What you'll do:

• This individual serves as a Finance point of contact for all Engineering, Research & Development (ER&D) spending for Indirect Expense across multiple programs.
• This individual works closely with Engineering, Purchasing, and Product Finance staff to manage and control all aspects of spending indirectly supporting approved programs.
• Each analyst shares ownership with the Engineering team of the development, reporting, and tracking of budgeted, actual, and forecast spending for assigned programs.
• This role interacts very closely with the Engineering Operations teams as a direct business partner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Forecast and Budget development
• Actual and Forecast reporting/variance explanations
• Program/Indirect spending and KPI tracking
• Review and Approval of spending requisitions
• Cost reduction opportunity identification
• Indirect Cost controlling and ledger deep dives
• Cost Center mapping/reporting/management
• Ad-hoc reporting/special projects as needed

What you'll learn:

• The ability to work with operational counterparts while practicing financial management (forecasts, budgets).
• Manage collaboration with engineering counterparts to optimize efficiency of ER&D spending from cost controllership perspective.
• Ability to make quick decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work with large data sets, and the ability to summarize (and often times present) the material in a clear and concise manner to all levels of management.
• Learn engineering's product development process as well as the management process throughout the vehicle lifecycle.

What this role will prepare you for:

Provides exposure to various "Industrial" areas, and therefore provides excellent background for rotational positions in the following areas:

• Product Finance
• Purchasing Finance
• Manufacturing Finance

Qualifications / Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting (if noBachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, must have an MBA).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Finance or Accounting.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in business unit budgeting and forecasting.
• Minimum of 2 years of Microsoft Office Suite application experience.
• Strong project management skills to manage multiple work streams at one time.
• Ability to deliver on high-priority requests in a timely manner, providing a point of view for direction of deliverable.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA and/or CPA preferred
• Excellent navigation and comprehensive knowledge of SAP software application
• Reporting Database (Onestream, HFM, Essbase)
• Outstanding communication skills (verbal and written)
• Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, Lookup), PowerBI/Qlik knowledge beneficial
• Automotive industry knowledge a plus