JOB DESCRIPTION
The Account Financial Manager is responsible for managing programs in
development and current production programs to achieve and maintain
the approved business case metrics of profitability and return on
investment.
· Great broad skill set includes analytical, communication, strategic thinking,
and technical knowledge of the products.
· Outstanding organization and documentation skills and high attention to
analytical details.
· Provides leadership in communication, character, critical thinking, change
mastery, conflict resolution, & coaching and teaming.
· Responsibility for Business Planning, Product Costing, Product Pricing, on
financial issues.
The AFM will develop New Business Plans which assess Return on Investment.
· Support Quotations to be submitted to Customers.
· Work with a complex bill of material to understand and price a product, and
related cost drivers.
· Work with a variety of manufacturing processes and related costs.
· Able to develop customer financial strategies, evaluate business cases, manage all aspects of the quote process and communicate effectively.
· Able to develop customer financial strategies, evaluate business cases, manage all aspects of the quote process and communicate effectively.
· Attend project team meetings/lead project finance meetings.
· Follow-up on open financial issues until they are resolved.
· Perform monthly financial updates for top management (Program Reviews, Launch Readiness Review, etc.)
· Understands the automotive industry, market forces, customer systems,
target setting process and typical negotiating strategies.
· Set cost targets for suppliers, support Make vs Buy Decisions.
· Providing input for plants/engineering/tooling for Profit Plan/Forecast.
· Control development spending and challenge the team to identify ways to
reduce cost.
· Initiate and support product cost reduction efforts
· Ensure/maintain Fiori & TAM for all new programs through Start of Production.
· Tooling/discrete PO invoicing
Managing program profitability and maintaining approved business-case targets while
responding to changes in customer pricing, volumes, product content, material
costs, labor, manufacturing assumptions, tooling, capital, and program timing.
Evaluate program financial performance and determine appropriate actions or
recommendations to maintain profitability and approved business-case metrics.
· Validate product cost, pricing, profitability, ROI and financial assumptions used in
quotations, forecasts, business cases, and program reviews.
· Determine financial impacts of changes in BOM, volume, material, labor, supplier
pricing, engineering changes, tooling and other program assumptions.
· Establish and monitor program financial targets and identify gaps requiring corrective
action or recovery plans.
PRIMARY LOCATION
Puebla MexicoSkills Required
- Analytical skills and strong attention to detail
- Effective communication and strategic thinking skills
- Technical knowledge of products and manufacturing processes
- Strong organization and documentation skills
- Leadership, conflict resolution, coaching, and teamwork abilities
- Experience with business planning, product costing, and product pricing
- Ability to develop new business plans and assess return on investment
- Ability to support customer quotations and manage the quote process
- Ability to understand and price complex bills of material and related cost drivers
- Ability to develop customer financial strategies and evaluate business cases
- Ability to lead or participate in project finance meetings
- Ability to resolve open financial issues and provide monthly financial updates to management
- Understanding of the automotive industry, market forces, customer systems, target-setting processes, and negotiating strategies
- Ability to set supplier cost targets and support make-versus-buy decisions
- Ability to contribute to plant, engineering, tooling, profit plan, and forecast activities
- Ability to manage program profitability and maintain approved business-case metrics
- Ability to validate product cost, pricing, profitability, ROI, and financial assumptions
- Ability to assess financial impacts of BOM, volume, material, labor, supplier pricing, engineering, tooling, and timing changes
- Ability to establish financial targets, identify gaps, and develop corrective action or recovery plans
- Experience using Fiori and TAM for new programs through start of production
Adient Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Adient and has not been reviewed or approved by Adient.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company matching contributions is highlighted, with corporate filings indicating ongoing employer match funding. This provides meaningful long-term savings support for U.S. employees.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays and PTO/vacation are included, with indications that PTO levels compare favorably to some peers. Parental/family leave is also available in certain contexts.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage are offered alongside HSAs/FSAs and protection benefits such as life/AD&D. These elements establish a comprehensive baseline that strengthens the overall package.
Adient Insights
What We Do
Adient is a global leader in automotive seating. With approximately 77,000 employees in 32 countries, Adient operates 202 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into more than 19 million vehicles every year.
