About This Role
This Finance Manager role supports key product lines within the Operations Product Development (OPD) Finance team. The position focuses on the bill of materials (BOM) cost story for these product lines, offering high visibility into how component cost influences program economics. It requires close collaboration with Product Management, Operations, and Engineering, placing the manager at the center of critical cost decisions.
Responsibilities
- Lead BOM cost variance analysis across quarterly guidance and annual operating plan cycles
- Dive deep into root causes and translate findings into clear summaries and recommendations for senior leadership
- Lead quarterly review meetings with senior leadership across business units, covering cost efficiency metrics and product cost strategy to support business decisions
- Analyze complex quantitative data sets to identify trends and surface strategic cost optimization and process improvement opportunities
- Build cross-functional partnerships with Product Management, Operations, Engineering, and Finance to drive alignment, onboard new products, and evaluate long-term financial performance
- Lead ad hoc deep dives on memory and component cost and deliver the variance package and planning inputs to senior leadership
- Build and own scalable, automated processes for cost data extraction, variance bridging, and commentary generation
Requirements
- 5+ years of finance, accounting, or related analytical field experience
- 5+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 5+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
- 5+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
- 4+ years of leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or a related analytical field
Nice to have:
- 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
- 6+ years of solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits) experience
- MBA or CPA
- Knowledge of SQL/ETL
- Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards)
- Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
