Financial Analysis Specialist - Supplier Tooling

What You'll Do

This position is responsible for new model capital projects writing, maintaining project vehicle launch dates, managing the tooling refurbishment expense budget, vendor tooling audit closure, and month-end close related activities.

This Individual Will:

• Write and manage all capital New Model, Carryover, and Capacity vehicle supplier tooling projects for North America
• This position will be the central contact point for writing projects, transferring funds between projects, and closing out projects
• Confirm and provide vehicle launch dates to be used for capitalization and amortization schedules
• Support the external tooling auditor and partner with cross-functional teams to close audits
• Manage and forecast the tooling refurbishment expense budget for Purchasing Finance
• Complete month-end related activities such as journal entries, reconciliations, actuals variance explanations, etc.
• Responsible for complying with SOX, internal controls, and external auditor requests

What You'll Learn

• How to analyze the differences between supplier capital, expense, and capital expense and how to determine where the items should be booked
• How to use SAP for reporting and analytical purposes
• Forecasting, journal entries, and account reconciliations
• Vendor Tooling Audit process

What This Role Will Prepare You For

• Understanding the numerous financial roles: starting with program approval of start up production launch date, and ending with program project close
• Developing an understanding of the various operating groups, Engineering, Manufacturing and how they link to the Supplier Tooling group
• Managing the monthly close, forecasting, and financial reporting process

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or similar
• Minimum 5 years of Accounting or Finance experience
• Month-end closing and forecasting experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good working knowledge of accounting principles, methods and techniques
• SOX compliance experience
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with conflicting deadlines
• Highly motivated self-starter and change agent
• Excellent analytic, communication and teamwork skills
• High proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA
• Working knowledge of SAP
• Capital Project writing experience
• Knowledge of how all phases of Procurement, Finance, and Accounting interrelate i.e., Platform Finance, Technical Accounting, Finance relate functionally to Supplier Tooling