<p>In this position...</p> <p>You will be the finance lead at the Kansas City Assembly Plant, home to the Transit and F-150 trucks.</p> <p>You will oversee all aspects of the plant finance operation, including budgeting, forecasting, and maintaining a robust internal control environment. You will be, in effect, the plant CFO.</p> <p>Finance strategically partners with operations to drive outstanding business results and enhance Ford's industry leadership. When you join us, you'll be able to contribute financial expertise that impacts all areas of our company, including planning, manufacturing, marketing and global distribution.</p> <p>What you'll do...</p> <ul> <li>Finance lead for controlling assembly plant labor and overhead budget, and hourly and salary headcount </li><li>Finance representative on plant Operating Committee (OCM) </li><li>Prepare and report plant operating cost performance to OCM on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis </li><li>Responsible for the plant's month-end close and monthly forecast submission </li><li>Ensure robust and accurate financial analyses to support manufacturing-related decisions </li><li>Develop and track the plant's efficiency roadmap </li><li>Drive team to achieve competitive costs in all areas of the business </li><li>Act as a business advisor to the plant manager and Operating Committee </li><li>Responsible for the plant's internal control processes and maintaining a robust control environment </li><li>Lead development of the plant's manpower planning and monthly submissions </li><li>Tracking and reporting of launch costs </li><li>Lead assessment to align operating pattern strategies with production program and related impact on forecast </li><li>Review and approve purchase orders, credit card purchases, and check requests </li><li>Review and approve all plant-generated non-production projects </li><li>Lead maintenance planning meetings (weekends/holidays / down weeks/shutdown) </li><li>Support recovery of supplier-related quality and delivery cost penalties </li></ul> <p>What you'll do...</p> <ul> <li>Finance lead for controlling assembly plant labor and overhead budget, and hourly and salary headcount </li><li>Finance representative on plant Operating Committee (OCM) </li><li>Prepare and report plant operating cost performance to OCM on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis </li><li>Responsible for the plant's month-end close and monthly forecast submission </li><li>Ensure robust and accurate financial analyses to support manufacturing-related decisions </li><li>Develop and track the plant's efficiency roadmap </li><li>Drive team to achieve competitive costs in all areas of the business </li><li>Act as a business advisor to the plant manager and Operating Committee </li><li>Responsible for the plant's internal control processes and maintaining a robust control environment </li><li>Lead development of the plant's manpower planning and monthly submissions </li><li>Tracking and reporting of launch costs </li><li>Lead assessment to align operating pattern strategies with production program and related impact on forecast </li><li>Review and approve purchase orders, credit card purchases, and check requests </li><li>Review and approve all plant-generated non-production projects </li><li>Lead maintenance planning meetings (weekends/holidays / down weeks/shutdown) </li><li>Support recovery of supplier-related quality and delivery cost penalties </li></ul>