Job Details

This position reports directly to the Controller and is responsible for the specific job duties of as described below:

General Job Duties:

• To work effectively in a team-oriented work environment and follow the principles of The Magna Employee’s Charter to ensure a satisfied and productive workplace.
• Maintain confidentiality with respect to business developments, transactions and records involving daily business operations.
• Demonstrate the ability to complete projects assigned to the position under your own direction, but with adequate supervision.
• Adhere to all safety and health objectives, policies and procedures of DexSys to provide for a safe and healthful workplace.

Specific Job Duties:

• Coordinate daily/weekly process validation and month end procedures. Root-cause variances and develop error proofing to improve the quality of reporting. Develop action-oriented daily/weekly flash reporting. Identify process improvement opportunities to improve process and system efficiencies.
• Monitor the system of internal controls to ensure accurate and complete recording and appropriate authorization of financial transactions for the business.
• Assist in the development of the business plan, quarterly forecasts and annual and periodic audits.
• Lead the month end close process and the preparation of monthly financial statements and supporting schedules to meet external and corporate reporting requirements and with the objective of meeting reporting deadlines within six days of month end.
• Assist controller in ensuring efficient capital management through prompt billing of revenues to customers, efficient collection of receivables and resolution of customer differences, control of disbursements, and identification of opportunities for the reduction of inventories.
• Assist controller in developing ad-hoc business analysis, as required.
• Support development of financial schedules and presentations. Assist with the continuous improvement of the division’s ability to monitor profitability on a product-by-product basis.
• Work with the APQP Engineering Department to track projected tooling revenue against commitments to tooling suppliers and record expenditures and customer payments for customer-owned tooling.
• Back up to controller when controller is unavailable.

Related Work Experience

• Minimum five years’ experience in an industrial accounting environment.
• Minimum two years’ experience in the automotive industry.
• Experience in financial statement preparation and financial reporting issues.
• Exposure to managerial accounting in a complex environment.
• Exposure to internal control systems design and maintenance.
• Proven planning/organizational/time management skills and an ability to lead and develop a team.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting and/or finance required.
• CPA, CMA or equivalent professional accounting designation preferred.

 Physical Requirements

• Ability to perform work while standing or walking a minimum of two (2) to four (4) hours a day.
• Ability to perform work while sitting for six (6) hours a day
• Ability to lift up to 10 pounds on an occasional basis.
• Must be capable of performing repetitive motion for four (4) to six (6) hours a day.