Senior Material Cost Finance Analyst

Ford Motor Company

. Manage the Bill of Material (BoM) for Electrical & Power Supply commodities .

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeCampbellfield • 🇦🇺 AustraliaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage the Bill of Material (BoM) for Electrical & Power Supply commodities
Provide financial support to Engineers and Programs Office in reviewing changes for approval and reporting risks and opportunities
Complete review and analysis of proposed changes and supplier cost updates, prepare approval papers and ensure robust tracking of approved cost and investment changes
Lead the setting up and monitoring of the financial targets and program budgets for Material Cost and Tooling. To support development of Material Cost targets, benchmarking and analysis of Ford and competitor vehicles is required
Provide financial analysis to support cross functional analysis including Purchasing, Program Finance and Engineering
Support idea generation and tracking for cost / investment reduction to help achieve financial targets
Develop and analyze business cases for design and sourcing changes, coordinating with operating partners to ensure successful review and closure and presenting recommendations to senior management and during program special attention sessions.
Lead financial reporting to Senior Management regarding financial status and variance explanations
Complete Bill of Material (BOM) reconciliations to confirm cost status and ensure robust financial reporting
Lead workstreams and processes to deliver Control Model Vehicle and Average Market/Region Material Cost reporting, including development and maintenance of feature cost walks and average Car Modelling.
Support the review of Market Equation inputs including scrubbing the Market Equations to ensure the costing and pricing assumptions are aligned.
Involvement in other related cost analysis work streams:
- Support business decisions on vehicle content through TARR and profitability analysis
- Ad hoc financial and business analysis to support program feature and content decisions
- Material Planning and Logistics (freight, duty, taxes)
- Sequencing cost analysis/tracking
- Bailment analysis/tracking
- Program Investment consolidation
Become Material Cost Finance SME on benchmarking tools with view of using data to lead and influence decision making.
Partner with VHM operation leads to manage lifecycle commodity costs, taking ownership of developing and maintaining comprehensive Lifecycle Cost Analysis for key commodities.
Lead material cost reporting for cost reduction initiatives for Chassis/Underbody and Electrical/Digital Tech commodities.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong verbal and written communication skills, able to prepare and deliver the presentation of program financials in internal and Regional Finance reviews.
Ability to work within a cross-functional team and across multiple countries (e.g., Engineering and Purchasing teams).
Ability to summarise detailed information and present key take-outs to non-financial Operating Partners and Senior Management, including the development of appropriate supporting documentation and backups.
Leadership skills - a self-starter who can take the lead to drive workstreams through to closure and deliver results, influencing operating and finance partners to achieve delivery.
Process-oriented with attention to detail, comfortable analysing and summarising large volumes of data to identify key data and explain variances.
Proficient in Microsoft Excel. Intermediate / Advanced in Financial Modelling.
Adaptable in a fast-paced environment, able to problem-solve and operate successfully in a dynamic environment with conflicting priorities.
Ability to adapt quickly and work autonomously in ambiguous situations.
CA/CPA Desirable/ Tertiary qualification in Bachelor of Commerce or equivalent discipline.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal Opportunity
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial analysiscost analysisBill of Material (BoM) managementfinancial modelingbenchmarkingvariance analysiscost reduction initiativeslifecycle cost analysisprogram budgetingdata analysis

Soft Skills

communication skillsleadership skillscross-functional teamworkattention to detailproblem-solvingadaptabilityself-starterpresentation skillssummarization skillsinfluencing skills

Certifications

CACPABachelor of Commerce