Job Summary

Responsible for all aspects of financial forecasting for pre-production launch programs. Work closely with various functions within the organization to ensure their program business cases are predictive of the future, while also working to drive to maximize profitability.

Essential functions of the job

• Responsible for all aspects of financial tracking for assigned programs within internal systems (budgets, spending approvals, reimbursements, ROS, IRR).
• Support Commercial Savings initiatives for assigned programs/Business Unit.
• Ensure full business case is accurately maintained in Metrix (internal financial tracking of entire business case).
• Ensures all aspects of customer owned tooling is tracked and monitored (supplier PO's, customer PO's, reimbursement timing).
• Ensure all impacts of customer tooling are accurately updated on a monthly basis to include timing, spends, and recovery timing.
• Prepare and present Capital Appropriations Requests (CAR), including business case feasibility studies.
• Maintain Launch Expense Budgets and Tracking and coordinate status with various launch managers.
• Prepare and submit Financial Sign Off (FSO) approvals in a timely manner at pre-determined gate checkpoints throughout the program's launch.
• Program profitability analysis to compare predictive financial results with plant production actual results.
• Coordinates collection of appropriate suppliers purchasing targets and provides to purchasing team to ensure awarded cost targets are met.
• Coordinate and communicate key costing inputs required in order to analyze changes in an accurate manner.
• Coordinates and provides profitability impacts for various types of changes to program.
• Provide accurate cost and revenue data for annual Profit Plan & 5 Year Plan (including CBU accrual for contractual / non-contractual savings).
• Provide guidance to Assistant Program Controllers as required.
• Change Management / Drive Program Profitability Improvement (Phase 2-6).
• Ensures a seamless transition from launch phase of business case into the production environment at product launch.
• Establish Inter-Company Pricing, per policy, by working with production plants.
• Prepare, provide, and present accurate monthly financial status summaries for monthly reviews.
• Develop relationships with plant production finance teams to enhance continuity and to analyze actual financial performance compared to launch estimates.
• Prepare "Quarterly CBU Review" materials as needed.
• Prepare "Monthly Communications Meeting" material for your assigned programs as needed.
• Review and coordinate monthly capital forecast timing updates by working with various functional roles within your program launch team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business; Master’s Degree preferred.
• 5 – 7+ years of combined experience as a Financial Controller/Finance Management and/or Accounting Experience.
• Automotive industry experience preferred but not required, Manufacturing experience highly recommended.
• Demonstrated understanding of manufacturing costing principles.
• Displays a strong aptitude to learn new technical interfaces and systems.
• Highly Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint and PowerPoint, Pivot Tables).
• Experience with QAD/SAP/Hyperion preferred (or similar ERP/Financial software).
• Ability to succinctly communicate financial data in a way that caters to various audiences.
• Ability to manipulate large amounts of data efficiently; create meaningful charts and summaries as needed to highlight issues, progress, priorities.
• Demonstrates a strong business sense that will allow for profitable financial results.
• High aptitude for problem solving in order to resolve business, financial, customer, and organizational issues.
• Proven interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
• Must possess highly effective analytical skills in areas of accounting, critical thinking, analysis, and communication.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing product costing preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to understand full business cases, ranging from Revenue through EBIT, including time value of money impact.
• Proven ability to prioritize effectively when faced with competing demands