Capital Efficiency Finance Manager

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

1d • $115,500 - $218,100 • Hybrid

About The Position

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters. 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. In this position... The Investment Efficiency group is seeking a highly motivated, intellectually curious, and disciplined finance supervisor to be a partner to our manufacturing colleagues as they seek capital efficiencies. The ideal candidate will embrace a continuous improvement mindset in this fast-paced area, working cross-functionally across multiple domains to deliver capital efficiencies in a 'white space' role. This position requires a strategic mindset, a willingness to embrace change and innovation, and a desire to be a 'thought leader' amongst peers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (Finance, Accounting or Economics preferred)
• 5+ years of experience in a finance role focused on capital investment analysis, financial planning, and strategic resource allocation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to prioritize assignments, multi-task in fast paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills – ability to build relationships with operating partners

Nice To Haves

• Product Development Finance and Project Management experience
• Demonstrated experience in capital investment analysis, evaluation, and execution

Responsibilities

• Strategic Workstream Implementation: Implement strategic capital workstreams focused on Vehicle Operations Facilities and Tooling, and Vendor Tooling, with one integrated across Manufacturing and Product Development to optimize capital deployment and maximize the efficiency of facilities and tooling investments. This includes simultaneously establishing a cohesive governance team with defined KPIs and DRIs to rigorously track, capture, and highlight efficiency realization.
• Efficiency Tracking and Reporting: Create, implement, and maintain a robust tracking mechanism for each capital workstream to monitor progress and ensure accurate reporting of efficiency realization.
• Financial Forecasting Integration: Ensure that all efficiency gains from the capital workstreams are accurately incorporated into the monthly forecast process.
• Efficiency Gap Closure: Drive and champion capital workstreams, specifically focusing on the identification and closure of a significant capital efficiency gap, including both identified and unidentified savings across facilities and tooling.
• Modernization and Automation: Leverage modernization tools as critical enablers for enhancing team capabilities and automating workstreams.
• Benchmarking and Opportunity Identification: Incorporate external and internal benchmarking to further drive capital opportunities.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, 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
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees