
Staff Finance Analyst, Midsize Finance
We are looking for a Staff Financial Analyst to drive financial ownership and process improvement on our path to profitability. This role will be integral to understanding and driving results in our direct material costs, including both fixed and variable costs in our new vehicle platform. If you have a strategic mindset, creative problem-solving skills, and a desire to progress the electrification of the automotive space, we want to talk to you!
*This role will be based out of our Headquarters, and will be 100% on site*
You Will:
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and reporting of our bill of material and vendor investment (tooling and engineering development) costs directly tied to our current development programs
- Develop effective bill of material management tools, including segmentation of large data sets into digestible metrics provided to multiple cross-functional teams
- Consolidate and analyze financial data including reconciliations, period-to-period variance analysis, establishing relevant KPI and cost targets, analyzing operating cost changes with insightful explanations.
- Review purchase requests to ensure accuracy and compliance with financial plan.
- Facilitate operating team alignment and decision making, present data in cohesive reports that provide clear communication and recommendations.
- Provide objective progress tracking toward annual OKRs and analyze strategic initiatives to reduce our cost of goods sold.
- Additional ad-hoc assignments and projects supporting departments across the organization including month-end financial reporting, longer-term Business Plan development, benchmarking and process analysis
You Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics or related field.
- At least 5+ years of relevant experience, with a minimum of 3 years of variance and period-to-period analysis experience
- Prior experience supporting product development, bill of material, or engineering
- Proven technical, quantitative and critical-thinking skills, high level of independent judgment, initiative, and creativity to identify and clearly communicate key performance drivers to senior management.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and assignments with a high degree of autonomy and accountability for results.
- Demonstrated effective written, interpersonal, and oral communication skills.
- Established ability using Microsoft Office suite, particularly high proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience utilizing ERP systems and Business Intelligence tools to support monthly variance analysis and cost reduction initiatives; preferably experience with SAP/Anaplan.
- Finance Analyst experience at an Automotive OEM or Tier 1 Supplier, a huge plus!
Base Pay Range (Annual)
$109,200 - $150,150 USD
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