Financial Services Technician III
Oakland County, Michigan Government
Financial Analyst, VEV & Prototypes
Ford Motor Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Support monthly accounting for related engineering business activities
- Provide monthly and quarterly variance analysis, identifying key trends and drivers impacting financial performance
- Develop and maintain physicals-based financial forecasts for the Vehicle Programs and Ford Performance organization, incorporating input from various key stakeholders
- Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports
- Present financial results to the organizational leadership teams, providing insights and recommendations
- Ensure timely and accurate reporting of financial information to key stakeholders
- Monitor and control engineering spending against budget, ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures
- Review and approve capital project requests, purchase requisitions, and other spending requests, ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities within the Product Development organization
- Provide financial and business support to the Vehicle Program and Ford Performance engineering teams by closely collaborating with key stakeholders, including Business Offices, Supply Chain, and Marketing.
- Collaborate with business offices to develop business cases and optimize how work is done
- Partner with supply chain and transformation teams to help negotiate favorable contracts with external vendors
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of engineering financial management
- Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements and other relevant regulations
- Develop and maintain documentation of key financial processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field; MBA preferred
- Minimum of 5 years of experience with job responsibilities focused on finance and accounting and operations support
- Strong understanding of product development financial management principles, including budgeting, forecasting, cost management and capital investment analysis
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including ability to effectively communicate financial information to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to work independently and part of a team
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams at the same time, including quick turnaround times.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
financial forecastingvariance analysisbudgetingcost managementcapital investment analysisfinancial reportingfinancial process documentationfinancial management principlescompliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem-solving skillscommunication skillspresentation skillsteamworkindependencetime management
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in financeBachelor’s degree in accountingMBA
