Finance Manager

Hyundai Mobis•Blythewood, SC

12d

About The Position

The Finance & Accounting Manager oversees accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, internal controls, and compliance for an automotive manufacturing operation. The role serves as a financial liaison between U.S. operations and corporate headquarters in Korea, ensuring timely and accurate reporting under IFRS, corporate accounting policies, and management reporting requirements. The manager partners with plant leadership and cross-functional teams to improve profitability, working capital, operational performance, and decision-making. Reporting directly to the CFO, the role executes finance strategies and priorities for the operation and supervises finance and accounting team members. The position operates within defined corporate policies and procedures, exercising judgment appropriate to its level of responsibility. It may influence decisions concerning functional operations, processes, and recommendations, and escalates matters as needed. The work is primarily office-based in a typical interior environment, with periodic stress and occasional domestic and local travel. A typical work week is 45 hours, with flexible start times generally between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., Monday through Friday; extended hours may be needed during financial closes, budget cycles, audits, and other critical deadlines.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
At least eight years of progressive accounting or finance experience, including at least three years in a supervisory or leadership role.
Professional experience in a manufacturing environment.
Strong working knowledge of IFRS, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, inventory accounting, and internal controls.
Hands-on SAP experience.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight month-end, quarter-end, and year-end deadlines.
Ability to communicate professionally in English and Korean.

Nice To Haves

Automotive industry experience is strongly preferred.
Experience with a multinational, Tier 1, or Tier 2 automotive supplier.
Experience with multi-plant finance, intercompany accounting, capital expenditure governance, and transfer pricing support.
Experience with Power BI, Hyperion, or comparable planning and reporting tools.
Familiarity with just-in-time manufacturing and automotive customer program requirements.
CPA, CMA, MBA, or other relevant professional credentials.
Financial Planning & Analysis Certification.

Responsibilities

Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close activities, including the close calendar and reporting deadlines.
Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and supporting schedules.
Prepare and review profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow, and management reporting packages.
Analyze financial results and explain budget-to-actual, forecast-to-actual, and period-over-period variances.
Coordinate reporting submissions to Korean headquarters and respond to corporate finance inquiries.
Lead annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, and long-range planning.
Develop financial models and scenario analyses to support operational and strategic decisions.
Monitor departmental spending and partner with budget owners on corrective actions.
Recommend ways to improve profitability, productivity, and cost performance.
Oversee standard costing, inventory valuation, cost roll activities, and manufacturing variance analysis.
Analyze material usage, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, scrap, freight, premium costs, and inventory movements.
Partner with Production, Operations, Purchasing, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain to identify cost-reduction opportunities.
Support product costing, customer program analysis, make-versus-buy assessments, and profitability reviews.
Monitor working capital, inventory controls, and slow-moving or obsolete inventory reserves.
Maintain and strengthen internal controls over financial reporting and key transaction cycles.
Ensure adherence to IFRS, corporate accounting policies, approval requirements, and record-retention standards.
Coordinate internal and external audits and ensure timely remediation of identified control issues.
Support statutory, tax, and regulatory compliance activities with internal specialists and external advisors.
Maintain audit-ready documentation for key estimates, reconciliations, controls, and accounting conclusions.
Monitor cash flow, liquidity, working capital, and short-term funding needs.
Review capital expenditure requests, business cases, project spending, asset capitalization, and post-investment performance.
Oversee intercompany balances, settlements, confirmations, and related reconciliations.
Support foreign currency reporting and transfer pricing documentation with corporate and tax teams.
Serve as the Finance lead for SAP and related financial systems, reporting tools, and master data controls.
Improve reporting accuracy, close efficiency, process standardization, and automation.
Develop management dashboards and recurring analyses using Excel and available business intelligence tools.
Support ERP implementations, upgrades, testing, and finance process changes.
Lead, coach, and develop finance and accounting team members; establish priorities and clear accountability.
Communicate financial results, risks, and recommendations to plant and executive leadership.
Conduct meetings, prepare reports, and deliver presentations in English and Korean.
Accurately communicate financial, operational, and policy matters between U.S. operations and Korean headquarters.
Promote collaboration, ethical conduct, continuous improvement, and a strong internal control culture.
Support extended hours during financial close, budget cycles, audits, or other critical deadlines as needed.
Travel occasionally domestically and locally.