Who is Forvia, the technology leader in the automotive industry?
FORVIA comprises the complementary technology and industrial strengths of Faurecia and HELLA. With over 300 industrial sites and 77 R&D centers, 150,000 people, including more than 35,000 engineers across 40+ countries, FORVIA provides a unique and comprehensive approach to the automotive challenges of today and tomorrow.
FORVIA aims to be a change maker committed to foreseeing and making the mobility transformation happen. Forvia is the place to be
What's the VIE Forvia Program all about?
The VIE Program of Forvia is an international young graduate program, which enables young graduates native from the European Economic Area (EU + Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) aged between 18 and 28 to work for one of our subsidiary around the world
Business France, the French agency for international business development, is in charge of all the administrative procedures of your assignment. For further information, please visit the following links: and
PLEASE NOTE: as part of your international development, you cannot perform a VIE in the country of your citizenship.
What is your role and surroundings?
Our Faurecia FCM Business Group is looking for you as a Finance VIE for our site in Columbus, USA.
What will be your main missions?
The role of the Prototype Controller is to manage the controlling of the Prototype shop in order to guarantee and optimize its financial performance and competitiveness.
The main missions of the role are to:
Ensure compliance to all financial procedures
Develop, execute and control internal finance procedures including spending authorization in accordance with Group procedures and policies
Participate to the definition of IT tools and ERP to improve Prototype controlling.
Ensure site activities are compliant with Faurecia finance related procedures (product flow, inventory, routings, ...), and internal control basics
Provide reliable financial/controlling information in close relationship with other operational and support functions
Support all financial forecasting processes (budget, periodic forecast, ...)
Support reporting process ensuring reliability, consistency, transparency and delay compliance
Ensure reliability of Costing
Support all necessary controlling analysis including variance analysis/actual vs. quoted costs, margin/programs, plant budgetary control, and follow up of sales and purchasing prices,...
Collaborate with Shared Service Center obtaining/providing/validating proper finance information
Control the plant's operating cash flow (capex, inventories, overdues)
In liaison with Shared Service Center provide all necessary information requested by internal and external auditors, and others local external authorities
Act as a business partner toward the plant management, and provide recommendation to the management
Participate, with the management of the plant, in the development of action plans resulting from relevant analysis in order to achieve the operational targets, increase plant's financial profitability and cash optimization (especially identification and implementation of productivity plans)
Follow financial impact and progress of action plans
Ensure financial awareness of plant operational teams
What you need to join us?
Master's degree in Business with Finance Major
Demonstrate strong communication skills and autonomy
Fluent in English
Strong Excel skills
Who are we looking for?
International mindset;
A proactive approach to work and optimist energy;
Good interpersonal skills.
What will this role offer you?
You will work within an international finance team full of energy;
You will work on challenges that matters
You will find a strong emphasis on talent development and abundant opportunities for growth;
You will have the autonomy to launch processes and to be accountable for them as a process owner;
You will grow as a finance professional, polyvalence will be part of your daily work;
A powerful VIE community spirit within Forvians. #JTS
Apply and join us
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