JOB DESCRIPTION

The role of the Sr. Financial Analyst is to support and develop accurate product costs and to provide the necessary follow up within the organization. Working knowledge of product and process is required, as you learn to bring reasonableness to the details.  Need to support in the data collection of regional projects and corporate initiatives, with the potential of bringing business perspective to the data.    

Specific duties include, but are not limited to:          

Development of product cost: material usage, material cost, equipment requirements, labor requirements, cycle times,  tooling and capital requirements for new business or changes to current business;Review complex bill of materials for reasonablenessReview manufacturing assumptions for reasonablenessDevelop risk / opportunities summary with each quoteCommunicate / Educate the organization regarding the cost data.Rate DevelopmentSet targets of purchased items.Support Purchasing negotiations.Support regional and corporate initiativesAbility to bridge financial dataActively contribute to departmental initiatives/process improvements to enhance the overall department’s effectiveness.Commitment to use global costing procedures and toolsCommitment to communicate with a Global team.

Qualifications:

Four Year College Technical Degree (Finance, Business, or Engineering desired)5 years of finance, engineering, or purchasing experience requiredExperience in the Automotive Industry, seating a plus.Foreign language skills desired.Good computer skills, i.e., MS Office, especially Excel.Proven Interpersonal and teamwork skills.Occasional plant travel

Customers

            Customer Groups

            Purchasing

            Internal Sales

            Operations

            Product Groups

            Engineering

PRIMARY LOCATION

Central Tech Unit Plymouth MI