Finance Supervisor, Tariffs

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Finance strategically partners with operations to drive outstanding business results and enhance Ford’s industry leadership. When you join us, you’ll be able to contribute financial expertise that impacts all areas of our company, including planning, manufacturing, marketing and global distribution.

In this position...

Our Finance team is seeking a highly motivated and analytical Tariff Financial Specialist to play a critical role in managing the significant and evolving financial impact of tariffs.

This strategic position is essential for establishing and refining robust processes to track, review, and approve tariff-related claims and credits, ensuring accuracy and compliance in a highly dynamic environment. You'll be at the forefront of a new and growing area of financial complexity, directly impacting our profitability and financial reporting integrity.

The tariff market is exceptionally volatile and constantly evolving, requiring continuous process establishment and refinement. This role will manage a substantial financial portfolio, including currently tracking authorized supplier claims equating to over $1 billion in value. Furthermore, you will be instrumental in establishing processes to track Tariff Credits.

What you'll do...

• Thought leadership capabilities. You're not afraid to lead a team and challenge the status quo, bring innovative ideas to complex tariff and trade challenges, and guide strategic discussions with senior stakeholders on financial implications.
• Lead the review, approval, and tracking of complex tariff-related supplier claims and credits, including in-depth analysis, reconciliation, and ensuring policy/regulatory adherence.
• Establish and refine robust processes for managing tariff accruals, payments, and credit recovery, collaborating cross-functionally (operations, legal, accounting).
• Guarantee the integrity of tariff-related financial reporting, including preparing accruals, managing reconciliations, and explaining financial impacts.
• Provide critical financial forecasting of future tariff impacts and accruals, offering strategic leadership on potential changes to optimize outcomes.
• Partner with operating teams, participate in daily governance, and align on compliance efforts with suppliers to mitigate tariff impacts.
• Perform timely financial analysis and lead projects on tariff impacts, trends, mitigation strategies (e.g., policy changes, duty drawback, supplier compliance), and opportunities

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related business-centered degree.
• 3+years of progressive experience in financial analysis, accounting, trade compliance, or a related commercial role, preferably within a large multinational organization.

Even better, you may have...

• Experience leading a team
• Experience with PowerBI, Power Applications, AI Tools.
• Experience in international trade, customs, or supply chain finance.
• Masters Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a change maker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above?

No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
  • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
  • Tuition assistance
  • Established and active employee resource groups
  • Pa…