Senior Controller Ford West Valley City, UT

Filetwigbay; West Valley City (UT); On-site; USD 99,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford in West Valley City, UT is seeking a Senior Controller to lead reconciliations, forecasts, and the month-end close. You will partner with a finance team that handovers the reins and own critical closing processes.

Responsibilities include building cash flow models, monitoring liquidity, weekly cash positioning, and ownership of end-to-end accounts payable and receivable. The role offers a base salary of $99,000–$140,000 with growth milestones and mentorship to accelerate your impact at Ford.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience in finance, preferably in freelance roles.
• History of improving finance processes.
• Willingness to revise opinions when data argues back.
• Calm under collaborative chaos typical of senior roles.
• 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Ability to surface risk early.

Responsibilities

• Develop cash flow models and monitor liquidity for the West Valley City, UT team.
• Run weekly cash positioning and short-term borrowing decisions.
• Keep the UT unemployment and withholding accounts perfectly square.
• Reconcile merchant fees against statements that never quite match.
• Knit Prioritization pipelines into the close so data lands pre-validated.
• Build and maintain budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses for Ford.
• Own the full-cycle accounts payable and receivable process.
• Streamline month-end close to reduce reporting turnaround time.

Skills

Senior-level experience

Process improvement

Openness to feedback

Calm under pressure

6+ years experience

US work authorization

Risk awareness

Job description

Reconciliations, forecasts, and the occasional fire drill fill the week of a Senior Controller at Ford. The bargain is plain — your 6 years and Budgeting for $99,000 - $140,000, plus a finance team that hands over the reins.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop cash flow models and monitor liquidity for the West Valley City, UT team
• Run weekly cash positioning and short-term borrowing decisions
• Keep the UT unemployment and withholding accounts perfectly square
• Reconcile merchant fees against statements that never quite match
• Knit Prioritization pipelines into the close so data lands pre-validated
• Build and maintain budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses for Ford
• Own the full-cycle accounts payable and receivable process
• Streamline month-end close to reduce reporting turnaround time

What You'll Bring

• Experience at the senior level inside a freelance role
• A history of leaving finance processes better than you found them
• The humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back
• Calm under the wildly-collaborative chaos a senior role tends to generate
• 6+ years that left you with strong instincts and few illustrations
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
• The reflex to surface risk before it surfaces itself

As a deeply-bought-in leader in finance, Ford draws top talent to its West Valley City, UT headquarters. Politics die fast at Ford because we put the awkward stuff on the table early.

Expect a $99,000 - $140,000 base, a growth path with milestones, a mentor who shows up, and benefits that make staying at Ford easy.

We are filling this Senior Controller seat now, with onboarding planned for the near term.