• Partners with plant leadership and Commercial teams to produce weekly, monthly, and quarterly forecasts as required.
• Reviews and audits BOMs to ensure accurate costing.
• Ensures financial control environment is compliant with applicable laws and YFAI financial policies.
• Coordinates supplier purchase order amendments, prices changes related to procurement agreements, engineering changes, or other cost reduction initiatives.
• Performs and maintains all functions related to Product Costing System.
• Monitors performance to forecast and provides early communication to plant leadership when budget concerns or opportunities arise
• Participates in VA/VE/CR implementation timing and cost tracking.
• Produces all reports necessary for month-end closing; supervisors on-site accounting personnel.
• Prepares daily measurables for reporting in staff meeting.
• Assists department managers in analysis of data.
• Performs other duties deemed necessary by the Plant controller or Group Accounting.

Essential Common Requirements for all Employees:

• Quality System: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Quality requirements.
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Understand, apply and meet all function related EHS requirements.
• Product Safety: Understand, apply, and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements.
• Compliance: Understand, apply, and meet all function-related Compliance requirements.
• Information Security: 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).

Required Education Level:
Bachelor's Level Degree
Area of Study: Accounting, Finance or similar.
*Equivalent work experience may also be considered for certain positions.

Required Qualifications (Experience Level, Skills, Knowledge):
5-7 Minimum Years of Experience with Finance.
Less Than 1 Minimum Years of Experience within the automotive industry.
• Must be able and willing to travel if needed.
• 3 years of Manufacturing, Accounting, and supervision experience.
• Is capable to create routine reporting and communicate information in a clear and concise manner.
• Has an inquisitive nature, willing to research and validate using common problem-solving techniques.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate clearly, able to inspire others to improve performance.
• Strong Microsoft Office and Excel skills.
• Must be computer literate and familiar with appropriate software problems.
• Has the ability to create visual aids for communication purposes.

Preferred Qualifications (Experience Level, Skills, Knowledge):
• QAD or similar ERP system.
• Excel and Microsoft Office Suite.
• HFM / Hyperion / Smartview experience.
• Infor (or similar time-keeping systems