Plant Controller level 2

Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader
We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your Mission, Roles And Responsibilities
Essential responsibilities and duties:

• Ensure reliable financial information.
• Oversight of costing calculation and reporting task.
• Responsibility for managing the financial aspects of the operations to guarantee and optimize the plant's financial performance and competitiveness.

The Main Missions Of The Role Are

• Guarantee the accuracy of the accounting and financial information for the plant according to the Group, Business Group and Division policies, including compliance with relevant accounting and tax rules.
• Ensure the budgetary control of the plant.
• Identify and analyze the variances between the forecasted and actual results.
• Determine and ensure the follow-up on raw materials and monitor the margins on goods sold in a standard costing environment.
• Validate the economic justification of investments and ensure their follow-up.
• Develop plant budgets and associated forecasts, as well as plant reporting in accordance with Business Group procedures and deadlines.
• Propose recommendations and provide support when decisions committing the plant are made.
• Participate in the development of action plans and ensure their financial evaluation and follow-up.
• Control the plant's operating cash flow, especially investment cash flow and accounts, receivables, payables, and investments.
• Management of the dedicated financial team

Your profile and competencies to succeed
Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Finance or related field of study
• Minimum 3 years' experience in an industrial environment including an experience in a program team.
• Proficiency with SAP and related financial reporting tools
• Fluent in English and German
• Automobile industry work experience, preferred.

Skills And Competencies

• Knowledge of cost Management methodology
• Strong analytical ability, and financial acuity
• Good communication skills and teamwork ability
• Ability to work in a matrix organization under pressure.
• Manages complexity.

What We Can Do For You

• At Forvia, you will find an engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute to the development of sustainable mobility leading technologies.
• We are the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in more than 40 countries which makes a lot of opportunity for career development.
• We welcome energetic and agile people who can thrive in a fast-changing environment. People who share our strong values. Team players with a collaborative mindset and a passion to deliver high standards for our clients. Lifelong learners. High performers. Globally minded people who aspire to work in a transforming industry, where excellence, speed, and quality count.
• We cultivate a learning environment, dedicating tools and resources to ensure we remain at the forefront of mobility. Our people enjoy an average of more than 22 hours of online and in-person training within FORVIA University (five campuses around the world)
• We offer a multicultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration. We believe that diversity is a strength. To create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity create real value for the company, we have adopted gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans.
• Achieving CO2 Net Zero as a pioneer of the automotive industry is a priority: In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the new SBTI Net-Zero Standard (the most ambitious standard of SBTi), aligned with the ambition of the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Three principles guide our action: use less, use better and use longer, with a focus on recyclability and circular economy.

Why join us
FORVIA is an automotive technology group at the heart of smarter and more sustainable mobility. We bring together expertise in electronics, clean mobility, lighting, interiors, seating, and lifecycle solutions to drive change in the automotive industry.

With a history stretching back more than a century, we are the 7th largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in 43 countries. You'll find our technology in around 1 out of 2 vehicles produced anywhere in the world.

In June 2022, we became the 1st global automotive group to be certified with the SBTI Net-Zero Standard. We have committed to reach CO2 Net Zero by no later than 2045.

As technological innovation and the need for sustainability transform the automotive industry, we are ideally positioned to deliver solutions that will enhance the lives of road-users everywhere.