Senior Financial Analyst

Key responsibilities:

Quoting Process:

• Participate Quote Kick-Off Meeting and review completeness of documentation; demand missing input from all interfaces
• Provide financial oversight during the quoting phase by evaluating critical cost drivers such as effort estimates, bill of materials, tooling, plant cost structure, commercial reimbursements, and other cost elements
• Lead PCIS (Pre Commitment Information System) calculations and secure necessary management approvals by consolidating cross-functional inputs (e.g., Sales, Controlling, Purchasing, Industrial Engineering) to ensure accurate business case modeling.
• Perform business case analyses using the PCIS tool, prepare customer cost breakdowns, financial bridges, and conduct ad hoc financial analysis to support new business opportunities

Project lifecycle management:

• Manage program controlling activities throughout the development phase, including tracking project profitability, recommending improvement actions, and partnering with execution teams to meet award-level targets
• Perform regular updates on RoS bridges to outline the development of different cost categories
• Perform regular PCIS updates ( 2x p.a.)
• Analyze and monitor profitability for projects in series production, including cost structure reviews, target setting, and CRP initiatives aimed at improving contribution margins
• Evaluate design changes during product life, manage cost reduction programs, make vs. buy analysis, conduct project profitability analysis.
• Support the development & analysis of cost inputs for the Strategic Plan and Budget Partner with various departments and plants to complete Loss Maker Analysis for low profitability projects
• Create Capital requests for production projects
• Any special assignments as necessary for the Finance team in USA, Mexico & Frankfurt.