Unit Controller

We are looking for a Unit Controller to join our Christchurch team!

In this role, you will manage the financial planning and budgeting function of the organization and prepares financial analyses and forecasts. The position involves supervision over property accounting, cost accounting, and budgetary controls. Coordinates, administers, and controls financial operations for a business unit of approximately $100-125M annual revenue while mitigating financial risk to the Company. Provides tax, insurance and other reports required by governmental regulations. Reviews, analyzes, and interprets financial and budgetary reports. Directs all aspects of accounting operations and the preparation of annual financial forecasts. Oversees the development of financial accounting systems required to maintain reporting requirements. Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

Location: Christchurch UK

We Take Care of Our People Work-life balance through our Hybrid working, flexitime program and condensed work week (role dependent) I Paid Time Off I Retirement with Employer Match I Health and Wellness Benefits I Learning and Development Opportunities I Competitive Pay I Bonus Scheme I Recognition I Employee Stock Purchase Plan I Inclusive & Supportive Culture

Your Challenge

• Ensures compliance with GAAP and other regulatory or governmental requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) as well as corporate policies and procedures. Must stay attuned to early warnings of financial problems and be able to provide suggestions on decisive action to resolve or address these problems.
• Provides advice in developing objectives, strategies and tactics from an accounting and financial perspective. Plays an active role in the evaluation of business systems and develops proposals for upgrades. Measures performance against company goals, reveals obstacles to growth and develops strategies for improvements. Consistently works with abstract ideas or situations across functional areas of the business. Through assessment of intangible variables, identifies and evaluates fundamental issues, providing strategy and direction for major functional areas.
• Ensures accurate and timely reporting of financial statements and analyses results based on actual and forecast revenue/budget and provides reports with observation/recommendations to location management.
• Coordinates the preparation of annual and quarterly budgets, forecasts, and cash flow projections to guide the financial management of the business segment. Interfaces with departments to ensure accuracy of development program costs to date and estimates in support of revenue recognition.
• Reviews proposals and appropriation requests, analyze ledger and module transactions, prepare special reports, handle routine and special projects, manage elements of A/R and A/P transactional flow, active participation in strategic planning process, support shared services groups, assist with payroll processing.

What You Bring

• Experience in Accounting, tax, forecasting and budgeting
• Professional certifications that enhance credibility and expertise in accounting and finance- ACA/ACCA/CIMA
• Managerial experience in a corporate setting

Who We Are Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solution division is a trusted, proven leader, delivering superior products and services that meet the defense and aerospace industries' toughest challenges with best-in-class value. In 2017, Curtiss-Wright relocated its Avionics, Sensors & Controls and Industrial Business Units into a brand new, purpose-built 160,000 ft2 facility at Bournemouth International Airport.

The state-of-the-art facility has extensive design and manufacturing capabilities as well as in-house environmental stress screening. The facility is committed to quality and excellence in manufacturing for our flight recorder, air data computer, video management systems, computing systems, mission displays and video recorder products.

As the design center of excellence for flight recorders and air data computers, the units had to be lightweight and small – crash survivability requirements exceeding the existing standards for commercial aircraft.

Our Values

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