Acquisition Controller (m/f), Brières

"Technical Perfection and automotive passion" is what defines Faurecia. We design, engineer and provide the best in technology, systems and services for automobile makers in every major market on all five continents. If you share our ambition for technical perfection and our passion for all things automotive, Faurecia has a career for you.

"Faurecia, a driving force…for your professional growth."

The main missions

Ensure program controlling procedures and Golden Rules compliance:

• Ensure applying mandatory financial procedure in acquisition phase
• Alert line manager & functionnal manager in case of discrepancies
• Check material rates & exchange rate alignment with Strategic Plan (SP)
• Check Plant SP/Bugdet P&L alignment with RFQA BP P&L
• Check Inflation, Labor costs, productivity, DL, upfront, others… hypothesis compliance vs SP.

Support selected profitability improvement actions:

• Support fully the Acquisition Manager in all financial impacts investigations to help driving the program profitability towards target
• Provide Make or Buy financial analysis
• Alert the acquisition team on the level of upfront in term of cost and payment condition:
• CAPEX: Re-use of equipment, usage of available capacities
• Reduce payment terms on upfront (cash, short term PPA…)
• Clarification of assumptions sales/costs of toolings and prototypes

Lead costing team activities and secure business plan update processes in time:

• Program and lead BP RFQA schedule & organize costing data flow upstream
• Organize explanation for Risk&Opp financial backing list (cost….)
• Participate to the workshop in plant
• Work closely with Operations Controller to assess JIT Capacity Costing for multi-program / multi-customer assembly

Provide program financial communication towards core team, management and plants involved:

• Update RFQA BP & bridge the gap between release

Secure business plan and customer (offer & LOI) /supplier contractual offer consistency:

• Secure BP consistency with payment terms/amount for Tooling, D&D,Piece price, Raw mat update, Volume update, Exchange Rate….
• Secure LTA hypothesis in supplier and customer contract

Transfer gradually business plan cost datas source to plants and program from IBP:

• Communicate & Share standard cost view to plant (part price, upfront…)
• Transfer all the documents, contract review, roadmap Gate 4, IBP validated and signed by management and BG, customer contract and internal contract
• Participate to the audit and closing of acquisition to GATE 1 to deliver the lead to the program.

Profile

• Business School or Engineering background with a Finance degree or Masters Degree in Finance
• Knowledge of IFRS15 accounting principles for tooling, external prototypes and development
• Minimum 7 years experience including a first controlling experience at plant level or program level
• Ability to provide qualitative and reliable information in an non financial environment
• Ability to manage uncertainty and take asumptions
• Demonstrated good communication skills and autonomy
• Fluent in 2 languages, French and english