Controller, MAP

In this position...
You will be the finance lead at the Flat Rock Plant - home of the Mustang.
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.

What you'll do...

• Primary Area of Responsibility: Plant financial leadership; Labor, overhead, and headcount control; Budgeting and forecasting; Manufacturing cost performance; Capital and non-production project governance; Internal controls and compliance; Maintenance and operations planning; Quality, supplier, and launch-cost recovery; Inventory and asset stewardship; Team leadership and talent development.
• Functional Knowledge: Manufacturing finance and cost accounting; Plant operations; Workforce economics; Financial planning and analysis; Accounting and controllership; Capital governance; Procurement and supplier management; Systems and analytics; Labor and stakeholder partnership; Leadership and communication.
• Profile characteristics: Deep manufacturing experience in finance; Operational credibility; Controllership discipline; Influence in unionized manufacturing; Strategic Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) capability; Strong people leadership.
• Finance lead for controlling assembly plant labor and overhead budget and hourly and salary headcount.
• Finance representative on plant Operating Committee (OCM).
• Prepare and report plant operating cost performance to OCM on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Responsible for plant’s month end close and monthly forecast submission.
• Ensure robust and accurate financial analyses to support manufacturing-related decisions.
• Develop and track plant’s efficiency roadmap.
• Drive team to achieve competitive costs in all areas of the business.
• Act as a business advisor to the plant manager and Operating Committee.
• Responsible for plant’s internal control processes and maintaining a robust control environment.
• Lead development of plant’s manpower planning and monthly submissions.
• Tracking and reporting of launch costs.
• Lead assessment to align operating pattern strategies with production program and related impact on forecast.
• Review and approve purchase orders, credit card purchases and check requests.
• Review and approve all plant generated non-production projects.
• Lead maintenance planning meetings (weekends / holidays / down weeks / shutdown).
• Support recovery of supplier related quality and delivery cost penalties.
  

You'll have...
Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to work well with operations partners (both Ford and UAW)
Leadership guidance and direction with an emphasis on adherence to corporate policies
Strong business acumen – voice of finance at the plant; ability to influence operating partners/decisions
Strong analytical skills with the ability to quickly determine the merits of business opportunities
Leadership capability to develop controller’s office personnel
Even better, you may have...
Master of Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent advanced degree.
Previous manufacturing finance experience
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

This position is leadership level 5 and ranges from $141,700-$268,300.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
Internal applicants: moving into this role may result in an adjustment to your current compensation based on the posted pay range for this role, taking into consideration your qualifications and other relevant factors.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL5

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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