Global WAN Finance & Programs Lead

Lincoln Motor Company; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate medical, dental, and Rx

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off & holidays

Copy benefits (family care, leave)

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Senior WAN Financial & Program Analyst to support the financial, supplier, and operational management of Ford's global WAN and carrier services. You will partner with cross-functional teams to improve cost visibility, strengthen supplier performance, and back network transformation initiatives.

The role encompasses financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and governance, plus contract coordination and project tracking to ensure timely, cost-efficient

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Technology Management, Information Systems, or a related field—or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5+ years of experience in financial management, supplier management, contract administration, technology program management, or a related role.
• Experience with financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders.
• Experience managing or tracking supplier performance, contracts, purchase orders, invoices, or financial commitments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present information to senior leaders.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with large data sets.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting for global WAN and carrier services.
• Support WAN financial governance, including purchase orders, invoice tracking, budget reconciliation, forecasting, and supplier-spend oversight.
• Develop and maintain financial reports, cost-allocation models, operational dashboards, and executive-level presentations.
• Analyze costs, commitments, and financial trends to identify risks, variances, and optimization opportunities.
• Provide stakeholders with clear visibility into budgets, supplier spend, financial commitments, and forecast assumptions.
• Partner with Finance and Network Services teams to support financial controls and improve reporting processes.
• Partner with Finance, Supply Chain, Network Engineering, and Operations to manage supplier budgets, contracts, and performance.
• Support carrier contract renewals, circuit demand planning, and commercial activities.
• Track WAN circuit inventory, service delivery, financial commitments, and supplier performance.
• Coordinate with carriers and service providers to drive service improvements and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support stakeholder communications and supplier coordination during major network service disruptions.
• Help identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency, service quality, and supplier accountability.
• Support global WAN transformation initiatives through financial analysis, supplier coordination, project tracking, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives involving Network Engineering, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, and external suppliers.
• Track deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions that could affect financial or program outcomes.
• Support clear communication of initiative status, financial impacts, supplier actions, and key milestones.
• Help improve processes for circuit demand planning, inventory tracking, financial reporting, and supplier coordination.

Skills

Financial analysis

Supplier-management

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Tech Management/Info Systems

Tools

Python

Power BI

FlowCraft

Alteryx

Excel

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Senior WAN Financial & Program Analyst to support the financial, supplier, and operational management of Ford's global WAN and carrier services. You will partner with cross-functional teams to improve cost visibility, strengthen supplier performance, and back network transformation initiatives.

The role encompasses financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and governance, plus contract coordination and project tracking to ensure timely, cost-efficient