Controller, Kansas City Assembly Plant

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

In this position... You will be the finance lead at the Kansas City Assembly Plant, home to the Transit and F-150 trucks. 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
• 10 years of Controller experience
• 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 the controller’s office personnel

Nice To Haves

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent advanced degree.
• 10 years of Controller experience in a Manufacturer
• Previous manufacturing finance experience

Responsibilities

• 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 a daily, weekly, and monthly basis
• Responsible for the plant’s month-end close and monthly forecast submission
• Ensure robust and accurate financial analyses to support manufacturing-related decisions
• Develop and track the 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 the plant’s internal control processes and maintaining a robust control environment
• Lead development of the 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

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