Controller
Company: voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC
Location: Springfield
Posted on: March 19, 2023
Job Description:
voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC
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Company profile
voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak, with ten production facilities
across Canada, US and Mexico, is North America's leading designer
and manufacturer of special trackwork for the railway industry. As
the industry's technology leader, we take pride in providing
superior products, excellent customer service and unbeatable
engineering design services to our customers. We are committed to
bringing innovative solutions, products and services to our
customers across rail freight and transit segments.
voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak ("Nortrak") is a subsidiary of
voestalpine AG (www.voestalpine.com) one of Europe's premier steel
producers with over 50,000 employees worldwide. Nortrak is closely
affiliated with voestalpine's Railway Systems group which operates
in 21 countries across the globe to provide cutting edge
system-based solutions to railroads and transits. Our website is
https://www.voestalpine.com/nortrak/en/
Nortrak Blue Family Culture
Nortrak Blue is our way of life and our commitment to our united
Nortrak Family. We live Nortrak Blue through our values of Respect,
Responsibility, Curiosity, Courage, Passion, and Diversity.
As a Nortrak family, Safety is our #1 commitment to our employees
and Quality is our #1 commitment to our customers.
We are currently looking for a Plant Controller / Cost Controller
to join our team in Decatur, IL.
PURPOSE OF POSITION
Reporting directly to the Vice President, Controlling, the Plant
Controller/Senior Cost Accountant for vaRS Nortrak's foundry
located in Decatur, IL is responsible to perform and lead a variety
of financial management and reporting responsibilities. You will
work directly with the Plant Manager and report to the company's
VP, Controlling.
TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES
SAFETY:
- Complies with all Nortrak safety policies and regulations.
FIANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING:
- Complete month-end procedures and prepare internal management
reports.
- Analyze profitability by product, project, and
customer.
- Lead monthly financial reviews with the CFO, VP Controlling,
Plant Manager, and other departments.
- Support process improvement initiatives and assist with cost
saving plans.
- Perform profitability and cost analyses for a variety of
projects, investments and products.
- Assist decision making at a plant level with regular and ad-hoc
analyses.
- Prepare internal budgets and monitor actual results against
budget.
- Prepare quarterly revenue forecasts in collaboration with the
production team.
- Work closely with Purchasing, HR and Sales to optimize cost,
pricing and overhead.
INVENTORY AND COSTING:
- Manage product costing in SAP and review standard costs on a
monthly basis.
- Review and reconcile labor reports and analyze actuals vs
production benchmarks.
- Monitor inventory costing, balance and movement.
- Collaborate with Production Team in managing inventory counts
and various operations.
- Identify, investigate and resolve costing and labor variances
with different groups.
COST:
- Maintains knowledge of state-of-practice. Identifies and
recommends cost effective material, design and process
options.
- Liaise with sub-trades for quotations and analyze quotes
compared to historical data
- Use financial and non-financial data to make informed
assumptions for costing
PEOPLE:
- Build and nurture healthy working relationships with a wide
range of employees.
- Take interest and ownership of your responsibilities.
- Participate and engage in different initiatives as
needed.
- Actively participate in production meetings to gain an
understanding of products and manufacturing procedures.
- Maintain and collaborate a good working relationship with other
functions and divisions; in particular Sales
- Perform peer-review on other estimators' work and provide
feedback
- Eager to improve and support other estimators
- Maintain and collaborate a good working relationship with other
functions and divisions; in particular Sales
- Perform peer-review on other estimators' work and provide
feedback
- Eager to improve and support other estimators
ENVIRONMENTAL:
- Adhere to Nortrak's Environmental Procedures, Practices and
Policies.
OTHERS:
- Monitor and enforce compliance with internal policies at the
plant level
- Monitor vendor invoices, provide classification and address
errors
- Monitor and resolve sales order issues with Sales and Account
Managers
- Ad-hoc reporting and financial management tasks as
required
- Support plant team with analytical and financial tasks
- Ensures all costing is current, accurate and complete.
Continuously verifies estimated costs against actuals.
- Manage deadlines and prioritize bids based on complexity,
priority and risks
QUALITIFCATIONS:
EDUCATION:
- Undergraduate Degree in Accounting, Business or Finance or
equivalent - CPA or CMA is an asset.
- Minimum of 3+ years of accounting experience, ideally in
manufacturing - exposure to foundry is an asset
EXPERIENCES:
- Experience with financial planning and analysis
- Understanding of cost accounting methodologies
- Ability to analyze financial and non-financial data and be able
to clearly articulate opportunities for improvement and/or risk
areas
- Advanced Excel, Word and Power Point skills
- Experience with ERP systems - ideally SAP
- Strong analytical and interpersonal skills combined with sound
professional judgement
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
PHYSICAL DEMANDS WHEN AT MANUFACTURING FACILITIES:
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a
computer
- Occasional standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching or
climbing
- Must be able to lift or handle up to 25 pounds at
times
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close
vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth
perception and ability to adjust focus
- Occasional travel may be required which includes walking,
standing, sitting and driving from short to long periods of
time
BENEFITS:
- A supportive, family oriented Nortrak Blue culture
- We provide an environment where Health and Safety is our #1
priority
- Career development opportunities and competitive pay
progression
- Competitive medical, dental & vision benefits
- Company paid life and disability insurance
- Paid holidays and vacation
- Retirement plan with matching contributions
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Wellness Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Recognition Programs
voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, disability, protected Veteran status, and any other
federal, state, or locally protected classifications.
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