Your mission, roles and responsibilitiesWe are looking for a
Customer Business Unit (CBU) Controller, Ford & CVI, to join our Clean Mobility Division. In this role, The CBU Controller will oversee the financial performance of a
multi-customer business unit and serve as a key partner between Finance and the CBU team.
The CBU Controller is responsible for ensuring reliable program profitability reporting by leading financial processes, including Strategic Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, and Actuals analysis, while driving cash & economic performance actions at the CBU level.
The CBU Controller is also responsible to support both CBU and Finance leadership by providing insights & recommendations to optimize profitability, preparing monthly reporting packages, and tracking key cash & commercial initiatives.
1. Financial Governance & Compliance- Ensure implementation and adherence to financial procedures and tools
- Develop, execute, and monitor internal finance processes in line with Group policies
- Ensure compliance with Faurecia finance procedures and internal controls
- Standardizing controlling processes across the division
- Contribute to the development of IT tools and ERP systems to enhance CBU controlling
- Identify discrepancies and escalate when necessary
2. Financial Planning & Performance Management- Monitor program performance across acquisition, development, and serial phases
- Lead all forecasting processes (Strategic Plan, Budget, periodic forecasts)
- Oversee and validate VAVE reporting for both actuals and forecasts
- Manage CBU reporting (P&L, R&D, Squeeze, Overdue, LTC & B/S), ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Review program margins with plant teams and challenge financial assumptions to drive continuous improvement
- Analyze engineering hours and ensure alignment with program forecasts
- Deliver consolidated financial analysis, including variance analysis and budget control
- Lead tooling asset control, including budgeting, billing, intercompany flows, and balance sheet management
- Manage operating cash flow (Capex, assets, overdue) at the CBU level
- Support acquisition processes in collaboration with Program Controllers and Sales
3. Business Partnering & Value Creation- Act as a strategic partner to Sales, Program Management, Plant and CBU stakeholders
- Support continuous improvement of the CBU business model
- Provide actionable insights and recommend initiatives to improve operational and financial performance, especially on cost and workload optimization
Your profile and competencies to succeed- Bachelor's or master's degree in finance, Business, or related field
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in plant controlling or Business Unit controlling.
- Strong knowledge of P&L and balance sheet management
- Comfortable working in complex and ambiguous environments
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- High level of autonomy with a proactive, problem-solving mindset
- Entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to challenge the status quo
- Fluent in English
What we can do for you- At Forvia, you will find an engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute to the development of sustainable mobility leading technologies.
- We are the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in more than 40 countries which makes a lot of opportunity for career development.
- We welcome energetic and agile people who can thrive in a fast-changing environment. People who share our strong values. Team players with a collaborative mindset and a passion to deliver high standards for our clients. Lifelong learners. High performers. Globally minded people who aspire to work in a transforming industry, where excellence, speed, and quality count.
- We cultivate a learning environment, dedicating tools and resources to ensure we remain at the forefront of mobility. Our people enjoy an average of more than 22 hours of online and in-person training within FORVIA University (five campuses around the world)
- We offer a multicultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration. We believe that diversity is a strength. To create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity create real value for the company, we have adopted gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans.
- Achieving CO2 Net Zero as a pioneer of the automotive industry is a priority: In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the new SBTI Net-Zero Standard (the most ambitious standard of SBTi), aligned with the ambition of the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.56C. Three principles guide our action: use less, use better and use longer, with a focus on recyclability and circular economy.
