CBU Controlling Director

Faurecia•Auburn Hills, MI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Our Clean Mobility Division is looking for a CBU Controlling Director for its location in Auburn Hills, MI. The CBU Controlling Director is primarily in charge of managing the CBU controlling, Sales Controlling and Acquisition Controlling for the Division, supervising all the related monthly closing, forecast, budget and Strategic plan financial activities. This position is the garant of the consolidated view per CBU of the past, current and future financial KPI’s of the Division, and is the business partner of the CBU’s for The Division. The CBU Controlling Director will also take part of any financial role per delegation from the Finance VP.

Requirements

Business School or Engineering background with a Master’s degree in Finance
Minimum 8 - 10 years experience in an industrial environment including a first technical experience (production, manufacturing engineering)
Team Management experience
Demonstrated strong communication skills, analytical skills
Fluent in English

Responsibilities

Ensure all financial related procedures and tools regarding CBU, Acquisition and Sales controlling are implemented and followed
Develop, execute and control internal finance procedures in accordance with Group procedures and policies
Ensure site activities are compliant with Faurecia Finance related procedures, and internal control basics
Ensure consistency and standardization of CBU/Sales/Acquisition controlling processes within the BG/division
Participate to the definition of IT tools and ERP to improve CBU/Program/R&D controlling
Alert and arbitrate in case of discrepancies, or any financial risk / opportunity.
Act as a business partner toward the CBU community, and provide recommendation to the management
Propose, to the management action plans resulting from relevant analysis in order to achieve the operational targets (especially regarding program profitability)
Supervise with CBU controllers different subjects (RFQA, IBP, Budget & Forecasts)
Ensure financial awareness of CBU teams and implications of commercial decisions
Supervise Acquisition controllers on RFQA through IBP process and ensure profitability and standards are maintained in coordination with sales directors
Analyze and challenge main programs gap to benchmark (BOP costs, Process costs, development costs)
Support finance activities of the Division
Contribute to controlling analysis including variance analysis/standard costs, margin/programs, plant budgetary control, per delegation from Finance VP
Contribute to the forecast, budget and strategic plan build up for the Division, and insure the consistency RBU & CBU views.