Controller, MAP

About the Role

• Finance lead for the Flat Rock Plant (home of the Mustang).
• Oversee all aspects of plant finance operations, including budgeting, forecasting, and maintaining a robust internal control environment.
• Act as the plant CFO.
• This is a leadership level 5 position.

Key Responsibilities

• Plant financial leadership.
• Labor, overhead, and headcount control.
• Budgeting and forecasting.
• Manufacturing cost performance.
• Capital and non-production project governance.
• Internal controls and compliance.
• Maintenance and operations planning.
• Quality, supplier, and launch-cost recovery.
• Inventory and asset stewardship.
• Team leadership and talent development.
• Act as the finance lead for controlling assembly plant labor and overhead budget and hourly and salary headcount.
• Serve as the finance representative on the plant Operating Committee (OCM).
• Prepare and report plant operating cost performance to OCM on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Responsible for the plant’s month-end close and monthly forecast submission.
• Ensure robust and accurate financial analyses to support manufacturing-related decisions.
• Develop and track the plant’s efficiency roadmap.
• Drive the team to achieve competitive costs in all areas of the business.
• Act as a business advisor to the plant manager and Operating Committee.
• Responsible for the plant’s internal control processes and maintaining a robust control environment.
• Lead the development of the plant’s manpower planning and monthly submissions.
• Tracking and reporting of launch costs.
• Lead assessment to align operating pattern strategies with production program and related impact on forecast.
• Review and approve purchase orders, credit card purchases, and check requests.
• Review and approve all plant-generated non-production projects.
• Lead maintenance planning meetings (weekends / holidays / down weeks / shutdown).
• Support recovery of supplier-related quality and delivery cost penalties.

Functional Knowledge

• Manufacturing finance and cost accounting.
• Plant operations.
• Workforce economics.
• Financial planning and analysis.
• Accounting and controllership.
• Capital governance.
• Procurement and supplier management.
• Systems and analytics.
• Labor and stakeholder partnership.
• Leadership and communication.

Profile Characteristics

• Deep manufacturing experience in finance.
• Operational credibility.
• Controllership discipline.
• Influence in unionized manufacturing.
• Strategic Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) capability.
• Strong people leadership.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to work well with operations partners (both Ford and UAW).
• Leadership guidance and direction with an emphasis on adherence to corporate policies.
• Strong business acumen – voice of finance at the plant; ability to influence operating partners/decisions.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to quickly determine the merits of business opportunities.
• Leadership capability to develop controller’s office personnel.

Qualifications (Even better, you may have)

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent advanced degree.
• Previous manufacturing finance experience.

Compensation

• Salary range: $141,700 - $268,300.
• Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility, and competitive market value.

Notes

• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.