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Director of Finance
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE CLIENT COMPANY
Our client is a major company headquartered in the St. Louis area. The company is profitable and growing. The Company's reputation for generating value to its customers, shareholders, and employees has positioned it well for continued growth.
The company has created a new position, Director of Finance. The right person will have the opportunity to assume increasingly larger roles in the organization.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP
The position reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer. The person will regularly interface with other senior management.
SUMMARY OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Participates actively in raising investment capital and in managing investor relationships.
- Interfaces with outside equity and debt stakeholders.
- Works closely with the CFO on a variety of key projects.
- Manages the treasury function for the company, including overseeing the cash management function and banking relationships. Manages the company's credit and debt covenants assuring compliance.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLSET
- Bachelor's degree. MBA and CPA preferred.
- 10-12 years of accounting and/or finance experience.
- Superior analytical, technical and presentation skills required.
- Ability to communicate complex issues to Board members and Executive Management as well as external providers of investment capital.
- Capability to gain credibility with Operational and Executive Management.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple, complex projects while being detail-oriented and hands-on when required.
- Travel in the 30%-50% range when expected.
- Some experience raising equity capital.
PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate will be an individual who is capable of moving quickly through the organization and can provide both strong analytical skills, along with good managerial and leadership direction. The candidate must be sensitive to the personal aspects of the job, maintaining good working relationships both within and outside his/her department. Candidates must be proactive, flexible, adaptable, well organized, thorough and self-sufficient. He/she must be straightforward and open in communications both oral and written and should be able to effectively present to all levels within the corporation and with sophisticated investors. The environment is entrepreneurial and thus a person must be entrepreneurial as well.
SALARY
Up to $100k plus bonus.
Business Unit CFO
This position is located in St. Louis, MO and provides support to an aerospace manufacturing business unit ($400M) of a large multi-billion dollar global company.
The Business Unit CFO will be responsible for leading, directing and controlling the business unit's finance team (25-30 people) to provide:
- Financial statements that reflect the performance and position of the business; ensure the financial control processes are effective and properly documented/tested; develop and manage financial and management reporting processes.
- Government accounting compliance
- Management of relationship with corporate functions
- Improve accounting processes and controls
- Provide direction for annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and strategic planning
- Identify financial/operations problems and make recommendations to solve them
- Drive performance improvement through use of key indicators
- Facilitate operational review meetings
- Provide IT and M&A support
- Contribute to the development of the strategic plan
- Lead finance support of all key business decisions - pricing, sourcing, and capital expenditure
This position will also be responsible for developing a vision for the future finance organization, ensuring a succession plan is in place, and functioning as a mentor to develop the finance organization.
A business partner with a solid financial background in a manufacturing environment best describes this position. Individual must have the desire and potential to move upward in the organization.
BS/BA in Accounting and a CPA or MBA is required plus 10 years progressive experience with an aerospace/defense/government contractor.
Salary
$175k base, attractive annual bonus opportunity and relocation package.
Reply in strict confidence to Hcurtis@questmc.com.
Manager, Commercial Accounting
This position reports to the Controller and is responsible for supporting the marketing, sales, supply chain and metal procurement organizations. This will include providing relevant financial information to the commercial organization to assist in identifying cost improvement and efficiency opportunities. Specific responsibilities will include developing systems to accurately track metal margin, sales to purchasing variance and assessing product profitability. Heavy financial analysis is required. Additional responsibilities include GAAP compliant inventory valuation and reporting. Bachelor's degree in accounting, (CPA or MBA preferred), and five years relevant manufacturing experience required. The position is located in the St. Louis Area and no relocation assistance is available. Reply in strict confidence with resume to Hcurtis@questmc.com.
Salary
Up to $125k
Plant Accountant
As an integral part of the management team, this position reports jointly to the Plant/General Manager and the Controller and is responsible to provide relevant financial information to the team. The position will be located in the manufacturing plant with a focus on identifying (and recommending action) cost reduction and efficiency opportunities as well as, implementing a system to track savings achieved. Other responsibilities include maintaining a system of internal controls, completing monthly GAAP compliant financial statements, including business explanations for variance to expected performance, coordination of physical inventory, and coordination of the annual budget with supporting analytical data. Primary contact point for all audit requests, including bank and financial auditors and must be able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization. Bachelor's degree in accounting (CPA/MBA would be helpful), plus five years of relevant manufacturing required. The position is located in the St. Louis Area and no relocation assistance is available. Reply in confidence with resume to Hcurtis@questmc.com.
Salary
Up to $100k
Logistics Manager
This newly created position is responsible for managing all logistics costs to ensure lowest total cost while meeting customer delivery requirements and full compliance with government export regulations. Specific requirements include: developing a divisional logistics plan to ensure cost competitiveness within the non ferrous industry, negotiating commercial contracts for low cost alternatives with logistic carriers, develop a tracking system to monitor carrier performance against industry peers and business expectations, develop an international logistics plan focusing on partnerships with freight forwarders to provide low cost options and enhanced service to each customer service organization, create and monitor monthly metrics on logistics spend compared to planned expenditures and expected savings, develop business processes and controls to ensure full compliance to government export regulations etc. Bachelor's degree, 5 years experience in the logistics industry with a demonstrated record of beneficial partnerships with 3rd party logistics providers required. Position reports to Director, Supply Chain Planning and is located in the St. Louis Area. Please reply in confidence with a resume to Hcurtis@questmc.com.
