The Senior Finance Manager will be responsible for all Income Statement and Cash elements by Customer Programs for Unison. You will partner with Unison's Executive Programs Leader to ensure program-level financial performance is optimized, while also leading Financial Close activities and Forecasting cycles. The Programs team is Unison's Customer facing organization which manages and maintains Unison's relationships across all product lines (e.g. ignition, harness, sensor, thermal management, starters) and industries (aviation, industrial, space) and customers (e.g. OEMs, airlines, distributors, GE). This role will have a close partnership with the FP&A function to drive standard work, continuous improvement, and the deployment of FLIGHT DECK to enable customer outcomes, program-level planning, and quarterly results.,
* Develop and implement financial operating cadences for Customer Programs team to enable short-term, medium-term, and long-term management of financials by programs team
* Support Programs and Commercial teams on program-level analysis and management
* Enable weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial forecasting, reporting, and analysis to support effective problem solving.
* Manage risks and opportunities to achieve targeted results.
* Lead Forecasting and closing activities, and lead budget & strategy planning cycles for programs aligned to the rest of the Unison processes including a strong connection to the S&OP process (demand and supply)
* Provide detailed financial walks with thoughtful variance analysis and identification of risks & opportunities
* Communicate and report KPIs & results to senior leaders to enable action/improvement
Bachelor or Master's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of experience in Finance, Experience in FP&A, Product Line, and/or Programs Finance
* Strong oral and written communication skills
* Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
* Demonstrated ability to lead projects. Ability to document, plan, and execute process improvements
* Prior experience using large datasets/automation tools (e.g. Alteryx, Spotfire, etc) a plus
* US Person Status (Typically US Citizen or Permanent Resident) preferred based on exposure to export controlled information as part of day-to-day responsibilities
* Note:
To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years' experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.