What you'll do:- This individual serves as a Finance point of contact for all Engineering, Research & Development (ER&D) spending for Indirect Expense across multiple programs.
- This individual works closely with Engineering, Purchasing, and Product Finance staff to manage and control all aspects of spending indirectly supporting approved programs.
- Each analyst shares ownership with the Engineering team of the development, reporting, and tracking of budgeted, actual, and forecast spending for assigned programs.
- This role interacts very closely with the Engineering Operations teams as a direct business partner.
Key Responsibilities:- Forecast and Budget development
- Actual and Forecast reporting/variance explanations
- Program/Indirect spending and KPI tracking
- Review and Approval of spending requisitions
- Cost reduction opportunity identification
- Indirect Cost controlling and ledger deep dives
- Cost Center mapping/reporting/management
- Ad-hoc reporting/special projects as needed
What you'll learn:- The ability to work with operational counterparts while practicing financial management (forecasts, budgets).
- Manage collaboration with engineering counterparts to optimize efficiency of ER&D spending from cost controllership perspective.
- Ability to make quick decisions in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work with large data sets, and the ability to summarize (and often times present) the material in a clear and concise manner to all levels of management.
- Learn engineering's product development process as well as the management process throughout the vehicle lifecycle.
What this role will prepare you for:Provides exposure to various "Industrial" areas, and therefore provides excellent background for rotational positions in the following areas:
- Product Finance
- Purchasing Finance
- Manufacturing Finance
Qualifications / Basic Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting (if noBachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, must have an MBA).
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Finance or Accounting.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in business unit budgeting and forecasting.
- Minimum of 2 years of Microsoft Office Suite application experience.
- Strong project management skills to manage multiple work streams at one time.
- Ability to deliver on high-priority requests in a timely manner, providing a point of view for direction of deliverable.
Preferred Qualifications:- MBA and/or CPA preferred
- Excellent navigation and comprehensive knowledge of SAP software application
- Reporting Database (Onestream, HFM, Essbase)
- Outstanding communication skills (verbal and written)
- Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, Lookup), PowerBI/Qlik knowledge beneficial
- Automotive industry knowledge a plus