Salary
Up to $100k
Manufacturing Planning and Supply Manager
Role Purpose
The purpose of the role is to develop and continuously improve business units' sales and operational planning processes. The role is expected to develop business models to improve capacity constraints while increasing customer service and business unit's financial performance.
Core Accountabilities
- Develop a master capacity planning tool to optimize the SOP process while balancing customer variable demand and operational manning strategies.
- Assist each business unit's production planning team to implement monthly SOP plan and provide support for solutions to critical issues.
- Support each business unit with tools to broaden current SOP business process.
- Advance the reach and scope of current casting requirements to include a bill of materials for raw material acquisition strategy.
- Develop a business process to maximize material flow with all business units to support inventory strategies.
- Assemble the weekly SOP meeting package.
- Support sales with statistical analysis to improve accuracy of customer demand forecasting.
Competencies and Qualifications
4 year BS/BA Degree, 5 years experience in Manufacturing Planning and Supply, work experience in a manufacturing environment
APICS CPIM Certification
Excellent Computer (Excel, Database), people and project management skills
Salary
$120k plus a 15% annual incentive opportunity
Director, Corporate Tax
Summary
Spartech Corporation is an intermediate processor of materials used by a wide spectrum of manufacturing customers. We have manufacturing facilities located across the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as in France. Spartech has grown significantly over the last 10 years through a balance of acquisitions and internal growth initiatives. Our reputation for generating value to our customers, shareholders, and employees has positioned us well for continued grow and the generation of new opportunities throughout our operations.
The Director of Tax position will be directly responsible for all corporate income tax matters including Federal, multi-state and international compliance, audits, tax planning, income tax accounting and acquisitions for Spartech. This position will report directly to the Chief Financial Officer. Advanced degree and/or CPA preferred.
Essential Functions
Overall responsibility for the timely and accurate preparation of U.S. Federal, State, International income tax compliance and other taxes (sales and use, property taxes, etc.), including related audits, for a consolidated group consisting of 24 entities with operations in the United States, Canada, France and Mexico.
Overall responsibility for the preparation of quarterly and annual FAS 109 and FIN 48 calculations, workpapers and related disclosures. Includes determining the Company’s effective tax rate and monthly income tax accounting, ownership and reconciliation of all tax accounts, and development of schedules and disclosures for internal and external reporting purposes.
- Conduct tax research to support tax compliance, planning, and periodic transactions.
- Monitor and federal and state tax law changes and determine the impact to the Company.
- Identification and implementation of tax planning projects utilizing internal and outside resources.
- Participate on the Company’s due diligence team for acquisitions. Responsible for identification and resolution of tax-related issues.
- Overall responsibility for the filing of annual reports for subsidiaries as required.
- Assist subsidiaries with questions related to payroll, sales tax, property tax, and state registration matters.
- Maintain and coordinate Sarbanes-Oxley documentation, departmental policies, procedures and processes.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Financial Management
- Ability to manage multiple and complex projects.
- Requires 10 plus years of progressive experience in corporate income tax required.
Communications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to interact with senior executive management.
- Strong focus on details and deadline management skills required.
- Technical Understanding
- In-depth knowledge of corporate Federal and State income taxes.
- Proficiency with FAS 109 and FIN 48 and related accounting and reporting.
- Experience with purchasing / acquisition accounting.
Leadership
- Supervision and development of tax staff.
- Maintain relationships both within and outside of the tax department in order to ensure awareness across the organization of tax issues impacting the organization.
Teamwork
Ability to interface effectively with departments within and outside of Corporate Accounting.
Salary
Base salary $150k, 25% annual bonus target, LTIP
MANAGER, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
About MECS
MECS is the global leader in the design and construction of sulfuric acid plants and related high performance technologies for the phosphate fertilizer, oil refining and metal smelting industries. These specialized technologies include an array of corrosion resistant high performance metals and acid plant components, heat recovery systems, reverse jet scrubbers, fiber bed mist eliminators and catalyst. MECS has a diversified and strong business positioned to service customers on a global basis. MECS has built long term relationships throughout the world using strategically positioned local offices, sales reps and agents, joint ventures, licensees and a respected and experienced global supply chain. The MECS Global Headquarters is located in St. Louis, Missouri.
Manager of Information Technology
MECS is currently looking to hire a hands on Manager of Information Technology to be based at the St. Louis headquarters. This person will be responsible for providing vision and leadership for the implementation of all technologies for MECS globally.
Expectations for This Position Will Include:
- The establishment of overall policies, goals, strategic plans and implementations of information technology initiatives.
- The skills required to manage, motivate, evaluate, recruit and train a small team of IT professionals in order to meet the immediate and future demands of a growing global organization.
- The ability to work closely with each of the MECS business units to establish overall business requirements and effective approaches to technology solutions.
- The strategic and tactical vision necessary to evaluate potential technology solutions or processes and their potential applicability to MECS in the context of the company's growth and overall objectives.
- The desire to work collaboratively with a variety of professionals from engineering, operations, sales, support and managerial disciplines both within MECS and its customer base to create practical, world class IT solutions.
Position Requirements
- 5-10 years of experience in an IT management role with an ability to manage the entire spectrum of information technology operations.
- Sound knowledge of common information technology concepts, practices, and procedures related to aspects such as vitalization, security, and networking.
- Experience leading the implementation of information technology integrations through appropriate software develop lifecycle models.
- Experience in the architecture of integrated software, database systems aimed at reengineering business processes.
- Experience with ERP and/or CRM implementations distinctly advantageous.
- Superior communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
- Supervisory (group management) experience.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
Salary
Base up to $120k plus 25% bonus