Finance & Controlling Oversight
- Collaborate with Sales, Logistics, and Operations to drive improvements that support business and profit growth.
- Recommend and work with the Sr. Manager, Customer Experience to implement system and process enhancements to drive efficiencies
- Prepare monthly performance and financial forecasts for the General Manager and Director, Operations Finance.
- Lead the annual, quarterly, and monthly and forecast and budget process.
- Lead the month-end close process/submission of financial information for corporate consolidation.
- Provide weekly reporting on trends to forecast noting any variances to performance expectations.
Maintain a strong system of internal controls and audit compliance.
Timely & Accurate Sales Transaction Invoicing & Reporting
- Review and analyze for reasonableness, resolve issues as they arise.
- Partner with Accounting, Sales, Logistics and Supply Chain to ensure robust and timely flow of sales data from Sales Order entry in Salesforce to customer invoicing/GL posting in Sage accounting software.
- Review weekly transaction batches prior to posting, identify potential errors.
- Understand product margins and sales trends, communication weekly to management team.
Oversee invoice process for railcar demurrage and storage PIG rentals for job sites/terminal network.
Inventory Management
- Review and analyze for reasonableness, resolve issues as they arise.
- Manage product costing, as required.
- Review weekly inventory batches prior to posting, understand and communicate changes in inventory costs based on sources/freight.
- Item management/set-up/product costing /FCB vs. SCB
- Assist with new terminal/rail set-up
- Reconcile physical inventory for terminal network and ports
Collaborate with Logistics and Transportation teams on rail delivery process
Collections/Customer & Vendor Management
- New customer review/credit decision making in collaboration with the Director, Corporate Finance & Treasury.
- Manage cash receipts & cash disbursements processes
- A/R Collections – Manage stages of collection process with specific involvement for problem accounts in collaboration with the Director, Corporate Finance & Treasury.
Support miscellaneous customer needs and vendor requirements.
System Management/Process Management
- Sage & SAP (Accounting ERP software), preferred experience but not required
- Data flow & links from Salesforce to Sage/Sage to Salesforce
- Work directly with system outside consultants & Carmeuse IT Team
- Hire, coach & mentor Mintek accounting / finance team members
Basic Requirements
- Post-secondary education in Finance or Accounting, with CPA or CMA accreditation.
- Strong managerial and supervisory experience.
- Solid knowledge of accounting standards and regulatory rules.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience with Sage & SAP accounting ERP software/systems.
- Ability to build strong business relationships.
- Strong oral presentation skills.
- Strong written communication skills.
Needed Knowledge
- Management Accounting & Controlling expertise (financial planning, budgeting, and analysis).
- Advanced skills in MS Excel® and MS PowerPoint®
- Strategic project analysis.
Needed Skills
- Strong desire to work in a highly collaborative, fast paced, growth mindset organization.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills – ability to tell the business story behind the numbers.
- Excellent intellectual and analytical skills - ability to transition between the details and executive summary views.
- Demonstrated ability to assess organizational challenges and people issues, provide coaching and mentoring, and deliver solutions that improve performance.
- Ability to interpret and challenge critical key performance indicators and translate these into relevant management reporting.
- Creativity - willing to bring creative and innovative solutions to both problems and reporting/benchmarking needs.
- Motivation and drive - willing to go the extra mile, be rigorous, and be assertive.
- Able to train, coach and influence others.
About Us
READY TO JOIN A ROCK-SOLID FAMILY?
Carmeuse started out as a small family-run business in Belgium.
Today it’s a leading global producer of lime, high calcium limestone and dolomitic stone. Its products are essential to energy producers, environmental services, construction and manufacturing.
With over 90 production facilities spread across almost every continent, and over 4,500 employees working at Carmeuse every day, the company’s most treasured resources are its people.
Carmeuse is dedicated to maintaining a workplace that fosters equal opportunity and creates a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity.
You will be part of Carmeuse North America, a Rock-Star team of 2500 workers and employees bringing with them their own culture and specific needs. The North American headquarters is located in Pittsburgh, PA and has over three dozen production facilities across the U.S. and Canada.
Skills Required
- Post-secondary education in Finance or Accounting with CPA or CMA accreditation
- Strong managerial and supervisory experience; ability to hire, coach and mentor accounting/finance team
- Solid knowledge of accounting standards, internal controls, audit compliance, month-end close and corporate consolidation
- Experience leading budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and management reporting
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office with advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Experience with Sage and/or SAP ERP systems
- Experience with Salesforce data flows/integrations (Salesforce to Sage/SAP)
- Experience managing inventory costing, reconciliations, and product costing processes
- Strong communication and presentation skills; ability to translate financial data into business insights
- Experience with collections, cash receipts/disbursements, and customer credit decision processes
What We Do
Founded in 1860 and headquartered in Belgium, Carmeuse is a global leader in the manufacture of lime, limestone, and mineral-based products. The company serves industrial, construction, and soil improvement applications worldwide, operating 114 sites and 62 quarries. Beyond material supply, Carmeuse provides integrated equipment and engineering services to optimize customer processes, improve safety, and reduce CO2 emissions.
