Director of Finance

CertainTeed®, a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, is North America’s leading brand of sustainable exterior and interior building products. Headquartered in Malvern, Pa., CertainTeed has helped shape the building products industry for more than 100 years, through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," quickly inspired the name “CertainTeed".

This position is responsible for the direction, control, and management of the Finance Department, as well as the financial control of the Business Unit in accordance with Corporate procedures and policies. The Finance Department responsibilities require the incumbant to maintain financial records for the organizational entities and prepare necessary reports with exact accuracy and timeliness. Such records and reports are subject to audit by Corporate and government authorities for accuracy. The Department is further responsible for credit, collection, and cash management functions, and in this effort interfaces strongly with the Corporate financial departments.

The incumbent maintains a blended background of accounting and finance in a large, multinational manufacturing company with knowledge of cost accounting, inventory valuation and general accounting principles. Strong leadership is required to define, implement and continuously improve consolidated forecasting, budgeting and annual planning processes for both Profit/Loss and Balance Sheet, and a high degree of personal responsibility is required for the propriety and correctness of the financial data and actions for Saint-Gobain ADFORS. **Essential Functions Include:** * Control and manage all sector level financial activities to uniform methods and procedures, and consistent, timely and accurate reporting/analysis.Directs the preparation of all financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, tax returns, business plan and reports for government regulatory agencies and/or banking institutions with accuracy and timeliness.Direct financial operations of the division to assure compliance with Corporate and government policies and requirements, including international locations.Serves on planning and policy-making committees. * Oversees and mentors accounting department, as well as oversees budget preparation and audit functions. Meets regularly with department heads to keep all informed and to offer direction and potential strategic and process improvement approaches.Establishes and implements short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures. Develop and implement finance, accounting, billing, and auditing procedures.Establish and maintain appropriate internal control safeguards. Ensure records systems are maintained in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. * Reviews reports to analyze projections of sales and profit against actual figures, budgeted expenses against final totals, and suggests methods of improving the planning process as appropriate.Analyzes company operations to pinpoint opportunities and areas for improvements to meet top and bottom line goals and develop KPI’s in the manufacturing operations as well as build tools to model operations for budget and analysis purposes. * Work directly with plant cost controllers to analyze standard costs, variances, working capital requirements.?Transfer pricing management including all associated contracts to legally support activity. * As a member of the Sector Management Committee provide support To the General Management by analyzing and contributing to the evaluation of various strategic options including timing and logistics involving considerations of finance, operations, business issues, and human resources.Provides strategic analysis and leadership regarding appropriate allocation of costs and potential improvements to indirect rate structure.Provide financial support and tools for the Sales and Marketing team. * Confers with leadership team to coordinate and prioritize financial and business development/cost proposal planning.Prepares, or directs preparation of, pricing proposals. * Participates in the strategic planning and development of cost/price model, as well as cost/price analysis for procurement and contracts. Estimates requirements for capital, land, buildings, and an increase in the work force. Performing detailed payback and cost justification calculations. * Direct and serve as primary contact with ADFORS Branch and Delegation and European Branch Finance, Tax and Legal Personnel for all Financial and Tax issues affecting all North American operations. * Manage the shared service organization responsible for all general ledger accounting and reporting, billing and payments for all operations in North America. * Provide analysis, advice, and counsel in the development of new systems for cost accounting, inventory control, and financial operations and personnel management.

**Profile description** A Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or a related field with 5 to 8 years of experience in an industrial setting, cost accounting, P&L, multi-currency, multi-plant, multi-product, multi-process environment is required. A Master's Degree in Accounting or Business is preferred. **Additional Requirements include:** The ability to communicate across a broad base, and to determine and advise general management of financial trends is a key part of the position. The incumbent must work closely with the General Manager, Directors, and Corporate staff personnel in the preparation of business plans, communication of key financial information, and the coordination of SG ADFORS operations with the needs of the Finance Department. The position requires a strong knowledge of accounting and financial operations in a manufacturing environment with demonstrated experience in managing standard costs and variance analysis. Demonstrated knowledge of working in a SAP environment is also required. Knowledge of Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards). The Director must have good problem solving skills and be able to manage a diverse Finance department. Very good analytical capability is another key part of the position as the Director will study numerous reports to answer questions by superiors and peers and to identify areas where corrective action is recommended.