General Motors

GPSC Finance Analyst - Commodity Function Lead

General Motors • $95K — $115K *
Warren, MI 48089In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of operating finance experience required
  • Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, or engineering; MBA or MS Finance preferred
  • Strong analytical skills and knowledge of financial reporting
  • Familiarity with cost bucketing and managerial accounting principles
  • Critical thinking and strong learning agility
  • Advanced Excel and modeling skills
  • Effective communication skills for diverse organizational levels

Responsibilities

  • Act as program manager for assigned SMT, verifying budgets and forecasts
  • Build relationships with purchasing leadership and communicate effectively across teams
  • Ensure financial control over GM spending and monitor long-term volume forecasts
  • Collaborate with PPCO teams on cost engineering and value chain support
  • Analyze and submit monthly material cost forecasts and assist in reporting
  • Identify risks and opportunities within material cost trends at the vehicle level
  • Prepare analysis and support operational leadership reviews

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement, requiring in-office presence three times a week
  • Exposure to cross-functional leadership and high visibility projects
  • Opportunity to play a vital role in influencing financial outcomes at GM
  • Chance to collaborate with multiple teams and stakeholders within a major corporation
  • Engagement in special studies and leadership as an informal team supervisor
Full Job Description
Job Description

GPSC Material Performance is responsible for managing the commercial and technical budget and forecasting process with GM purchasing. This role includes a high level of visibility and is expected to work collaboratively with multiple internal stakeholders and peers across GM purchasing, GPSC finance, PPCO, VCE, Supplier Financial Risk Management (SFRM), technical accounting, and GM legal. Driving transparency and accountability into commercial savings objectives is a critical part of this role, as well as working with other finance analyst assigned to a specific SMT.

As a Member of the Team, You Will:
  • Act as the program manager for an assigned SMT: Closely partnering with GM purchasing and the cross functional finance team (PPCO, controllership, treasury, legal, tax and customs) to verify budgets and forecasts are accurate.
  • Communicate daily with purchasing leadership - build a deep relationship with the assigned SMT business planner and supporting CT budget leaders. Frequent interaction and visibility to the GPSC Finance CFO as well as the assigned purchasing SMT Commodity Executive Director and supporting purchasing leadership team. Must be able to communicate effectively from buyers / analysts / engineers to executive leadership within purchasing and finance (and the broad supporting team in between).
  • Provide strong financial control over GM spend and continuous monitoring of GM commitment with dynamic long term volume forecast
  • Closely work with the PPCO cost engineering team and PPCO value chain engineering team to communicate, understand, and support GM's should cost for both supplier commercial / technical claims and supplier commercial / technical opportunities.
  • Analyze and submit monthly forecasted material cost changes. Aid in month end reporting responsibilities.
  • Analyze material cost trends at the vehicle level and proactively work to identify risks and opportunities to the forecast.
  • Prepare analysis and charts, as needed, to support GPSC Finance and Operational leadership reviews.
  • Prepare, participate and support cross-functional special studies as required.
  • Act as an informal supervisor (leader among peers) to the team as needed / required.


Qualifications
  • 5+ years of operating finance experience (or equivalent) is required.
  • A bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics or engineering. MBA or MS Finance preferred but not required.
  • Strong analytical skills. Fundamental knowledge of financial reporting and analysis
  • Familiarity with cost bucketing - labor, burden, material, SG&A, profit.
  • Familiarity with basic managerial accounting principles
  • Critical thinking, inquisitive mind and strong learning agility
  • Ability to analyze and synthesize complex issues and data in order to provide insight and understand how metrics drive the right business decisions
  • Advanced Excel skills coupled with strong modeling skills
  • Can provide accurate, timely and reliable reporting
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Structure presentations in straightforward, efficient manner that tells a story
  • Communicate key issues for action/decision ("the 30 second rule")
  • Comfortable in presenting data to various levels of the organization


Desired Skills
  • Dealing with Ambiguity - Comfortable with ambiguous problems, acting autonomously, and independently developing solutions
  • Critical Thinking/Problem Solving - Ability to translate data into analysis/recommendation with limited direction, challenge organizational inputs, articulate key issues, and identify improvement opportunities
  • Flexibility/Agility - Confident in fast paced environment with many variables; ability to multi-task and juggle several projects while displaying appropriate judgement on priority
  • Effective Team Player - Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively and lead cross-functional team to achieve Product Program profitability results.
  • Analytical Thinker - seeks new ways to solve problems
  • Communication Skills - Excellent verbal and written communication, including explaining complex financial topics to non-Finance colleagues
  • Business Acumen - Knows how businesses work; knowledgeable in how GM's departments work
  • Action Oriented - Enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others


Location: Hybrid. This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the - Global HQ Warren MI three times per week, at minimum [or other frequency dictated by the business]

Relocation: This role is NOT eligible for relocation benefits.

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THIS INCLUDES DIRECT COMPANY SPONSORSHIP, ENTRY OF GM AS THE IMMIGRATION EMPLOYER OF RECORD ON A GOVERNMENT FORM, AND ANY WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIRING A WRITTEN SUBMISSION OR OTHER IMMIGRATION SUPPORT FROM THE COMPANY (e.g., H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)

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General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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Learn more about General Motors
Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
NASDAQ
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* Ladders Estimates

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