Plant Finance Leader

Plant Finance Leader

At Tenneco, we don't follow industry standards; we set them, and we don't settle for being best-in-class because we hustle to be better than best-in-class. Whether it's our Core Values radical candor, simplify, organizational velocity, tenacious execution and win or our Get Stuff Done (GSD) mindset, we're determined to become the most trusted partner and best manufacturer and distributor to the transportation industry.

With a product portfolio as expansive as it is innovative, an obsessive commitment to quality and excellence, and a global presence, we're all about getting stuff done, so we can win. Here, you'll work alongside a team of relentless problem-solvers who are committed to making a tangible impact. If you're ready to break boundaries, deliver results, and enjoy the ride along the way, you'll thrive here.

The Plant Finance Leader is responsible for directing Finance and Accounting.

Job responsibilities include :

• Planning and developing controls to project production performance related to forecast.
• Projecting monthly sales and forecasts variable and period costs, and profits. Issuing weekly flash reflecting performance versus forecast.
• Preparing quarterly forecast, annual business plan, and three-year strategic plan.
• Preparing monthly capital expenditure forecasts.
• Conducting meetings and / or discussing operations at plant level to advise and recommend corrective action to profit management problems.
• Conducting variance analysis at month end and quarter end.
• Overseeing the accounting department.
• Providing advice and counsel on accounting matters to Plant Management methods to improve profit, constraint-related issues, margin management, new business opportunities, etc.
• Developing costing systems to accurately measure inventory and cost of sales values and producing accurate financial reports on a timely basis.
• Reviewing appropriation requests to determine whether return on investment and payback period meet Corporate guidelines.
• Reviewing Sarbanes Oxley narrative and walking through documentation.
• Performing monthly staff layered process audits.
• Coordinating changes in product requirements (material changes) via advanced planning meetings.
• Analyzing all variances as to business plan, forecasts and last year origin and cause in order to determine corrective action; counseling on spending in advance of commitment.
• Coordinating special studies which are initiated at the plant level as well as those required at either group or corporate level.
• Preparing monthly capital expenditure forecasts.
• Reviewing all quotations and advising Plant Manager on whether to accept business. Also advising on appropriate margin.
• Facilitating plant efforts and projects as required.

Job requirements include :

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.