Key Responsibilities

• Forecast Execution: Support the monthly and quarterly "Rolling Forecast" process by collecting and validating plant-level data for volume and manufacturing costs.
• Standardization & Reporting: Utilize standard budget development tools to ensure consistent cost calculations across the region, enabling "apples-to-apples" performance comparisons.
• Variance Analysis: Perform detailed reviews of monthly results for assigned sites to identify trends, investigate budget variances, and highlight risks to profit goals.
• Financial Integrity: Assist in the oversight of the regional balance sheet by performing inventory valuations, managing accruals, and preparing documentation for internal and external audits.
• Capital Tracking: Assist in the preparation of capital expenditure (CapEx) requests for new equipment; track post-implementation performance to ensure promised ROI is achieved.
• Operational Integration: Extract and translate complex factory-floor data—such as machine downtime and material waste—into actionable financial reports for plant leadership.
• Continuous Improvement: Partner with plant operations teams to identify cost-saving opportunities and support the financial modeling of automation projects.

Experience & Education Requirements

• Experience: At least 5-8 years of finance experience, preferably within Automotive Tier 1 or Tier 2 manufacturing. 
• Industry Knowledge: Must be comfortable working in a plant environment and understanding manufacturing processes.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting is required.
• Preferred: An MBA or a CMA (Certified Management Accountant) is a plus.
• Technical Proficiency: Advanced Excel skills and hands-on experience with large ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, or Plex).

Required Skill Set

Technical Skills

Operational Costing: Understanding of how material and labor inputs translate to finished part costs.

Data Consolidation: Ability to aggregate data from multiple spreadsheets into concise summaries.

Inventory Control: Proficiency in partnering with Supply Chain for cycle counts and system accuracy.

Analytical & Soft Skills

Data Integrity: Ability to audit plant reports to ensure numbers are accurate and grounded in reality.

Effective Communication: Comfortable explaining financial variances to non-financial plant managers.

Detail Orientation: Ability to distill immense amounts of raw data into summarized, actionable bullet points.

Problem Solving: Identifying "why" a plant missed its numbers and proposing corrective actions.

Essential Common Requirements for All Employees:

• Quality Systems: Understand, apply and meet all function related YF IOS requirements.
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Understand, apply and meet all function related EHS requirements.
• Product Safety: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements.
• Compliance: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Compliance requirements.
• Information Security: Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.
• Must comply with all company policies and procedures. 
• Employee must have the ability to work additional hours and / or overtime as needed or assigned to complete job duties on time.
• Ability to multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers and vendors, and work cooperatively with employees at all levels.
• Ability to maintain predictable and regular attendance, arrive to designated location on time, or be at assigned location ready to work for assignment (plant, corporate office, or remote).

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