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Manages aircraft cabin interior programs from planning through delivery, overseeing schedules, budgets, resources, risks, scope, quality, and customer commitments. Coordinates engineering and global cross-functional teams, suppliers, and leadership; manages program reviews, forecasts, corrective actions, contract changes, and new-business inputs. Leads through influence without direct supervisory authority and may require moderate domestic and international travel.

The Assistant Controller leads financial close, reporting, reconciliations, standard costing, inventory accounting, manufacturing variance analysis, technical accounting, tax support, internal controls, process improvement, and ERP or reporting automation. The role provides technical guidance to accounting staff, investigates financial issues, develops recommendations, and partners cross-functionally across finance, operations, engineering, supply chain, program management, and IT in a complex aerospace manufacturing environment.

Leads purchasing and procurement activities, including supplier negotiations, strategic sourcing, cost reduction, inventory control, supplier performance, risk mitigation, and material availability. Supervises and develops procurement staff, manages budgets and purchasing approvals, resolves supplier quality issues, analyzes performance metrics, and drives continuous improvement across supply chain operations. Coordinates with engineering, manufacturing, planning, quality, and suppliers to support operational and program objectives.

Leads strategic finance and FP&A, including annual planning, forecasting, financial modeling, scenario analysis, operational finance, profitability analysis, cash-flow management, and executive reporting. Partners with accounting and cross-functional leaders in an aerospace manufacturing environment to improve financial visibility, processes, systems, controls, and decision-making. Leads finance transformation initiatives and develops the FP&A team.

Maintains manufacturing and engineering data in ERP and related systems. Enters and reconciles part, manufacturing, planning, and BOM information; monitors workflows and task deadlines; maintains trackers, reports, documentation, and records; identifies discrepancies; coordinates clarification with subject matter experts; and supports internal users while following established data, quality, security, and change-control procedures.

Develops and improves manufacturing processes, tooling, production flow, assembly methods, and equipment. Reviews drawings for manufacturability, creates manufacturing standards, reduces costs, improves quality and efficiency, and troubleshoots production issues. Collaborates with cross-functional and design teams, maintains manufacturing documentation, and serves as a Manufacturing Engineering MRB signatory. Requires onsite work at least three days per week and the ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Develops, implements, and improves CNC machining processes for production and new product introduction. Owns machining processes, tooling, workholding, documentation, manufacturability reviews, troubleshooting, process validation, and continuous-improvement initiatives. Supports CNC/CAM programming, cost and capacity analysis, quality objectives, and aerospace manufacturing requirements. Collaborates with engineering, quality, operations, planning, and supply chain teams while mentoring production personnel and less experienced engineers.

Manages aircraft certification projects by preparing certification and conformity plans, coordinating FAA and airline interfaces, supporting ODA functions, developing regulatory procedures and compliance methods, and maintaining project estimates, reports, audits, and internal controls. Provides mentoring and training to certification personnel and coordinates technical reviews, regulatory correspondence, and certification activities for aircraft interior systems and components.

Provides executive leadership for an aircraft seating program portfolio across development, certification, production, delivery, entry into service, and aftermarket support. Oversees portfolio strategy, profitability, budgets, schedules, quality, contracts, customer relationships, risk, and regulatory compliance. Leads cross-functional teams and the Program Management organization, drives governance and continuous improvement, and manages executive customer escalations, negotiations, recovery initiatives, and long-term growth.

Leads aerospace engineering projects for commercial aircraft interior modifications, serving as the technical focal point for customers and internal teams. Coordinates engineering schedules, scope, resources, budgets, certification requirements, design packages, testing, technical risks, and deliverables. Integrates electrical, mechanical, certification, stress, flammability, test, manufacturing, and technical publications teams. Requires a mechanical or aerospace engineering degree and at least five years of commercial aircraft interior modification STC experience.