We are seeking a Finance Manager to act as the financial business partner within program development teams, working in a multi-site/multi-project environment. The main responsibility is overseeing the team who is analyzing part production costs and sales, tooling costs and sales and cost estimating. The Finance Manager is responsible for providing the program reporting package and ad hoc analyses to support program profitability.

Essential Responsibilities, Duties, and Authority

• Partner with the program manager leadership to:

• • Analyze profitability variance drivers (machine cycle times, headcounts, scrap rates, etc)
  • Analyze selling price developments versus customer/internal engineering change requests,
  • Ensure robustness of team action plans and their financial impact calculations,
  • Reporting for consolidation Europe/Global,
  • Actively participate in plant budget construction for new programs.

• Partner with the program manager and account manager on tooling controlling:

• • Cost to date/to come versus maximum authorized spending,
  • Invoicing/payment on time (actual + forecast),
  • Complete tooling budget/forecast and invoicing
• Partner with the account manager on quotes
  • Supporting the PCAQ meeting with agenda and leadership as needed
  • Analyze plant quote rate burden models and utilize in quoting
  • Provide guidance on potential risk/opportunities
  • Roll up the quotes into the business cases for approval
  • Ensure cost estimating team is on time

Required Knowledge/Education, Qualifications/Abilities, and/or Experience

• Master’s degree in finance or industrial engineering,
• 2-3 years of experience in an industrial project management environment (project management, controlling, sales…) is a plus; Finance/Controlling 2-3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment is also accepted,
• Advanced Excel skills (database management, pivot tables…) and PowerPoint skills,
• SAP experience preferred.

Required Soft Skills

• Self-starter with the ability to work independently (self-task management),
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills,
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills,
• Ability to interact with all levels/departments throughout the company,
• English for business purposes mandatory (fluent appreciated).