Assistant Plant Controller

Requisition Number: 77924

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Corning’s businesses are ever-evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers. Today, we accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets. We are changing the world with: 

• Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives
• Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected
• Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light
• Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences 
• Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation 
• Solar polysilicon, wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, enabling low-cost solar energy solutions

Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in materials science. For more than 170 years, Corning has applied its unparalleled expertise in specialty glass, ceramics, and optical physics to develop products that have created new industries and transformed people’s lives.

Corning succeeds through sustained investment in R&D, a unique combination of material and process innovation, and close collaboration with customers to solve tough technology challenges.
Function/Dept Purpose Statement:

• Ensures entity compliance with local regulations, GAAP accounting principles and Corning policies and procedures. 
• Manage the plant closing process and ensure reporting is timely and accurate.
• Responsible for preparation of reconciliations and the analysis of expenses to ensure financial accuracy. Key resource for plant personnel on operating expenses, supply chain transactions and the capitalization of assets. 
• Responsible for key financial and internal control processes such as SOX documentation updates and inventory and asset physicals.
• Responsible for all type of internal and external audits like Statutory Audit, Tax Audit, Internal controls audit etc.
• Responsible for RTP (Receipt to Pay) end to end processes and activities.

Position Responsibilities:

Day to Day Responsibilities
• Ensures entity compliance with local regulations, US / IND AS/ IFRS accounting principles and Corning policies and procedures. 
• Responsible for managing the period closing process preparation including posting of vouchers and accuracy of the general ledger. 
• Ensures that required reporting is completed accurately and on a timely basis. Provides ad-hoc financial analysis for plant controller and staff. 
• Assists Plant Controller with the financial portion of the budget and five-year planning process for the Division. 
• Assists Plant Controller with the monthly business financial closing, reporting and forecasting 
• Assists Plant controller with monitoring and reports division financial performance to division management and plant management. Highlights variances that need corrective action. 
• Monitors spending and works with department managers to control costs. Researches and provides detail on expense variances.

Analytical Support
• Prepare financial presentations for Plant Leadership 
• Validate financial results within Plant and confirm to Corning corporate
• Prepare monthly financial reports for Corning corporate and plant
• Cash flow management to ensure proper utilization of foreign currency and timely investment in liquid funds

Assist in statutory reporting & Sarbanes Oxley compliance:

• Prepare quarterly / monthly regulatory reporting package, support account reconciliations
• Requires the ability to communicate financial concepts and financial performance to non-finance team. 
• Involved in developing, modifying, and executing company policies that affect immediate operation(s) and may also have company-wide effect.

Minimum Requirements:

• Extensive knowledge of IND AS, US GAAP & IFRS.
• Chartered Accountant
• 3-5 years of progressive accounting / finance roles in an international company.
• Manufacturing/Cost Accounting experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with finance team and business customers/suppliers at all levels of the organization. 
• Comfortable challenging supplied inputs and questioning existing processes. 
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, work proactively and independently in a fast-changing environment.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written).