Finance Director
International Automotive Components (IAC) Group · Southfield, Michigan, US
As the Business Finance Director, your main role is to ensure that the company acquires profitable new business and that we properly track such expected prof...
Job description
As the Business Finance Director, your main role is to ensure that the company acquires profitable new business and that we properly track such expected profitability from business award to program launch. This is not a passive reporting role; it is a technical costing leadership position. You will lead the Cost Estimating group, the Program Management Finance lead and the Commercial Finance lead. This is a key leadership role since it will have to bring to light with data those situations where we deviate from commercial, engineering or operational assumptions. Key Responsibilities: Cost Estimating: - Cost Estimating Manger will directly report to you. Which involves the responsibility of keeping the RFQ and ECN process on track. - Assess the workload of the costing team and recommend resource balancing to support fluctuating program demands. - Cost Estimating systems: currently, we use QMS for new quotes and CES for awarded business. However, these systems are old, need to be optimized and ultimately replaced with more capable, less manual intensive, technology. - Quote modelling: critically review plant-provided costs and develop concerted cost models that are realistic, achieva...