Corporate FPA Supervisor

Ford; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford is seeking a driven FP&A Supervisor to join the Corporate Profit Analysis team in Dearborn. This role combines strategic financial planning with hands-on analysis to support the CFO and senior leadership.

You will drive consolidation, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration across regions and skill teams. You will lead ad-hoc analyses, develop executive-level slides, and champion process improvements while maintaining alignment with segments and internal partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or finance required.
• At least 5 years of finance experience on a corporate team, including 2 rotations.
• At least 1 year of workstream leadership experience.
• Strong financial, analytical and leadership skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a team-oriented approach.
• Highly motivated, emotionally resilient, disciplined and adaptable to leadership needs.
• Process improvement mindset and focus on eliminating non-value-added activities.

Responsibilities

• Consolidates inputs from segments, skill teams, and leadership for senior management reviews.
• Lead ad-hoc studies/analyses per requests from CFO, Investor Relations, CMD, and GLM.
• Prepare and update desk procedures and internal requirements (e.g., MCRP).
• Maintain working files for Actual/Forecast/Earnings and drive process improvements.

Skills

Financial analysis

Leadership

Attention to detail

Communication

Analytical thinking

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or finance

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

IMPRS

Job description

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…

Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) role is essentially the 'strategic engine' of a company's finance department. Not only focus on recording and reporting actual and earning, but also FP&A focuses on the future-using data to help leadership make informed decisions about where the company is going.

Corporate FP&A is more than just a finance function-we are strategic partners. We work hand-in-hand with teams across the company to drive results. When you join us, you'll have the opportunity to apply your financial expertise to real-world challenges in everything from manufacturing to marketing and global distribution. We are seeking an energetic and driven FP&A professional to join our Corporate Profit Analysis team. This high-impact role provides critical support to the CFO, and FP&A Director in a fast-paced environment. As a Supervisor, you will gain significant exposure to strategic decision-making and play a pivotal role in shaping the company's financial path.

What you'll do…

• Consolidates inputs from Segments, skill teams, GPO and summarize it for senior management reviews.
• Lead role on ad-hoc study / analysis based on requests (CFO, Investor relations, CMD, GLM etc.).
• Prepare / Update Desk Procedures & all other internal requirements like MCRP etc.
• Some preparation & maintain working files for Actual / Forecast / Earnings and focus on process improvements and quality assurance.
• More focus on interpreting complex data and identifying patterns to provide key highlights for decision making with lesser focus on recon & consolidation.
• Drive simplification, elimination of waste and continuously look for / implement process improvements.
• Understand unique processes followed by regions / skill teams (e.g. L&OH in Inventory, CO2 accounting, etc.) and challenge any non-value-added activities.
• Understand and monitor complicated concepts like activity in Other Volume and Other OPE.
• Team work planning (e.g. meeting setup) and communication with skill team / segment leadership.
• Mastery and understanding of core Ford financial processes / reporting (IMPRS, Variance Reporting, Timing).
• Focus and deep dive on volume related analysis and additional focus on inventory, wholesale, production movements across regions and segments.
• Lead coordination and alignment of multiple teams to ensure total company view is understandable and explainable to senior leadership.
• Act as gatekeeper to late overlays and changes and how to best handle without major disruptions / rework while maintaining alignment with all segments and skill teams.
• Manage non-EBIT items incl. cash flow, specials, legal entity profits, total company key physicals, and ROIC.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop Corporate instructions letter and drive its implementation through a clear timeline.
• Lead the development of executive-level slide decks for the consolidated Forecast and business plan, encompassing all skill teams and segments inputs.
• Coordinate and share knowledge with segment FP&A teams to improve overall departmental knowledge and awareness.

You'll have…

• Education: Bachelor's degree in business or finance.
• Finance Experience: At least 5 years of experience working on a finance team, including at least 2 rotations.
• Workstream Leadership: At least 1 year of experience leading and developing processes for a specific financial workstream.
• Core Skills: Strong financial, analytical, and leadership skills, with excellent attention to detail, including tie points.
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with a strong team-oriented approach.
• Adaptability & Work Style: Highly motivated and emotionally resilient; disciplined, flexible, and adaptive to leadership needs.
• Process Improvement: Process-oriented, with a continuous improvement mindset.

Even better, you may have…

• FP&A / Consolidation: Experience in an FP&A or consolidation role.
• Tools: Experience with IMPRS, advanced Excel, and PowerPoint.

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