Engineered materials corporation Materion announced the appointment of John Zaranec as chief accounting officer.

In his role, Zaranec will lead all accounting-related functions within the company, including completeness and accuracy of internal and external financial reporting; developing global accounting policies, practices, and procedures; internal controls; investor relations; and developing an organizational structure to support growth.

He will report to Shelly Chadwick, vice president and chief financial officer.

Zaranec joined Materion in April 2021 as vice president, corporate controller and investor relations. Prior to joining Materion, he served as head of global accounting and reporting for Timken Company. Prior to Timken, he was director of global accounting and regional controller with A. Schulman.

Earlier in his career, he held accounting and financial roles of increasing responsibility with OM Group and KPMG.