Our Auburn Hills, MI location is seeking a highly self-motivated and detail-oriented Business Controller to join our team.  The ideal candidate has excellent problem-solving skills and experience analyzing financial data.

THE POSITION

Business Controller for customer projects within Division Electrification.  The business Controller will be primarily responsible for financial activities related to the acquisition and development phases of a customer project.

Responsibilities include:

• Calculation of all commercial responses to our customers (quote Pre-Commitment Information Sheet (PCIS) and change requests)
• Project cost calculations from innovation through acquisition and development phase until SOP
• Perform all financial analysis for capital request, post completion audits, business sketches/cases, make vs. buy, benchmarking, etc.
• Facilitator of the Cost Reduction (CRP) Process
• Maintenance of electronic cost & profitability tracking tool “ePCIS” electronic Project Profitability Tracking during development (D3) phase
• Driving the business to maintain / improve the awarded profitability – cost reductions, price increases, customer contracts, workshops, …
• Business partner to PL / BU Management / Controlling / Project Managers
• Support Sales regarding Customer Cost Analysis and manage the compliance of the Open Book Policy
• Ensure corporate guidelines and processes for Business Controlling topics

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance, operations, or related
• 3-7 years of experience in engineering, finance, operations, project management, or purchasing
• Experience in evaluating processes to determine current relevance and drive change to position the organization as a market leader by utilizing streamline processes and proving the most relevant data
• Experience inspiring others to achieve full potential and drive the business by challenging cultural norms and old ways of doing things
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Good understanding of excel functions / formulas

Preferred Qualifications:

• Finance or technical degree plus MBA
• Proven ability to work with cross culture & cross regional teams
• Experience working on international teams and understanding of other cultures (NA, Asia, several European cultures)
• Experience working with automotive projects
• Understanding of financial concepts such as IRR / ROS / NPV / Depreciation, etc.
• Understanding of financial concepts such as IRR / ROS / NPV / Depreciation, etc.
• Understanding of production concepts such as cycle time, efficiency, capacity, etc.
• Understanding of global economics, ie. currencies and impact of different exchange rates

Working Time: Full time 

Your Contact Partner: Daniel Cable