Senior Financial 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 #179 on the Fortune 500. Further information about Lear is available at lear.com or follow us on Twitter @LearCorporation.

As a member of ASIA Finance team, the Senior Financial Analyst (APR) is responsible analyzing financial data, preparing reports, and providing insights to support strategic planning and decision-making. Besides, gathering information from different departments to evaluate business case, he/ she is to provide suggestions to mitigate risks or enhance returns. Based at UOA Business Park Shah Alam, the Senior Financial Analyst reports to China.

The Role

Key Support Responsibilities:

• Responsible to support China new business acquisition and growth by providing solid financial analysis.
• Work closely with other functions namely sales, operation, purchasing, engineering, and plant finance team to develop the business case for all new business quotes.
• Conduct program costs review to ensure accuracy through direct input from purchasing or benchmark data, to validate against actual expenses or robust estimate.
• Ensure all communication and processes includes; proposals, manufacturing footprint, information and terms are captured accurately and consistent.
• Collaborate with the operations team to devise the most cost-effective manufacturing strategy, considering various factors such as joint venture relationships, manufacturing footprint, volume, and vertical integration (VI) content.
• Coordinate with the industrial engineering team to ensure that capacity, investment, and cycle time align with volume and engineering assumptions.
• Offer optimization recommendations to purchasing, engineering, and operations teams to enhance cost efficiency.
• Conduct financial analyses on business cases using sensitivity and scenario analyses.
• Actively engage in discussions with different teams and stakeholders to refine quoting language, ensuring all key assumptions are accurately reflected to mitigate potential risks.
• Collaborate closely with the Plant Controller to deliver program financial assumptions.
• Liaise with sales leaders to develop pricing strategies and secure approval for all pricing requests and quotations from APO commercial finance/sales leads.
• Provide strategic analysis to support management decision-making processes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting or Finance or related studies.
• With related work experience in FP&A handling financial control, costing and analysis.
• At least 5 years of working experience MNCs/ Automotive/ manufacture industry is preferred.
• Fluent in both Mandarin and English communication skills.
• Strong analytical mind and presentation skills.
• Competent Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word) skills.
• Familiar with manufacturing cost management and procedures is a plus.
• Willing to work at UOA Business Park, Shah Alam.