to organize and manage multiple and diverse projects including, analytical thinking, planning, prioritizing, problem solving, decision making, creativity in presenting various options and accurately carrying out assigned projects with minimal supervision.+ Ability to define complex problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, evaluate options and, considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one, implement solutions.+ Able to perform in a fast-paced, team environment, under pressure with time constraints while responding and adapting to change favorably and quickly.+ Must maintain confidentiality.+ This position description is intended to guide the activities of the person in this role. It is not intended to limit the thinking and creativity of the person in this role, nor is it intended that this description represents all the work that may be required of a person in this position.**SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES** **:**+ None**Primary Location** : US-NJ-Lebanon: Finance**Travel** : Yes, 25 % of the Time**Employee Type:** : Full-Time Regular**Req ID:** 2400050