Automotive Finance Trainee: Cost & Reporting

Faurecia South Africa; São João da Madeira; On-site; EUR 18,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvia is seeking a proactive Finance Trainee to join the Management Control and Finance teams in Portugal, focusing on cost optimization and performance monitoring. You will support monthly and quarterly management reporting, KPI analysis, and data validation across cross-functional teams.

You will develop hands-on skills in budgeting, forecasting, and profitability analysis for products and customers, collaborating with production, quality and purchasing to drive continuous improvement and

Qualifications

• Degree or higher in Industrial Engineering & Management, Economics, Business Management, or related field.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Interest in management control, cost optimization and reporting.
• Comfortable working with data, Excel and IT systems for analysis and reporting.
• Proactive and collaborative, with ability to identify improvements.

Responsibilities

• Support preparation and analysis of monthly and quarterly management reports and monitor KPIs.
• Assist in monitoring production costs and identify deviations and improvement opportunities.
• Support budgeting and planning activities including forecast and variance analysis.
• Participate in profitability analysis of products, projects or customers.
• Assist in preparing presentations and dashboards for management.
• Collaborate with production, quality and purchasing teams to collect data for reporting.
• Contribute to digitalization and automation of reports and key indicators.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

Data analysis

Communication skills

Teamwork

Fluent English

Education

Industrial Engineering & Management

Economics

Business Management

Tools

IT systems for analysis and reporting

Job description

Forvia is seeking a proactive Finance Trainee to join the Management Control and Finance teams in Portugal, focusing on cost optimization and performance monitoring. You will support monthly and quarterly management reporting, KPI analysis, and data validation across cross-functional teams.

You will develop hands-on skills in budgeting, forecasting, and profitability analysis for products and customers, collaborating with production, quality and purchasing to drive continuous improvement and