Assistant Plant Controller

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

Position Summary:

The Assistant Controller is involved in the controlling of a plant in order to guarantee and optimize the plant’s financial performance and competitiveness.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance to all financial procedures
• Develop, execute, and control internal finance procedures including spending authorization in accordance with Group procedures and policies.
• Ensure site activities are compliant with Faurecia finance related procedures (product flow, inventory, routings, …) and internal control basics.
• Participate in financial forecasting processes, providing data for budget, forecast and strategic plan.
• Collect and manage data consolidation and reporting, ensuring reliability, consistency and transparency of volume, inventory variance, purchasing inputs, etc.
• Update information into the ERP Systems (Magritte).
• Ensure reliability of standard costing.
• Collaborate with Shared Service Center obtaining / providing proper finance information.
• Contribute to the control and management of the plant’s operating cash-flow (capex, inventories, overdues).
• Work with Purchasing, Quality, and PC&L to ensure supplier debits are secured timely.
• Perform duties related to month end close.
• Maintain fixed assets register and activations in accordance with FCP.
• Ensure members in assigned area(s) of responsibility conform to relevant HSE requirements.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards and willingness to adhere to Faurecia’s Code of Ethics and Code of Management.
• To consult ISO 14001 and 45001 Management System Responsibilities and Authorities please refer to: NAO-C-LSE-5802 Authority and responsibility matrix for HSE Management system in the NAO FIS library

Minimum Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have the following education/experience:

• Business School of Engineering background with a Finance or accounting degree.
• First experience in controlling, or significant apprenticeship experience in controlling preferably in an industrial environment.
• Computer literate, especially excel, ability to learn / adapt to IT systems
• Solid accounting knowledge
• Strong teamwork

• At Forvia, you will find an engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute to the development of sustainable mobility leading technologies.
• We are the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in more than 40 countries which makes a lot of opportunity for career development.
• We welcome energetic and agile people who can thrive in a fast-changing environment. People who share our strong values. Team players with a collaborative mindset and a passion to deliver high standards for our clients. Lifelong learners. High performers. Globally minded people who aspire to work in a transforming industry, where excellence, speed, and quality count.
• We cultivate a learning environment, dedicating tools and resources to ensure we remain at the forefront of mobility. Our people enjoy an average of more than 22 hours of online and in-person training within FORVIA University (five campuses around the world)
• We offer a multicultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration. We believe that diversity is a strength. To create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity create real value for the company, we have adopted gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans.
• Achieving CO2 Net Zero as a pioneer of the automotive industry is a priority:
  In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the new SBTI Net-Zero Standard (the most ambitious standard of SBTi), aligned with the ambition of the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Three principles guide our action:use less, use betteranduse longer, with a focus on recyclability and circular economy.