This position is primarily responsible for financial support for the Farmington Hills Headquarters and Technical Center and the Oklahoma distribution center. Key responsibilities include closing the monthly accounts for the US operations, preparing financial statements, serving as the financial lead for product cost development and program accounting, providing financial support for decision-makers, preparing budgets, and analyzing variances.
Principle Responsibilities
- Develop and enforce product costing processes from raw material standards through manufacturing.
- Manage the periodic cost rolls within the system, reviewing and verifying the data, develop analytical checks to verify data integrity before and after system load.
- Cost tracking/trending by product family, down to the raw materials and manufacturing standards, to identify unfavorable trends.
- Support purchasing in component cost impacts by commodity cost changes.
- Support and direct the normal US entity monthly close process.
- Lead the US entity budgeting process preparing the budget templates, working with department heads in trending prior years cost, and calculating future year expenses.
- Direct cost tracking and control of US entity operating expenses and capital plan to budget.
- Work with Sales team to track sales and margin by customer/channel and identify trends.
- Balance sheet and account reconciliations.
- Net working capital calculations.
- Maintain financial KPI’s.
- Take on special projects as needed.
- Responsible for monthly close journal entries and account reconciliations.
- Provide support to the departments by gathering and analyzing data in the establishment and/or maintenance of corporate business processes, procedures and policies.
- Assist in the preparation of long-term financial forecast of revenues and expenditures.
- Assist with preparation and evaluation of Budgets and Forecasts.
- Provide support through ad hoc analyses and reports as required.
Competencies:
- Product costing and program accounting methods
- Thinks conceptually, links problems and symptoms to identify underlying issues and root causes; focuses on important information without getting bogged down in unnecessary detail; and defines issues clearly despite incomplete or ambiguous information.
- Results oriented with great attention to detail.
- Ability to maintain a high level of trust.
- Capable of handling sensitive information confidentially.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Numerical reasoning, effectively dealing with numbers and the ability to read and prepare spreadsheets.
- Fosters open communication, promotes open discussion of ideas; provides others with open access to information; listens and responds to input and concerns expressed by others; encourages communication and information flow across boundaries.
- Values learning, seek feedback to enhance performance; create an environment that rewards critical self-assessment and challenges others to learn from experience and mistakes; learn from the successes and failures of self and others; adapt behavior in response to feedback and experience; accept criticism openly and non-defensively; establish expectations, processes, and systems to ensure continual individual and organizational learning.
- A demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment, to take initiative, to work independently of day-to-day supervision, and to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.
- Business acumen, understanding of basic business flow.
- Change agent, being able to analyze unstructured problems and guide decision makers.
- Numerical reasoning, effectively dealing with numbers and the ability to read and prepare spreadsheets.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- MBA, CPA, and/or CMA preferred
- 6-8+ years' finance experience
- MS Office Suite, including advanced Excel skills
- SAP experience highly desired
- Manufacturing / automotive industry experience a plus
- Strong knowledge of GAAP
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- A demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment, to take initiative, to work independently of day-to-day supervision, and to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization
The posted salary range for this position is $85,450 to $104,700 annually. Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s skills, experience, and qualifications.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
