JOB DESCRIPTION

DUTIES: Provide Global Functional Leaders (GFLs) with robust financial analyses, consultations, and decision guidance, analyzing and providing insights on FL cost drivers. Prioritize and coordinate financial activities effectively with Engineering Business Managers and Business Planners. Execute finance planning and analyses (FP&A) and prepare budgets, monthly reviews, and presentations to General Motors North America (GMNA) and global General Motors Engineering Finance leadership. Optimize engineering business plans to drive results based on sound financial and business judgment, as well as knowledge of key drivers. Perform high-level analyses of budget control and system improvements and interface with General Motors North America (GMNA) Engineering departments, such as Manufacturing Engineering, Product Engineering, Global Product Portfolio, Dimensional Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Supplier Quality and Development Engineering Teams, responding to inquiries for financial information and analysis. Resolve engineering financial issues and develop new methods of analysis to streamline decision-making. Analyze Engineering Teams’ build of materials (BOM) and tooling and material spending to evaluate their relationship to engineering expenses. Produce month-end and quarterly journal entries to accurately record engineering departments’ spending and accounting adjustments, pursuant to United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP). Manage engineering budgets and monthly forecasts at the cost element level in General Motors Global Engineering Finance System (GEFS), using Hyperion. Prepare accruals and make manual journal entries in the Systems Applications and Products (SAP) system and update engineering costs. Work with Engineering teams to obtain engineering cost estimates for vehicle programs, with consideration of foreign exchange rate fluctuations, export and import tax, and customs duties. Use financial systems, including Global Engineering Finance System (GEFS), Systems Applications and Products (SAP), Global Engineering Planning System (GEPS), Global People Cost System (GPCS), and Global Functional Cost Transfer System (GFCTS), to analyze and evaluate financial projections and business risks. Strategically interpret financial and business information to provide a range of scenarios and decision points for monthly forecasting and budgeting. Coordinate information flow with other GM regions and business units for optimal Global Functional Leaders (GFLs) decisions. Hybrid Work Policy – 3 days In-Office, 2 Days Remote – Must be able to report to local office.

ADDITIONAL JOB DESCRIPTION

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field of study and Three (3) years of experience as a Financial Analyst, Finance Consultant, or related role. Three (3) years of experience with the following: Excel and Reporting Tool Consumption including Oracle Hyperion and PowerBI; Assimilating large amounts of cost data and clearly communicating necessary information to cross-functional teams; Contract review and GAAP rules to correctly evaluate and process potential outside purchases; and Developing cost models using ground up analysis of structural variable costs.

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