Controller, Kansas City Assembly Plant

Ford Global Career Site
Claycomo, MO

In this position...

You will be the finance lead at the Kansas City Assembly Plant, home to the Transit and F-150 trucks.

You will oversee all aspects of the plant finance operation, including budgeting, forecasting, and maintaining a robust internal control environment.  You will be, in effect, the plant CFO.

What you'll do...

  • Finance lead for controlling assembly plant labor and overhead budget, and hourly and salary headcount
  • Finance representative on 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 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 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
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