Senior Financial Analyst, Product Development Finance
Talascend is currently seeking a Senior Financial Analyst, Product Development Finance for a contract opportunity with our client in Newark, California.
Overview
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.
Responsibilities
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and reporting of our bill of material and vendor investment 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.
Qualifications
- 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.
Requirements
- 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!
We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those qualified individuals who closely meet the qualifications of the position will be contacted. The details of the position are only a summary, other duties may be assigned as necessary.
Drug Screen may be required.
We will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to Federal, State and Local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Talascend is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. Applicants with criminal histories are encouraged to apply. To find out more visit California Fair Chance Act.
Pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. Talascend also offers a variety of benefits including: health and disability insurance, 401(k), EAP, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, plan requirements, schedule type, and client work site mandates.
Talascend is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.