Finance Analyst, Ford Energy
About The Position
Ford Energy, a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, designs, manufactures, and services grid-scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems. The Finance Analyst will support financial strategy and cost optimization efforts for the manufacturing plant, partnering with Engineering, Procurement, Plant Management, and other plant personnel to evaluate cost improvement and manufacturing efficiency opportunities. The role includes contributing to high-visibility financial initiatives, challenging operational assumptions, and supporting the modernization of the facility’s cost operating system. The position is based at the Glendale, Kentucky facility, and periodic travel may be required. The role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
- Basic understanding of financial statements, budgeting, and financial analysis.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including organizing data and using formulas.
- Strong attention to detail and willingness to ask questions and learn.
- Ability to communicate clearly and work collaboratively with others.
- Analytical thinking, including using data to identify trends, investigate questions, and support recommendations.
- Ability to present information clearly and adapt explanations to different audiences.
- Ability to build productive working relationships across teams and seek input when needed.
- Ability to manage assignments, meet deadlines, and keep stakeholders informed of progress.
- Ability to learn new tools, processes, and business concepts and respond positively to feedback.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with Excel PivotTables.
- 1–3 years of applicable Finance work experience; relevant internships, co-ops, coursework, or project experience will be considered.
- Experience or coursework in financial planning and analysis, accounting, cost analysis, or related areas.
- Familiarity with financial modeling or concepts such as cash flow, return on investment, or variance analysis.
- Exposure to financial or enterprise resource planning systems, such as SAP.
- Familiarity with reporting or analytical tools such as Power BI, Power Query, SQL, or Python.
- Experience preparing presentations in PowerPoint or a similar tool.
Responsibilities
- Support preparation and monitoring of budgets, forecasts, and financial plans.
- Analyze actual results against budgets and forecasts, identify variances, and help explain key drivers.
- Prepare financial reports, presentations, and summaries for business partners and leadership.
- Assist with financial models, business cases, and analyses that inform business decisions.
- Track and analyze operating expenses, identifying trends and potential improvement opportunities.
- Support evaluation of capital investments and other business initiatives, including tracking spending against approved budgets.
- Assist with cost-reduction efforts by gathering data, measuring results, and working with cross-functional teams.
- Support analysis of material costs, inventory, purchasing activity, and other operational measures.
- Partner with operations, engineering, purchasing, and other functions to understand business activities and their financial impact.
- Communicate financial information clearly to financial and non-financial audiences.
- Support improvements to financial processes, reporting tools, and data quality.
- Assist with accounting, internal controls, and compliance activities as needed.
- Learn and use company financial systems and tools to gather, validate, and analyze information.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package including performance-based bonuses.
- Ford vehicle discounts.
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up child care.
- Family building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases.
- Tuition assistance.
- Employee resource groups.
- Paid time off for individual and team community service.
- Vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
