Sr Fin Analyst, Personnel

Ford Ford · Auto · Dearborn, MI +1 · Finance

This role is for a Senior Financial Analyst within Ford's product development organization, focusing on financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, analysis, accounting, and reporting for engineering and vehicle programs. It involves supporting monthly accounting, variance analysis, developing financial forecasts, preparing reports, presenting financial results, monitoring spending, reviewing capital requests, identifying cost-saving opportunities, and ensuring compliance with regulations like SOX.

What you'd actually do

  1. Support monthly accounting for engineering business activities
  2. Provide monthly and quarterly variance analysis, identifying key trends and drivers impacting financial performance
  3. Develop and maintain physicals-based financial forecasts for one or more engineering functional organizations, incorporating input from various key stakeholders
  4. Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports
  5. Present financial results to the organizational leadership teams, providing insights and recommendations

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience with job responsibilities focused on finance and accounting and operations support
  • Extensive skill with Excel and other MS Office tools
  • 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

Nice to have

  • MBA preferred
  • Technical aptitude or experience with SAP, Essbase, PowerBI, PowerQuery, or other similar tools

What the JD emphasized

  • Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements and other relevant regulations