Ford Motor Company

Finance Manager, Supplier Risk

Ford Motor Company • $141K — $268K *
Dearborn, MI 48126In-Person
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Reposted 1 week ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in Finance, with demonstrated leadership roles.
  • Strong financial acumen with expertise in financial analysis and corporate accounting principles.
  • Proficient in developing executive-level KPIs and high-impact presentations.
  • Ability to interpret complex legal contracts and restructuring agreements.
  • Exceptional influencing skills to align cross-functional stakeholders during crises.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the transformation into two specialized teams: Proactive and Active risk management.
  • Design and implement executive reporting tools for senior management updates.
  • Serve as the primary finance lead on complex supplier restructuring documents.
  • Ensure integrity in SRM financial reporting and compliance with corporate standards.
  • Act as the primary Finance partner to the Supply Chain Operating Team, defining roles and responsibilities.
  • Oversee development of AI-driven tools and financial review protocols for proactive risk identification.
  • Lead and develop a global team of supervisors and analysts for consistent execution.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave
  • Family building benefits including adoption and fertility treatment coverage
  • Employee vehicle discount program and management leases
  • Tuition assistance
  • Active employee resource groups for community engagement
  • Paid holiday schedule, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
  • Option to purchase additional vacation time or take paid time off for community service.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...
  • As the Manager of Global SRM Finance, you will be the architect of Ford's financial strategy for managing supply chain disruptions.
  • You will lead a newly transformed global organization of 10 professionals (3 supervisors and 7 analysts) dedicated to a dual-mission strategy: Proactive Risk Identification and Active Distressed Supplier Case Management.
  • You will play a pivotal role in Ford's Supplier Risk Management transformation, moving the organization from a reactive posture to a predictive one, ensuring production stability and safeguarding Ford's financial interests across the global supply base.


Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Strategic Leadership & Transformation: Lead the departmental shift into two specialized workstreams: a Proactive team focused on early-warning indicators and an Active team focused on managing high-impact distressed supplier cases.
  • Executive Reporting & KPI Architecture: Design and implement a comprehensive reporting tools to provide senior management with high-visibility updates. You will define the metrics that measure team effectiveness, global supplier health trends, and the financial impact of risk mitigation efforts.
  • Legal & Restructuring Governance: Serve as the primary finance lead in the review and negotiation of complex legal documents related to supplier restructurings and accommodations. You will evaluate accommodation agreements and other related documents to ensure Ford's financial and operational interests are protected.
  • Flawless Financial Reporting: Hold direct responsibility for the end-to-end integrity of SRM financial reporting. You will ensure that all accounting requirements, accruals, journal entries, and quarterly submissions (e.g. CaR reporting) are managed flawlessly and in full compliance with corporate standards.
  • Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as the primary Finance partner to the Supply Chain Operating Team. You will be responsible for defining and maintaining the Roles & Responsibilities (R&R) between Finance and Operations to ensure seamless execution during supplier disruptions.
  • Proactive Risk Framework: Oversee the development of "Future State" tools, including AI-driven monitoring, standardized risk toolkits, and financial review protocols to identify "trigger events" before they result in production risk, and develop actionable strategies for executive leadership.
  • Global Team Management: Provide direct leadership and career development for a global team of 3 LL6 Supervisors and 7 GSR analysts, ensuring consistent methodology and execution across all regions.


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in Finance, with a proven track record in leadership roles.
  • Strong Financial Acumen: Deep expertise in financial analysis and familiarity with corporate accounting principles.
  • Data-Driven Storytelling: Proven ability to develop executive-level KPIs and synthesize complex data into clear, high-impact presentations for senior leadership.
  • Contractual Literacy: Proven ability to interpret and provide strategic input on complex legal contracts and restructuring agreements.
  • Influencing Skills: Exceptional ability to align cross-functional stakeholders (Legal, Purchasing, Operations) on a unified strategy during high-pressure crises.

Even better, you may have...
  • MBA or comparable degree.
  • Experience in Kaizen or Lean methodology to drive process optimization.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
  • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
  • Tuition assistance
  • Established and active employee resource groups
  • Paid time off for individual and team community service
  • A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
  • Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is leadership level 5 and ranges from $141,700-$268,300.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL5

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

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About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

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Learn more about Ford Motor Company
Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
NASDAQ
F
* Ladders Estimates

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