Director, Finance IMO

AAM - American Axle & Manufacturing•Detroit, MI

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Dauch is looking for a Director, Finance IMO to join their team at their World Headquarters in Detroit, MI. This individual will lead the Finance Integration Management Office for enterprise initiatives such as M&A integrations, major reorganizations, and Finance transformation efforts (e.g., ERP/process harmonization). The role establishes and runs the integration operating rhythm, governance, and reporting needed to deliver a single, coordinated plan across finance workstreams, while partnering closely with cross-functional leaders in IT, HR, Operations, Legal, and Commercial teams. This person is accountable for transparent management of plans, milestones, dependencies, risks/issues and for connecting integration actions to measurable financial outcomes through synergy/benefit tracking, integration cost tracking, and performance metrics.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field.
8+ years of progressive experience in finance leadership, transformation, and/or post-merger integration roles.
Demonstrated experience establishing integration governance frameworks, building execution roadmaps, and leading cross-functional teams through complex change.
Strong financial acumen: ability to translate operational execution into measurable financial outcomes (cost, cash, productivity, synergy capture).
Excellent executive communication, structured problem solving, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

Automotive or other manufacturing experience including plant-finance experience.
MBA or Master’s degree in Finance/Business.
Certifications such as PMP/PMI, CPA, or CMA.
Experience with large-scale finance process/ERP harmonization and data governance initiatives.

Responsibilities

Stands up and runs Finance integration governance (steering routines, workstream check-ins, decision/issue escalation paths) to ensure timely decisions and consistent execution across the integration portfolio.
Owns the integrated Finance master plan: milestones, interdependencies, critical path, readiness gates, and status reporting.
Drives meeting rigor and audit quality (charters, decision logs, cutover plans, status dashboards, executive readouts).
Coordinates with business leadership to build and maintain a value-capture tracker: synergy initiatives, owners, timing, financial validation methodology, and realization reporting.
Tracks and reports one-time vs. run-rate synergy impacts, one-time integration costs, and dyssynergies.
Ensures visibility to leadership on ROI, progress, and risks to the deal thesis/value plan.
Establishes performance management routines and metrics (e.g., close stability, reporting accuracy, cash/working capital visibility, one-time-cost burn, benefit realization).
Oversees integration-related financial modeling and reporting requirements to inform decisions, track progress, and communicate outcomes to senior leadership.
Prepares concise executive communications (weekly status, key decisions needed, risks/issues, and mitigation plans) and presents updates to leadership forums including CEO.
Provides guidance and support to Acquisition and Divestiture activities as appropriate for ongoing projects.
Collaborate with M&A team on diligence, analysis, modelling, and valuation.
Drives disciplined data/document management for Finance integration records, ensuring secure access and standardized templates and baselines.
Leads stakeholder alignment across Finance and cross-functional partners; anticipates friction points and drives rapid resolution with clear ownership and decision pathways.
Supports change management initiatives (communications, training coordination, adoption tracking) to ensure business teams transition to new processes/tools with minimal disruption.
All other duties as assigned.