Controller Job at Adient, Plymouth, MI

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  • Adient
  • Plymouth, MI

Job Description

Core Responsibilities:

  • The Account Financial Manager is responsible for managing programs in development and current production programs to achieve and maintain the approved business case metrics of profitability and return on investment.
  • Great broad skill set includes analytical, communication, strategic thinking, and technical knowledge of the products.
  • Outstanding organization and documentation skills and high attention to analytical details.
  • Provides leadership in communication, character, critical thinking, change mastery, conflict resolution, & coaching and teaming.
  • Responsibility for Business Planning, Product Costing, Product Pricing, on financial issues.

Additional Responsibilities:

  • The AFM will develop New Business Plans which assess Return on Investment.
  • Support Quotations to be submitted to Customers.
  • Work with a complex bill of material to understand and cost a product, and related cost drivers.
  • Work with a variety of manufacturing processes and related costs.
  • Able to develop customer financial strategies, evaluate business cases, manage all aspects of the quote process and communicate effectively.
  • Attend project team meetings/lead project finance meetings.
  • Follow-up on open financial issues until they are resolved.
  • Perform monthly financial updates for top management (Program Reviews, Launch Readiness Review, etc.)
  • Understands the automotive industry, market forces, customer systems, target setting process and typical negotiating strategies.
  • Set cost targets for suppliers, support Make vs Buy Decisions.
  • Providing input for plants/engineering/tooling for Profit Plan/Forecast.
  • Control development spending and challenge the team to identify ways to reduce cost.
  • Initiate and support product cost reduction efforts
  • Ensure/maintain Metrix/Fiori for all new programs through Start of Production.
  • Tooling/discrete PO invoicing

Basic Qualifications:

  • A Bachelor's Degree is required in Business, Finance, Engineering, or Program Management
  • 5 years' experience related to financial management or project management
  • Automotive experience is required
  • Strong finance skills and familiarity with business case preparation - financial metrics (ROS%, IRR%, ROA %)
  • Strong organizational and communication skills (both written and verbal)
  • Proficient in advanced MS Excel

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Advanced degree such as an MBA
  • Cost estimating experience

PRIMARY LOCATION

Central Tech Unit Plymouth MI

Job Tags

Full time,

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