Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Volume & Commercial Analyst

What You’ll Do

• Be a point of contact for Global FP&A, all NA Commercial Markets, and Demand Planning for Volume and Mix reporting for actuals, forecasts, and budget cycles.

• Act as a Change Agent by making direct impact on management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis through providing fresh ideas, challenging existing processes and implementing key strategies for process improvements.

• Support the Business Review (BR) reporting through analysis of shipments, sales, production, and inventory, including key drivers and variance commentary

• Support the business plan update process.

• Develop, maintain, and enhance Power BI dashboards and reporting tools, improving visibility, accessibility, and automation of volume and financial data

What You’ll Learn

• How to prepare and analyze financial results, including actuals, budget, and forecast, and to document and explain variances

• Develop an executive presence through ongoing exposure to leadership across the entire organization

• Build a strong understanding of the automotive industry and operational finance within a global manufacturing organization

• How to use finance systems such as One Stream, Essbase and demand planning tools

• Project management and process improvement skills

• How to apply process automation skills using software such as Copilot, Power BI, RPA, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics

• How to work with finance and operational counterparts while practicing financial management

What This Role Will Prepare You For

• Future opportunities in positions that require budgeting, forecasting & financial control experience

• Cross-functional knowledge and process improvement skills that can be applied throughout the finance organization

• Ability to work cross-functionally with North America and Global organizations to share knowledge and gain consensus

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting; or related degree

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience or Masters with 4 years of relevant work experience

• Proven technical, quantitative and critical-thinking skills

• Demonstrated effective written, interpersonal and oral communication skills

• Demonstrated leadership experience

• Expert level of proficiency in Microsoft Office tools such as Excel and PowerPoint

• Capability to learn or offer hands-on experience with tools such as Power

BI and Tableau:

• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact with all levels of personnel and strong leadership skills

• Project management, process thinking, problem solving, and priority setting concepts and skills

• Familiarity with financial ledger, consolidation, and reporting tools

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or Master’s degree in accounting or finance

• Power BI experience, strongly preferred

• Experience with budgets and forecasts

• Knowledge and experience using One Stream

• Business process re-engineering skills