Program Controller - Cape Town, South Africa - Faurecia

Faurecia

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Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Description:

The Program Controller is responsible of financial aspects for one or several programs.

He ensures the data reliability in line with process and finance program golden rules, and the optimization of the programs' profitability and cash.

The main missions of the role are to:

Ensure program controlling procedures and Golden Rules compliance
Ensure program controlling procedure mandatory implementation
Alert line manager & functionnal manager in case of discrepancies
Check material rates & exchange rate alignment with Budget
Check Plant SP/Bugdet P&L alignment with Program BP P&L
Check ECR/ECO cost incorporation in product/upfront cost
Check Inflation (Labor, others ) hypothesis compliance vs SP.
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
Secure Legal & Tax (VAT,.) applicable conditions for toolings
Support, under program manager authority, selected profitability improvement actions
Support fully the Program Manager in all financial impacts investigations to help driving the program profitability towards target
Provide Make or Buy financial analysis
Participate in the sourcing committee
Provide ECR/ECO full cost view & propose financial driven potential selling price
Highlight Program Cash status and provide recommandation to the management
Monitor Program Cash Curve at any time & communicate it towards Core team
Propose action plan in order to achieve cash Target
Challenge Upfront level in term of cost as well as payment method:
Capex : Reuse ? Usage of available capacities ?
Reduce payment terms for ECR/ECO upfront cost (cash,short term PPA,.)
Secure tooling & prototype invoicing in due time
Provide and secure R&D controlling inputs
Check hours booked by cost center & functions to the program on monthly basis
Check technical/work progress versus expenses
Check opened & closed Work Package
Participate to budget preparation (hours & expenses forecast / program)
Built R&D line (coreteam) in P&L program Budget
Provide capitalization booking datas for the related program
Lead costing team activities and secure business plan update processes in time
Participate to BP schedule & organize costing data flow upstream
Organize R&Opp financial backing (cost.)
Provide program financial communication towards core team, management and plants involved
Update BP & bridge the gap between release
Prepare Forecast/Budget/SP inputs (PPA, costs, selling price, cash, )
Provide loss to completion inputs for the related program
Provide monthly (at least quarterly) financial inputs for the program dashboard
Transfer gradually business plan cost datas source to plants from Gate
Communicate & Share program standard cost view to plant
Validate/Follow up start up costs & convergence plan
Validate/Follow up plant budget for SOP year
Participate to program post audit at gate
Reconciliation of Actual P&L vs Gate 4 Financial commitment
Check and Validate SAP Costing data inputs
Monthly governance to ensure full P&L reconciliation
Drive Financial convergence

Qualifications:

Business School or Engineering background with a Finance degree or Masters Degree in Finance
Minimum 2/3 years experience in an industrial environment including a first controlling experience at plant level
Ability to provide qualitative and reliable information, and to work on a project management basis
Ability to manage uncertainty
Demonstrated good communication skills and autonomy
The Employee is aware and ensures the respect of the Internal Rules, Code of Ethics and Management Code applicable in the establishment to which she/he is assigned._