Senior Finance Analyst

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Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Our diverse team of talented employees in 38 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better™ by providing the technology for safer, smarter, and more comfortable journeys. Lear, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, serves every major automaker in the world and ranks #189 on the Fortune 500.

As part of the ASIA Finance team, the Senior Finance Analyst (APR) is responsible for driving new business acquisition and growth in China by delivering robust financial analysis and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. This role involves developing business cases for new quotes, ensuring consistency in cost assumptions, and optimizing manufacturing strategies. Besides, supports strategic decision-making through scenario analysis and pricing strategy alignment with commercial and finance teams. Based at UOA Business Park Shah Alam, this position reports to the Finance Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for driving new business acquisition and growth in China through comprehensive financial analysis.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—including Sales, Operations, Purchasing, Engineering, and Plant Finance—to develop business cases for new quotes.
• Review overall program cost development, ensuring accuracy based on actuals or solid estimates from Purchasing and benchmark data.
• Act as the key communication interface to ensure consistency across engineering proposals, manufacturing footprint, make-or-buy assumptions, commercial terms, commodity economics, and logistics concepts.
• Partner with Operations to determine the most cost-effective manufacturing strategy, considering JV relationships, footprint, volume, and vertical integration.
• Maintain close communication with Operations and Plant Finance to understand labor and overhead cost structures.
• Coordinate with Industrial Engineering to align capacity, investment, and cycle time with volume and engineering assumptions.
• Provide cost optimization recommendations to Purchasing, Engineering, and Operations teams.
• Conduct financial studies using sensitivity and scenario analysis to support business case evaluations.
• Participate proactively in commercial discussions to ensure quoting language accurately reflects key assumptions and mitigates risk.
• Work closely with the Plant Controller to deliver program financial assumptions.
• Align pricing strategies with Sales leadership and secure approvals from APO Commercial Finance and Sales Leads for APRs and quotations.
• Support management decision-making through strategic financial analysis.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Accounting and Finance or other related studies.
• Strong finance background with experience in FP&A within the manufacturing industry.
• Proven experience in quoting for new programs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Mandarin and English.
• Effective communicator with cross-functional teams and local China teams.
• Strong analytical mindset and presentation skills.
• Over 5 years of experience in MNC within the automotive industry, particularly in program financial control, costing, or financial analysis roles is an added advantage.
• Familiarity with manufacturing cost management and related procedures is a plus.
• Willing to work at UOA Business Park, Shah Alam.

Advantages Of Working At Lear

• Join the growing Asia Finance team at one of Fortune magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies 2024.
• Be on the front end of multiple initiatives in Malaysia and building talents.
• Enjoy an inclusive work environment that encourages innovation and creativity.