<p>What you'll do:</p> <p>In this role you will assist leading the consolidation and financial reporting of North American R&D activities. In partnership with other finance teams, you will develop and manage forecasts, budgets, and monthly variance analysis while maintaining a high degree of financial integrity. This role is also expected to drive continuous improvement by enhancing processes, strengthening data reliability, and evaluating business drivers.</p> <p>Key Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Forecast and budget development </li><li>Actual and forecast reporting </li><li>Program spending and KPI tracking </li><li>Review and approval of spending requisitions </li><li>Cost reduction opportunity identification </li><li>Indirect Cost Control </li><li>Intercompany Payable/Receivable Accounting </li><li>Ad-hoc reporting/special projects as needed </li></ul> <p>What you'll learn:</p> <ul> <li>The ability to work with operational counterparts while practicing financial management (forecasts, budgets). </li><li>Manage collaboration with engineering counterparts to optimize efficiency of ER&D spending from cost controllership perspective. </li><li>Ability to make quick decisions in a fast-paced environment. </li><li>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. </li><li>Learn engineering's product development process as well as the management process throughout the vehicle lifecycle. </li></ul> <p>What this role will prepare you for:</p> <p>Provides exposure to various "Industrial" areas, and therefore provides excellent background for rotational positions in the following areas:</p> <ul> <li>Product Finance </li><li>Purchasing Finance </li><li>Manufacturing Finance </li></ul> <p>Basic Qualifications:</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting (if no Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, must have an MBA) </li><li>Minimum of 5 years of experience in Finance or Accounting </li><li>Minimum of 2 years of experience in business unit budgeting and forecasting </li><li>Minimum of 2 years of Microsoft Office Suite application experience </li><li>Strong project management skills to manage multiple work streams at one time </li><li>Ability to deliver on high-priority requests in a timely manner, providing a point of view for direction of deliverable </li></ul> <p>Preferred Qualifications:</p> <ul> <li>MBA, CPA preferred </li><li>Excellent navigation and comprehensive knowledge of SAP software application </li><li>Reporting Database (Onestream, HFM, Essbase) </li><li>Outstanding communication skills (verbal and written) </li><li>Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, Lookup), PowerBI/Qlik knowledge beneficial </li><li>Automotive industry knowledge a plus </li></ul>