Financial Controller

AVİENT TURKEY RENKLENDİRİCİ VE KATKI MADDELERİ SANAYİ VE TİC.A.Ş.

Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), with 2021 revenues of $4.8 billion, provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Avient employs approximately 8,700 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®. 

General Summary: The Financial Controller works as part of the manufacturing finance team to guide plant management, ensuring accounting and financial reporting integrity. This position leads manufacturing accounting activities, general ledger accounts reconciliation and period-ending closings on a monthly, quarter-end and annual basis according to statutory GAAP and USGAAP.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Partners with plant management to resolve financial related issues, assist and guide them on the method of cost allocation and assessments, supports the budgeting and forecasting process.
• Closing duties, including cost center and account analysis, processes order reviews and corrective actions, adjusts entries and posts recurring entries, distributions and assessments.

• Guides the plant on management of the plant capital spending system and on accounting for fixed assets.
  

• Sets up and maintains plants and warehouses cost center distribution and assessment in SAP to allocate costs.
  

• Sets up and maintains plants and warehouses profitability assessment function in SAP to correctly reflect business performance and provide basis for financial analysis.
  

• Leads collaboration with plant management and regional analysts to ensure that product master data and costs are properly updated and accurate as well as plant books are closed accurately and in a timely manner.
  

• Manages plant level incentive accrual and metric tracking.
  

• Performs plant specific analysis to identify trends and control issues that need addressing. Resolves issues through to resolution and communicates fiscal changes/adjustments as needed.
  

• Coordinating and directing the preparation of the budget and financial forecasts and report variances.

• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls

• Oversee day-to-day accounting operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and general ledger

• Other projects as assigned. Scope: This position has responsibility for 2 plant locations 

General Qualifications

• Graduate from relevant departments of universities (Business, Economics, Economics, Finance, etc.)

• At least 3 years of experience in finance or in a similar field or position

• Good level of English knowledge

• Good level of MS Office applications

• Having strong analytical skills and the ability to effectively interpret financial data,

• Being proficient in MS Office programs, especially being able to use Excel effectively and being familiar with financial analysis tools.

• Good level of communication skills

• Adaptable and eager to work in a multicultural organization

• Self-driven with a solution-oriented approach