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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as the primary finance partner for NPI programs, owning product cost models, cost targets, and financial risk assessments.
- Lead cost reviews throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring alignment with engineering, supply chain, and operations.
- Evaluate design alternatives, manufacturing strategies, and sourcing decisions to optimize cost, quality, and schedule.
- Manage cross-functional cost initiatives, driving accountability and ensuring timely delivery of financial milestones.
- Coordinate with program managers to integrate financial insights into program schedules, decision gates, and executive reviews.
- Identify risks and opportunities early, proposing mitigation strategies and influencing program direction.
- Develop and maintain detailed cost models, including BOM analysis, labor and overhead modeling, and scenario planning.
- Perform variance analysis across material, labor, and manufacturing costs; identify root causes and drive corrective actions.
- Monitor cost performance against targets and forecast impacts to product margins and financial plans.
- Partner with engineering to evaluate design-for-cost opportunities and influence technical decisions.
- Work with supply chain to assess supplier quotes, negotiate cost reductions, and validate sourcing strategies.
- Collaborate with operations to understand manufacturing processes, yield impacts, and cost-to-serve drivers.
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual FP&A planning and reporting cycles, including financial forecasts, budget updates, and performance reviews.
- Manage investment portfolios related to new product development, tracking capital and expense spending, financial benefits, and alignment with strategic priorities.
- Prepare closing presentations that synthesize cost performance, investment status, and financial risks for senior leadership.
- Conduct productivity and efficiency analyses to identify structural cost improvements, operational bottlenecks, and long-term savings opportunities.
- Partner with business leaders to translate financial insights into actionable plans that improve margins and resource allocation.
- Present complex financial analyses to senior executives, adapting messaging for technical, operational, and business audiences.
- Create concise, high-impact executive summaries that distill detailed analysis into clear recommendations.
- Influence leadership decisions through data-driven insights and strategic framing.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelors Degree
- 7+ years of experience in product cost management, FP&A, manufacturing finance, engineering finance, supply chain, or program management
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
Benefits
Comp & perks- Health Care Benefits : Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
- Retirement Benefits
- Time off and Leave : Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
- Disability : Short-term and long-term disability
- Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
- Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
- Tuition Assistance
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Hard Skills & Tools
cost modelscost targetsfinancial risk assessmentsvariance analysisBOM analysislabor modelingoverhead modelingscenario planningfinancial forecastingbudget management
Soft Skills
cross-functional collaborationinfluencingcommunicationaccountabilityproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingpresentation skillsdata-driven decision makingadaptabilityleadership
Certifications
Bachelors Degree