Commercial Finance Manager

Corporate HQ
2020 Taylor Road
Auburn Hills, MI 48326, USA

Commercial Finance Manager provides financial analysis, supports business decisions for sales and pricing, and partners with commercial teams to manage budgets, forecasts, and strategic plans.

Key responsibilities include developing financial models for investments, analyzing commercial contracts, monitoring profitability, and reporting on financial performance to drive profitability.

This role requires strong analytical and financial modeling skills, coupled with excellent communication to work with non-finance stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing programs in development and current production programs to achieve and maintain the approved business case metrics
• Provide sound business cases, cost analysis, margin analysis, product, and customer portfolio analysis in close cooperation with the Supply, Manufacturing and Business Development departments
• Great broad skill set includes analytical, communication, strategic thinking, and technical knowledge of the products
• Outstanding organization and documentation skills and high attention to analytical details
• Provides leadership in communication, character, critical thinking, change mastery, conflict resolution, & coaching and teaming
• Develop New Business Plans which assess IRR and EBITDA
• Support Quotations to be submitted to Customers
• Work with a complex bill of material to understand and cost a product, and related cost drivers
• Work with a variety of manufacturing processes and related costs
• Able to develop customer financial strategies, evaluate business cases, manage all aspects of the quote process and communicate effectively
• Co-pilot with program management to provide financial transparency to facilitate solid decision making
• Co-pilot with program management in managing risks & opportunities
• Attend project team meetings
• Follow-up on open financial issues until they are resolved
• Perform monthly financial updates for top management (Program Reviews, Launch Readiness Review, etc.)
• Understands the automotive industry, market forces, customer systems, target setting process and typical negotiating strategies
• Set cost targets for suppliers, support Make vs Buy Decisions
• Providing input for plants/engineering/tooling for Profit Plan/Forecast
• Control development spending, and challenge the team to identify ways to reduce cost
• Initiate and support product cost reduction efforts
• Other duties as assigned

Job Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s Degree is required in Business, Finance, Business Administration or Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience related to financial management or project management
• Strong finance skills and familiarity with business case preparation - financial metrics (IRR%, EBIT, EBITDA)
• Project management skills and proven history of successful completion on independent assignments
• Ability to multi-task and problem-solve in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Demonstrates keen sense of priorities, inspire others with forward looking orientation
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills, ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization and with staff at remote locations
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Manufacturing facility experience is preferred
• Automotive experience is preferred
• Proficient in advanced MS Excel
• Result Focus:
  Focuses on desired outcomes and how to best achieve them. Gets the job done efficiently and effectively.
• Safety Oriented:
  Plans, manages, and completes tasks keeping in mind all aspects of safety measures, standardized processes and work hazard prevention techniques while ensuring/exceeding compliance to safety policies and legislative requirements.
• Accountability and Dependability:
  Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work and achieves results with no oversight, including following guidelines, standards regulations and principles.
• Coaching and Mentoring:
  Enables co-workers to grow and succeed through feedback, instruction, and encouragement; formally delivering information.
• Customer Focus:
  Ensures that external and internal customers’ needs remain a priority against all other requirements.
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