Senior Finance Analyst - Manufacturing Performance Improvement

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Warren, MI
Hybrid
Senior level
Automotive • Big Data • Information Technology • Robotics • Software • Transportation • Manufacturing
The Role
The role involves identifying financial opportunities in manufacturing, analyzing operations for cost-saving, and collaborating with various teams to enhance financial reporting and decision-making.
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The Role:
A Manufacturing, Performance Improvement Analyst identifies and acts on financial opportunities across manufacturing sites. The role involves building relationships, creating unique analyses, and supporting creative thinking. Success means communizing tools, finding new cost-saving approaches, and acting on financial opportunities
What You'll Do (Responsibilities):
  • Build relationships and collaborate with over 100 plant analysts and managers.
  • Develop new ways to analyze operations and identify cost-saving ideas.
  • Standardize tools and processes to make work more effective.
  • Create presentations for senior leaders to explain issues and opportunities.
  • Report on important initiatives and support plant teams with key projects.
  • Help with headcount savings and understand how staffing changes affect results.
  • Develop tools to better understand outside services and their value.
  • Work with HR, Continuous Improvement, and other teams to streamline financial reporting.
  • Provide timely, relevant data to help leaders make good decisions.
  • Make sure systems and tools are optimized for financial results.
  • Lead the development of new forecasting and tracking tools.
  • Contribute to special projects, like tariff planning and global tracking.

Your Skills and Abilities (Minimum Qualifications):
  • Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, or Manufacturing Operations.
  • Strong financial analysis and modeling skills.
  • Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Able to work independently and as part of a team.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):
  • Manufacturing experience.
  • Experience with Hyperion, SAP, or similar systems.
  • Curiosity and creative problem-solving.
  • Ability to present complex data clearly to senior leaders.
  • Persistence in improving processes.
  • Strong organizational and relationship-building skills.

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GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.
The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role.
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
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Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
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Year Founded: 1908

What We Do

At General Motors, our vision is to create a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, and Zero Congestion. We wholeheartedly embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer, and more equitable for all.

Our industry and company are undergoing a once-in-a-lifetime technological transformation, which is reshaping our approach to technology and innovation. We are expanding our horizons through new technology platforms and driving innovations that deliver exceptional value to our customers.

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