Finance Manager-EV, Digital & Design

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Finance Manager-EV, Digital & Design to lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and reporting for the Advanced Electric Vehicle Development, Digital Design, and Corporate Design engineering functions within Product Creation & Industrialization.

The successful candidate will work closely with engineering leaders, analyzing data and facts to inform business decisions, and driving outstanding business results.

Responsibilities:

• Financial Planning & Analysis:
• Lead annual budgeting process for Engineering organizations
• Develop and maintain detailed financial models to support strategic decision-making
• Prepare and present financial results, insights, and recommendations to senior leaders

• Budget Management & Control:
• Monitor and control engineering spend against budget and statement of work
• Review and approve capital project requests, purchase requisitions, and other spending requests
• Identify and implement cost-saving and efficiency opportunities

• Business Partnering & Collaboration:
• Serve as a trusted financial advisor to the Engineering leadership team
• Collaborate with Engineering business offices to develop business cases and optimize work
• Support supply chain and transformation teams on vendor contracts and cost negotiations

• Process Improvement & Compliance:
• Identify and implement process improvements, including automation and better use of data
• Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements and other relevant regulations

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field (MBA or CPA preferred)
• 8+ years' experience within finance and accounting with increasing responsibilities
• Experience directing the work of others, whether as a manager, team lead, or through influence without authority
• Ability to quantify return on investment for software, technology, or capital programs
• Working knowledge of internal controls and SOX

Benefits:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care, and more
• Family building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time