Operations Finance Director Group Controller

Description

Build your Career with an Industry Leader

As the global leader of premium labels, MCC helps brands stand out in competitive markets and inspire positive consumer experiences.
Backed by over a century of printing experience, MCC is focused on the future by developing consumer-driven innovations and sustainable packaging solutions.
Working for our team, you can truly make a difference.

The Operations Finance Director - Pressure Sensitive / Narrow Web (PS/NW) will manage a ~20 employee operational finance team, supporting all financial aspects of the PS / NW business unit.This individual will be a member of the America's Finance Leadership Team, reporting the VP Finance - Americas, and have a strong business relationship with the VP and General Manager of the PS / NW Business Unit.
The individual will also work closely with MCC's corporate finance team and peers on our other segment teams.

Why work at MCC:

• Compensation:
  Competitive Compensation
• Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance and 401(k)
• Paid Holidays:
  New Years, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, plus two floating Holidays
• High growth business with significant opportunities for learning and career advancement
• Hybrid work from home schedule

Responsibilities:

• Managing processes for financial forecasting, cost accounting, budgets and consolidation and reporting for the segment.
  
• Provide financial support to Operations leadership and plant General Managers; ensure plant controllers engage and partner with plant leadership to support improved business performance, connecting business decisions and financial performance.
  
• Lead and manage a group of Plant Controllers, including the development, goal setting, hiring and training program of plant accounting staff.
  
• Provide support for accounting related issues, and act as subject matter expert for complex operational transactions.
  
• Analysis and review of Segment financial and operational performance, including monthly KPI's and metrics such as budget adherence and productivity.
  
• Drive transactional engagement with Corporate Accounting and Shared Services organization to ensure data accuracy and integrity, as well as compliance to closing deadlines andschedules.
  
• Review of plant performance bridges and calculation of segment performance bridge, incorporating standard templates and processes for inclusion in Monthly Operations Review
• Account reconciliation evaluation and governance, including participation in quarterly Balance Sheet reviews.
  
• Complete ad-hoc reports and analysis, asrequired, for Segment reporting and further deep dive as necessary.
  
• Support periodic reporting for CFO and VP, Finance, related to quarterly Board of Directors Meetings and Monthly Management Review, as well as any other special requests.
  
• Develops processes to ensure compliance to accounting policies and procedures.
  Ensures GAAP compliance.
  
• Oversees financial controls per MCC policy and ensuring the closing process is both timely and accurate.
  
• Analysis of gross margin, product line & customer profitability.
  

Qualifications:

• Degree in accounting, finance or economics required; an MBA or relevant advanced degree and/or CPA certification is preferred.
  
• Experience leading a finance team within a multi-site industrial manufacturing organization known for strong financial and operational excellence in a business with similar challenges, opportunities, and footprint.
  
• This executive must be an effective communicator and have strong relationship (team building) skills.
  Driven to see tangible results, able to push for results but also collaborate with others to drive them.
  This executive will be a good listener who seeks out and hears the point of view of others but not afraid to voice their own.
  
• Ideally, experience with a company that has a decentralized operating structure.
  This person must show a demonstrated ability to adjust and adapt autonomously and without direction.
  
• This person will have very strong strategic agility and the ability to contribute beyond the core finance and accounting disciplines.
  She/He must have outstanding analytic skills, a high degree of intellectual curiosity and the ability to engage with other senior leaders in addressing complex business issues.
  
• This person will come from an enterprise known for developing outstanding financial talent and will have a demonstratedtrack record of building and leading high functioning teams through recruitment and development.
  They must possess a "hands-on" and proactive style, while still able to delegate authority as appropriate.
  
• The ideal candidate will be deeply rooted in operational finance, however, developmental rotations through corporate finance in Controller, Treasury, Investor Relations, and/or Audit roles are a plus.
  
• Cultural fit is critically important and includes trust, pragmatism, humility, professionalism, collaboration, and high energy.
  
• Track record of developing meaningful relationships at all levels within an organization, including as applicable, at both the segment and corporate levels, and a history of performing effectively in a matrixed reporting structure.
  
• Unquestioned ethics and a commitment to doing what's right.
  

Other considerations:

• Ideal candidate is in the Chicagoland area but not required; majority of sites are in the Midwest United States and travel would be expected to be 15-25% on a regular basis

Diversity & Inclusion:

MCC fosters an inclusive culture that respects and embraces our teammates' diverse backgrounds and experiences, so that everyone can achieve their full potential here.
We aspire for our company to truly reflect the diversity of our customers and the markets we serve.
We are committed to equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of peoples' gender identity/expression, age, language, sexual orientation, ability, race, socioeconomic status, national origin or other characteristics.

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