Senior Financial Analyst – Global Supply Chain

Harbinger Motors Inc.•Garden Grove, CA

3d•$100,000 - $120,000

About The Position

Harbinger is seeking an analytical Senior Financial Analyst to join its FP&A team as the finance business partner to the Operations and Supply Chain organization. The team runs Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and Material Requirements Planning (MRP). As Harbinger scales production of commercial electric vehicles, Operations owns the material budget while FP&A tracks and reports on those costs. The analyst will serve as a finance subject matter expert in S&OP and MRP across Harbinger Finance, standardize materials forecasting with operating teams, and use planning data to explain how on-time delivery and changes to plans affect financial results. The role also supports understanding and management of the global supplier base's costs, including landed cost, tariffs, and currency exposure. Passion for Harbinger's mission and vision is required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a STEM field.
3–5+ years of financial analysis experience.
Experience with materials or inventory forecasting, S&OP, or MRP in a manufacturing environment.
Experience supporting procurement or direct materials sourcing, including supplier quote analysis or should-cost modeling.
Advanced Excel skills, including working with large data sets and scenario modeling.
Experience with data mining using SQL and with ERP data.
Strong written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex data to non-finance partners.
Passion for Harbinger's mission and vision.

Nice To Haves

MBA or Master's degree in a related field.
Experience with NetSuite, Coupa, or another ERP migration.
Experience with procurement analytics in Coupa or a similar tool.
Experience with inventory accounting, excess and obsolete reserves, or standard costing.
Familiarity with landed cost, tariffs, customs, or foreign currency in a global supply base.
Familiarity with public company reporting and SOX controls.
Experience in high-rate manufacturing, automotive, EV, or industrial companies.

Responsibilities

Serve as finance business partner to Operations and Supply Chain leadership, including financial planning for headcount and OPEX.
Become the finance subject matter expert in S&OP and MRP, understanding how demand, supply, and lead times flow through the system and into the financial forecast.
Lead a standard materials forecasting method with operating teams, including estimating and time-phasing committed, planned, and not-yet-planned demand.
Analyze direct material spend by supplier, commodity, and region, and support sourcing decisions with should-cost models, quote comparisons, and business cases for second sources or make-versus-buy.
Model and report the landed cost of parts, including tariffs, duties, and inbound freight, in partnership with the Logistics finance analyst; show how trade and tariff changes affect cost of goods sold.
Track purchase price variance against standard cost and measure progress on supplier cost-reduction targets.
Develop trackable ways to reflect supplier delivery performance in the forecast and measure forecast accuracy over time.
Identify supplier risks, including foreign currency exposure, single-source dependencies, and supplier financial health.
Build inventory reporting, including inventory levels, excess and obsolete inventory, scrap, and shortages.
Partner with Procurement and Treasury on supplier payment terms and inventory days, and their effects on cash.
Partner with Accounting to keep inventory costing and cost allocation compliant with GAAP and audit requirements.