Senior Finance Analyst

Yanfeng • Novi, MI

15h • Onsite

About The Position

This Senior Finance Analyst role supports the monthly and quarterly "Rolling Forecast" process, focusing on collecting and validating plant-level data for volume and manufacturing costs. The position involves utilizing standard budget development tools for consistent cost calculations and performing detailed reviews of monthly results to identify trends, investigate budget variances, and highlight risks to profit goals. Key responsibilities also include assisting in regional balance sheet oversight, managing accruals, and preparing audit documentation, as well as tracking capital expenditures and translating complex factory-floor data into actionable financial reports. The analyst will partner with plant operations teams to identify cost-saving opportunities and support financial modeling for automation projects. Yanfeng, one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers, is creating the future of mobility as a collaborative, global team with a focus on sustainability, innovation, diversity, equity, and inclusion. In North America, Yanfeng specializes in automotive interiors, seating, electronics, and passive safety systems, with a global presence of over 240 locations and approximately 55,000 employees. The company is committed to employee development through programs, continuous learning, mentorship, and volunteerism, offering a comprehensive onboarding process for new hires.

Requirements

• At least 5-8 years of finance experience, preferably within Automotive Tier 1 or Tier 2 manufacturing.
• Must be comfortable working in a plant environment and understanding manufacturing processes.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting is required.
• Advanced Excel skills and hands-on experience with large ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, or Plex).
• Operational Costing: Understanding of how material and labor inputs translate to finished part costs.
• Data Consolidation: Ability to aggregate data from multiple spreadsheets into concise summaries.
• Inventory Control: Proficiency in partnering with Supply Chain for cycle counts and system accuracy.
• Data Integrity: Ability to audit plant reports to ensure numbers are accurate and grounded in reality.
• Effective Communication: Comfortable explaining financial variances to non-financial plant managers.
• Detail Orientation: Ability to distill immense amounts of raw data into summarized, actionable bullet points.
• Problem Solving: Identifying "why" a plant missed its numbers and proposing corrective actions.
• Understand, apply and meet all function related YF IOS requirements.
• Understand, apply and meet all function related EHS requirements.
• Understand, apply and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements.
• Understand, apply and meet all function-related Compliance requirements.
• Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.
• Must comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Employee must have the ability to work additional hours and / or overtime as needed or assigned to complete job duties on time.
• Ability to multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers and vendors, and work cooperatively with employees at all levels.
• Ability to maintain predictable and regular attendance, arrive to designated location on time, or be at assigned location ready to work for assignment (plant, corporate office, or remote).

Nice To Haves

• An MBA or a CMA (Certified Management Accountant) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support the monthly and quarterly "Rolling Forecast" process by collecting and validating plant-level data for volume and manufacturing costs.
• Utilize standard budget development tools to ensure consistent cost calculations across the region, enabling "apples-to-apples" performance comparisons.
• Perform detailed reviews of monthly results for assigned sites to identify trends, investigate budget variances, and highlight risks to profit goals.
• Assist in the oversight of the regional balance sheet by performing inventory valuations, managing accruals, and preparing documentation for internal and external audits.
• Assist in the preparation of capital expenditure (CapEx) requests for new equipment; track post-implementation performance to ensure promised ROI is achieved.
• Extract and translate complex factory-floor data—such as machine downtime and material waste—into actionable financial reports for plant leadership.
• Partner with plant operations teams to identify cost-saving opportunities and support the financial modeling of automation projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees