Group Finance Director
Posted: 02/04/2025 Location Name: AHTI
Wage: Depends on Experience
Amphenol Corporation
Amphenol is a publicly traded global manufacturing company (NYSE:APH, Fortune 500) and is one of the world's largest designers, manufacturers and marketers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. Our products Enable the Electronics Revolution across virtually every end market including Automotive, Broadband Communications, Commercial Aerospace, Industrial, Information Technology and Data Communications, Military, Mobile Devices and Mobile Networks.
Job Description / Core Responsibilities:
* The Group Finance Director is a key member of the Group Finance Department who will be primarily responsible for the forecasting, budgeting and strategic plan processes. This position will also be involved in the post-acquisition process as it relates to purchase accounting and other integration tasks as needed. This role will be deeply involved with the North America based units which represent 9 of the 10 reporting units and over 70% of the Group's Revenue. Future acquisitions are also forecasted and the ability to travel and even possibly relocate to backfill a Business Controller role is required.
Support Group Controller to maximize profitability and cash flow while maintaining a strong internal controls environment
Help train as needed and share best accounting practices with team of 10 Controllers.
Assure compliance to GAAP with regards to the accounting processing and bookkeeping
Develop, document, and maintain written accounting policies and procedures
Manage the monthly accounting close process to ensure timely actuals and forecast submittals
Visit and work with underperforming business units to manage key performance indicators and support decision making to reduce costs and improve profitability
Lead groups hard close process which is a 2X per year statutory requirement
Analyze the Profit and Loss statement and Balance Sheet for Business units to participate in questions along with monthly operations reviews with the group
Be flexible to possibly fill in or support as a backup to business General Manager in situations where there is Controller turn over.
Oversight of Internal Audit Review process supporting the units with identifying most critical control items
Oversight, and review, of the production of periodic financial reports; ensures that the reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles and international financial reporting standards for three operating units
Report on the annual Budget and monthly Forecast; gathering input from management, updating as needed, and reporting on progress throughout the year
Provide Management with financial analysis, reports, graphs, etc. to reflect the business units performance, and to assist with understanding and managing the operations of the business units.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in accounting is required
CPA certificate desired, not required
Proficient in Excel (v-lookups and pivot tables)
Analytical and research skills
Attentive to details, organized, solution-oriented and diligent
Outstanding communication skills and relationship-building abilities
Team oriented, works well with others in a cooperative, sharing manner, while maintaining independence and reasonable checks and balances
Capability to lead projects throughout the organization
Self-starter and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Ability to work and interact with local management teams throughout the world, as well as other HQ departments and both internal and external auditors
Inventory and Standard costing Management
ERP system experience
Ability to supervise/travel to multiple sites needed as job requires oversight of multiple manufacturing locations.
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Wage: Depends on Experience
Amphenol Corporation
Amphenol is a publicly traded global manufacturing company (NYSE:APH, Fortune 500) and is one of the world's largest designers, manufacturers and marketers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. Our products Enable the Electronics Revolution across virtually every end market including Automotive, Broadband Communications, Commercial Aerospace, Industrial, Information Technology and Data Communications, Military, Mobile Devices and Mobile Networks.
Job Description / Core Responsibilities:
* The Group Finance Director is a key member of the Group Finance Department who will be primarily responsible for the forecasting, budgeting and strategic plan processes. This position will also be involved in the post-acquisition process as it relates to purchase accounting and other integration tasks as needed. This role will be deeply involved with the North America based units which represent 9 of the 10 reporting units and over 70% of the Group's Revenue. Future acquisitions are also forecasted and the ability to travel and even possibly relocate to backfill a Business Controller role is required.
Support Group Controller to maximize profitability and cash flow while maintaining a strong internal controls environment
Help train as needed and share best accounting practices with team of 10 Controllers.
Assure compliance to GAAP with regards to the accounting processing and bookkeeping
Develop, document, and maintain written accounting policies and procedures
Manage the monthly accounting close process to ensure timely actuals and forecast submittals
Visit and work with underperforming business units to manage key performance indicators and support decision making to reduce costs and improve profitability
Lead groups hard close process which is a 2X per year statutory requirement
Analyze the Profit and Loss statement and Balance Sheet for Business units to participate in questions along with monthly operations reviews with the group
Be flexible to possibly fill in or support as a backup to business General Manager in situations where there is Controller turn over.
Oversight of Internal Audit Review process supporting the units with identifying most critical control items
Oversight, and review, of the production of periodic financial reports; ensures that the reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles and international financial reporting standards for three operating units
Report on the annual Budget and monthly Forecast; gathering input from management, updating as needed, and reporting on progress throughout the year
Provide Management with financial analysis, reports, graphs, etc. to reflect the business units performance, and to assist with understanding and managing the operations of the business units.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in accounting is required
CPA certificate desired, not required
Proficient in Excel (v-lookups and pivot tables)
Analytical and research skills
Attentive to details, organized, solution-oriented and diligent
Outstanding communication skills and relationship-building abilities
Team oriented, works well with others in a cooperative, sharing manner, while maintaining independence and reasonable checks and balances
Capability to lead projects throughout the organization
Self-starter and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Ability to work and interact with local management teams throughout the world, as well as other HQ departments and both internal and external auditors
Inventory and Standard costing Management
ERP system experience
Ability to supervise/travel to multiple sites needed as job requires oversight of multiple manufacturing locations.
Apply Now