Controller, Product Development -Truck Platform

Ford; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Retirement and savings plans

Stock incentive program

Incentive compensation

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Ford is seeking a PD Finance Controller to partner with Vehicle Line Directors and Product Development leaders to achieve profitability targets for forward-model vehicles. You will lead a team of finance professionals delivering cost, investment, and financial planning targets, while guiding program decisions across gateways and acting as the finance voice for strategic program choices.

The role requires strong leadership, analytical and collaboration skills, with experience in budgeting,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field is required.
• +10 of experience in finance or accounting roles with a strong focus on operational partnering, budgeting, forecasting, capital planning, or financial systems.
• Previous experience managing or leading a team is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of initial program profit models to support milestone vehicle plans.
• Develop critical program assumptions based on Business Plan assessment.
• Drive program profitability targets through partnership with key operating partners.
• Drive optimization of Vehicle Income Statement line items.
• Lead development of milestone financials to inform leadership decisions.
• Lead the preparation of management slides and other ad-hoc financial reporting and analysis.

Skills

Operational partnering

Budgeting & Forecasting

Financial systems

Leadership experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

MBA or CPA (or equivalent)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Job description

The PD Finance Controller is a critical leadership role responsible for partnering with the Vehicle Line Directors, Chief Program Engineers and Product Development Functional Leaders to deliver some of Ford’s most important forward model vehicles. The Controller will be the driving force behind a team of Finance Managers, Supervisors and Analysts responsible for delivering forward-model vehicle profitability targets through material cost and investment target setting, financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes. This position is the Finance leader for their programs, guiding their teams through profitability delivering forward-model vehicles through Product Development gateways, while playing a Strategic role as the Finance voice to shape program decisions. This role requires strong influencing and business partnership skills, strong analytical skills, leadership capabilities, and a strong ability to collaborate effectively across all functions.

What you'll do...

• Program Profitability:
  • Lead the establishment and development of initial program profit models to support initial vehicle milestones
  • Develop critical program assumptions based on Business Plan assessment
  • Drive program profitability target delivery through partnership with key operating partners
  • Drive optimization of all line items of the Vehicle Income Statement
  • Lead development of milestone financials to drive optimal leadership decision making
  • Lead the preparation of management slides and other ad-hoc financial reporting and analysis.
• Material Cost Target Setting & Delivery
  • Establish efficient material cost targets, partnering with Global Lifecycle Cost team to optimize physicals-based targets
  • Drive delivery of material cost targets through partnership and influence of Functional Engineering & Supply Chain Matched-Pairs
  • Support on-time sourcing and program timing delivery
• Investment Target Setting & Delivery
  • Establish efficient material investments targets, partnering with Global Vendor Tooling & Manufacturing Strategy teams to optimize physicals-based targets based on engineering assumptions
  • Drive delivery of Investment targets through partnership and influence of Functional Engineering & Supply Chain Matched-Pairs and Manufacturing Strategy team
  • Support required funding approvals to ensure on-time program delivery

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or a related field is required.
• + 10 of experience in finance or accounting roles, with a strong focus on operational partnering, physicals-based budgeting, forecasting, capital planning, or financial systems.
• Previous experience managing or leading a team is required.

Even better, you may have...

• MBA or CPA (or equivalent) is preferred.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with and influence stakeholders at various levels, including senior finance leadership.
• Strong understanding of automotive industry, particularly in a global context.
• Excellent analytical, quantitative, and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to synthesize complex data and provide actionable insights.
• Proficiency in financial modeling and analysis tools (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Power BI or similar).
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.

What you'll receive in return…

As part of the Ford family, you’ll enjoy excellent compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings and stock investment plans, incentive compensation, and much more. You’ll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.

Our benefits summary can be found here:

2026-New-Hire-Benefit-Summary-LL4.pdf

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 changemaker, 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

Paid time off for individual and team community service

A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day

Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a leadership level 4.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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