Accounting Specialist - Tooling

This position is responsible for:

• Coordinate activities with the Tooling Accounting Manager and Analyst
• North American vendor and plant tooling asset accounting activities, forecasting, and reporting for tool capitalization and amortization expense, and cross-functional partnering on vendor tooling process redesign initiatives
• Tooling asset accounting activities oversight include capitalization, transfers, disposals, and useful life changes
• Performance of month-end closing activities, and account reconciliation reviews
• Forecast and reporting oversight include monthly forecasting and variance reporting, annual budgeting, and periodic business plan development and reporting to senior management
• Cross-functional vendor and plant tooling process redesign initiatives include partnering and collaborating with Purchasing, SCIE, Capex Supplier Tooling Finance, Purchasing Finance, and Mopar
• Providing tooling accounting guidance to stakeholders including product team and CN group
• Providing risk management controllership guidance and integral support for vendor tooling SOX narrative
• Subject Matter Expert for all systems development and improvements
• Supporting corporate fixed assets reporting team
• Supporting ad-hoc projects as requested

• How multiple organizations interact with asset accounting
• Vendor and Plant tooling acquire to retire asset management process
• Investment spending on vehicle and powertrain programs
• Product Planning timing for vehicle and powertrain programs and the impact to financial statements
• How to navigate and use multiple SAP modules (FI, CO, AA, MM, PS, AP)
• Being able to lead and manage finance and accounting responsibilities

• Develop management and leadership skill set
• Increase confidence in management presentation and financial data reporting
• Create Interactions and further exposure opportunities with Senior Management
• Improve the ability to lead and manage finance and accounting responsibilities
• Develop the ability to absorb increasing levels of responsibility and adapt to a dynamic and fast-paced industry
• Gain understanding of the company’s manufacturing blueprint, product planning timing and operations

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related degree
• Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience
• Good working knowledge of accounting principles, methods, and techniques
• Knowledge of the asset management lifecycle, especially the asset capitalization and disposal financial processes
• Strong leadership and problem-solving skills with a bias for action and issue resolution

• Asset accounting experience
• Supervisory experience
• MBA, CPA, CMA or similar