Date Posted:
2025-03-26
Country:
United Kingdom
Location:
Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited, Stafford Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 7EH
Position Role Type:
Unspecified
What do we offer
* Competitive salary
* Company performance bonus scheme
* Pension scheme - up to 10% employer contribution
* Private medical insurance
* Comprehensive health cash plan
* 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
* Flexible benefits programme (buy & sell holiday allowance, discounted gym memberships, Maternity/ adoption leave- up to 52 weeks, first 26 weeks at full pay, subsequent 26 at 50% (basic pay) and Paternity/Non-Pregnant Parent/ Co-adopter leave 4 weeks full pay)
* Structured training & opportunities to progress
What does the role look like?
We're recruiting for an exciting Accounting & Controls Manager to join our Actuation Systems business. You will have responsibility for both our Wolverhampton and Banbury sites but Wolverhampton will be your base.
Reporting to the Associate Director, Finance, you will support Accounting and Controls activity within the UK businesses of Actuation Systems. Working closely with local finance and functional teams, the role requires a questioning mindset and robust technical skills combined with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation in order to drive best in class internal controls and compliant financial reporting. In order to drive accounting and controls as the foundation of our finance teams you will be embedded as a core part of the finance leadership team for Actuation UK.
In addition to local reporting lines you will also be a member of the Global Actuation Systems Accounting and Controls Team, working alongside colleagues across France, Italy, the U.S and Indonesia.
What will your day-to-day responsibilities look like?
* Management of annual internal controls risk assessments, design effectiveness assessments and operating effectiveness assessments (testing) for the sites.
* Pro-active identification and management of reportable and non-reportable controls issues.
* Internal controls/Corporate Policy Subject Matter Expert for UK teams (both finance and non-finance), including management and/or review of all other Internal Control related deliverables.
* Prepare for and act as key point of contact for annual Accounting and Control Assessments (ACA) with Actuation/Corporate colleagues.
* Prepare for Corporate Internal Audit reviews, ensure associated actions are closed in a timely manner and all follow up actions are communicated and reviewed.
* Lead process improvement initiatives to strengthen the control environment, leveraging best practice from other Actuation sites where appropriate.
* Provide quality assurance to finance teams through review of controls testing and issue management.
* Support regular balance sheet reviews, including assessment of appropriateness of any judgemental accounting positions and indicators of accounting adjustments (for example aged balances).
* Ownership of the Quarterly Accounting Review process, including review of inputs from finance colleagues, presentation to Actuation HQ and follow up on actions arising.
* Plan and perform Accounting and Controls Assessments (ACAs) at Actuation global sites as directed by Actuation Head of Accounting and Controls.
* Development and management of strategic improvement projects for Actuation Accounting and Controls.
* Support efforts to standardise accounting policies by assessing approach across Actuation sites, determining compliance with relevant GAAP and documenting proposed standardised approach.
What will you bring to the role?
Essential skills:
* ACA qualified or equivalent
* Operated in a similar role in a Manufacturing or similar business
* Experience including Internal Controls/Internal Audit, Sarbanes-Oxley, Technical Accounting (US GAAP an advantage)
* Solution focused mindset that is willing to positively challenge the status quo
Desirable skills:
* Can-do attitude and ability to influence and forge strong relationships at all levels within the organisation (finance and non-finance teams) regardless of reporting lines.
* Ethical compass, unwavering focus on doing things the right way regardless of external pressures.
* Proactive and hands on approach to management/problem solving.
* Proactive approach to identification of risk and ability to develop strong remediation plans.
* Ability to own actions from start to finish, ensuring both successful and sustained outcomes.
About us:
At Collins Aerospace, we're working side by side with our customers & partners to dream, design & deliver solutions that redefine the future of our industry. We are part of Raytheon Technologies & provide technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defence industry to connect and protect people around the world. We are inventors, we are manufacturers, we work in space exploration, commercial air travel, defence & rescue applications.
Are you looking to join a dynamic global team that works across the entire Aerospace industry? If yes, get onboard the Collins Aerospace Team & play a part in expanding the opportunities to develop new products & challenge the state of art technology.
Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day!
Please note that potential candidates will be subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and background checks and that project access restrictions may apply to some nationalities.
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