Financial Analyst (# 7599)

Financial Analyst 1
 Newark, CA - Onsite
4 month contract 

We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst, Product Development Finance to support the development of our future vehicle platforms. This role will be integral to understanding and driving results in our prototyping and developments costs of new vehicles, including close partnership with engineering and supply chain partners to drive results within budget and profitability expectations. If you have a strategic mindset, creative problem-solving skills, and a desire to progress the electrification of the automotive space, we want to talk to you!

Typical Day in the Role 
· Purpose of the Team: This team is a part of the Product Development department on the Finance end. They work closely with business finances and product development initiatives. This team focuses on cross functional partnership with Supply Chain and Accounting specifically running business case scenarios on product designs and supplier investment spend. Essentially identifying what it takes to get a product into development and the finance around that initiative. 

You Will:
•            Support budgeting, forecasting, and reporting of our bill of material and vendor investment (tooling and engineering development) costs directly tied to our future vehicles.
•            Develop effective bill of material management tools, including segmentation of large data sets into digestible metrics provided to multiple cross-functional teams.
•            Review purchase requests to ensure accuracy and compliance with financial plan.
•            Facilitate program team alignment and decision making, and present data in cohesive reports that provide clear communication and progress of key program milestones.
•            Additional ad-hoc assignments and projects supporting departments across the organization including month-end financial reporting, longer-term Business Plan development, benchmarking and process analysis.

You Bring: 
•            Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics or related field.
•            1-3 years of relevant experience, with a minimum of 1 year directly supporting engineering, technology, or product teams.
•            Prior experience supporting product development, bill of materials, supply chain, or engineering highly preferred.
•            Proven technical, quantitative and critical-thinking skills, high level of independent judgment, initiative and creativity to identify and clearly communicate key performance drivers to senior management.
•            Ability to manage multiple projects and assignments with a high degree of autonomy and accountability for results.
•            Demonstrated effective written, interpersonal and oral communication skills.
•            Established ability using Microsoft Office suite, particularly high proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint.
•            Finance Analyst experience at an Automotive OEM or Tier 1 Supplier, a huge plus!

· Unique Selling Points: 

- This is an opportunity to work with the core owners of the Mid-Size platform, working closely with different parts of the business. If you are interested in product development and/or the automotive industry this role is for you. 


Candidate Requirements 
· Years of Experience Required: 2-3 overall years of experience in the field. 
· Degrees or certifications required: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Engineering or related roles fields is preferred. 
· Disqualifiers: Candidate not local to California 
· Best vs. Average: Candidate meets all hard skill requirements 
· Performance Indicators: Performance will be assessed based on meeting deadlines and quality of work. 

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience 
1. Minimum 2 years experience with strong Excel modeling 
2. Minimum 2 years experience with forecasting in Business Case scenario - NPD or IRR calculation
3. Minimum 2 years experience with engineering development or automotive knowledge - what does a engineering or automotive timeline look like from concept to production? 

4. Hard Skills Assessments 
· Expected Dates that Hard Skills Assessments will be scheduled: ASAP
· Hard Skills Assessment Process: The assessment process will include 2 rounds.

Ravi Teja
615-219-6196
ravi.teja@harveynash.com