Program Financial Controller Jobs

What we are looking for:

Yazaki is looking for a Program Controller to join our Finance team in Canton, MI. The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a collaborative and action-driven environment making lasting impacts on the organization. This position is hybrid.

What you will be doing:

• Program Forecasting: This role encompasses key responsibilities including preparing a direct profit forecast considering various factors impacting carline profitability, creating a logistics and extraordinary expense forecast, preparing program direct costs, providing forecast updates, and acting as a liaison between the core Finance team and Program Management.
• Month/Quarter/Year End Closing: Responsibilities include providing data for assigned programs, reviewing sales prices in the financial system, investigating, and resolving purchase price and sales price discrepancies, supporting manual invoicing activities for special arrangements, creating program accruals, and assisting with annual audits as needed.
• Wire Harness Pricing: In this role, responsibilities will include obtaining cost input from functional groups to support quotations development, presenting new business calculations to the program team, and calculating program ED&T.
• Wire Harness Transfer Pricing: In this role, you will analyze the impact of new affiliate prices on direct profit, report findings to the program team and BU management. You will also collaborate with the affiliate transfer price group to develop new business quotes and resolve costing issues.
• Program Support: In this role, you will support the Program Manager and contribute to program success. Responsibilities include resolving customer invoice discrepancies, reviewing program financial results, participating in cost optimization efforts, preparing financial information for reviews, and assisting with accounts receivable tasks. Your contributions will ensure effective program management and financial control.

What you will bring to the table:

• Ability to think and act logically under pressure
• Key Competencies: active learning, analytical thinking and problem solving, customer orientation, results orientation and execution, initiative and teamwork
• 3 to 7 years of previous commercial/financial experience in the automotive supply industry
• Must work independently and collaboratively
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or closely related field
• Travel: minimal
• Ability to resolve issues by applying creative thinking
• Ability to resolve issues or propose resolutions to responsible parties

What we can provide you:

• Supportive leadership and team members to help you do your best work
• Opportunities for professional growth
• Diverse teams of experts
• Competitive compensation and benefits package including incentive compensation, 401K match, tuition assistance and a generous holiday schedule
• Resources from around the globe
• A safe collaborative learning work environment that stimulates creativity and exploration
• A hybrid work schedule

Yazaki North America is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, disability, handicap, veteran status, or other legally protected status or characteristic. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship. Yazaki North America complies with federal and state equal employment opportunity laws and strives to keep the workplace free from all forms of harassment.