Job DescriptionIn this position...
Our Finance team is seeking a highly motivated and analytical Tariff Financial Specialist to play a critical role in managing the significant and evolving financial impact of tariffs.
This strategic position is essential for establishing and refining robust processes to track, review, and approve tariff-related claims and credits, ensuring accuracy and compliance in a highly dynamic environment. You'll be at the forefront of a new and growing area of financial complexity, directly impacting our profitability and financial reporting integrity.
The tariff market is exceptionally volatile and constantly evolving, requiring continuous process establishment and refinement. This role will manage a substantial financial portfolio, including currently tracking authorized supplier claims equating to over $1 billion in value. Furthermore, you will be instrumental in establishing processes to track Tariff Credits.
ResponsibilitiesWhat you'll do...
- Thought leadership capabilities. You're not afraid to lead a team and challenge the status quo, bring innovative ideas to complex tariff and trade challenges, and guide strategic discussions with senior stakeholders on financial implications.
- Lead the review, approval, and tracking of complex tariff-related supplier claims and credits, including in-depth analysis, reconciliation, and ensuring policy/regulatory adherence.
- Establish and refine robust processes for managing tariff accruals, payments, and credit recovery, collaborating cross-functionally (operations, legal, accounting).
- Guarantee the integrity of tariff-related financial reporting, including preparing accruals, managing reconciliations, and explaining financial impacts.
- Provide critical financial forecasting of future tariff impacts and accruals, offering strategic leadership on potential changes to optimize outcomes.
- Partner with operating teams, participate in daily governance, and align on compliance efforts with suppliers to mitigate tariff impacts.
- Perform timely financial analysis and lead projects on tariff impacts, trends, mitigation strategies (e.g., policy changes, duty drawback, supplier compliance), and opportunities
QualificationsYou'll have...
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related business-centered degree.
- 3+years of progressive experience in financial analysis, accounting, trade compliance, or a related commercial role, preferably within a large multinational organization.
Even better, you may have...
- Experience leading a team
- Experience with PowerBI, Power Applications, AI Tools.
- Experience in international trade, customs, or supply chain finance.
- Masters Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
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 6 and ranges from $112,680-212,760.
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/LL6
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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