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**CommScope is looking to add Financial Controller**:
CommScope is a global innovator in broadband technology. Our team collaborates with leading Service and Content Providers to build entertainment and communication solutions that are personalized and mobile. At CommScope, we are constantly redefining connectivity to power a smarter, simpler, more connected world. CommScope customers include service providers (cable, broadband, telco, satellite), commercial verticals, small enterprises, and the people they serve. We win when our customers win and that drives everything we do!
**How You'll Help Us Connect the World**:
Owner of all the accounting, tax and treasury activities for a manufacturing site, insuring financial integrity and compliance with US GAAP and Mexico GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley regulation, local laws and other relevant regulations safeguarding our company's assets and support cash and profit generation with a strong partnership with site operation, business unit, accounting and cost accounting shared services and other functional management to support our Company goals, leading financial insights as member of local senior executive team and to drive process standardization.
- Supervises tax, treasury and accounting operations, including general ledger accounting, cost accounting, payroll, accounts payable, cash and bank, inventory, fixed assets, direct and indirect taxes.
- Proactively handles inventory risks. Works to improve the company's working capital.
- Develops, implements and maintains accounting systems and processes in accordance with company procedures and policies. Ensures accurate compilation, analysis and reporting of accounting data according to US GAAP and Mexican GAAP and in compliance with local statutory requirements.
- Develops and maintains a sound system of internal controls for SOX 404 compliance.
- Ensures timely and accurate filing of tax returns and transfer pricing documentation. Recommends ways to implement tax effective practices while in compliance with local tax laws and regulations. Review transfer price decisions and any intercompany cross-charges and royalty arrangement.
- Work with BU Finance to develop annual operation budgets. Manages and directs the compilation of financial analysis on a monthly, quarterly, annual and ad hoc basis. Review actual performance against the budget and prior period results. Presents and reviews monthly financial results and quarterly balance sheet analysis. Alerts senior executive management team with any potential financial exposure.
- Represents local company externally on all finance related matters. Acts as a liaison with government, internal and external auditors, and financial institutions.
- Leads a team of finance employees. Develops staffing plans and spending budget. Sets annual performance objectives and monitor their performance. Establishes schedules for financial projects and prioritize workloads. Coaches and develops people.
- Keep abreast with the latest technical, accounting and other regulatory updates. Assess their business impact and implement solutions for the best of the company.
- Work with local Import/Export Department to ensure that efficient and effective techniques are in place in accordance with company policies and U.S., Mexico and international laws.
- Ensuring vital resources are available to maintain and improve the EHS Management System.
**Required Qualifications for Consideration**:
- BS Degree in Accountant.
- Demonstrated ability: 10-15 years of experience in Accounting.
- Proficient in English language (written and spoken).
**Skills required**:
Include proven competencies and physical, mental, & social skills.
- Leadership.
- Validated Cost Accounting Experience.
- Multidimensional leader / driver that is capable of working at the strategic and hands-on tactical level.
- Extensive background dealing with sophisticated financial and operational issues, and the ability to get results by identifying and resolving significant problems within scope of responsibility.
- Accounting / audit leadership roles.
- Advanced communication skills, which are critical to building consensus across area of influence (external and/or internal relationships), team, and/or matrix environment.
- Strong leadership and management skills demonstrating integrity and professionalism.
- Mentoring and developing technical and soft skills of direct reports.
- Mastery of general SOX principles and broad understanding of the critical issues in other related areas.
- Proven ability to work within a global environment; proven experience with foreign locations is a plus.
- Excellent presentation skills to keep senior management advised of the status of escalating internal control issues.
- PC proficiency including utilizing Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Oracle 11i, Oracle Cloud & SA