Assistant Financial Controller-Coventry

Company Overview

Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Lear’s diverse team of talented employees in 37 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better™ by providing the technology for safer, smarter, and more comfortable journeys. Lear, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, serves every major automaker in the world and ranks 189 on the Fortune 500. Further information about Lear is available at lear.com or on Twitter @LearCorporation.

Position overview:

Reporting directly to the Financial Controller, our future Assistant Financial Controller will have as a main mission to support the plant’s financial operations by ensuring accurate reporting, strong internal controls, and reliable budgeting and forecasting, while overseeing key financial processes.

Main Missions:

• Work as an integral part of the Plant Finance and Management team providing support and control to the Redditch plant.
• Assist the Financial Controller in all aspects of corporate and internal reporting to ensure adherence to timetables, financial integrity and completeness.
• Assist in budget and short-term forecast preparation, profit and loss, cashflow and balance sheet.
• Management of 3 direct reports.
• Management of key KPIs including Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable aging.
• Full responsibility for Free Cash Flow forecasting, monitoring and reporting.
• Pursuing Continuous Improvements to financial controls and other operational processes within the business.
• Judgmental Reserves Schedules and Accrued Liabilities reporting.
• SOX Testing Reviews and presentation to the Financial Controller.
• Preliminary Balance Sheet Reconciliation Reviews.
• Warranty exposure calculation and provision.
• Product Profitability Analysis and Reviews.
• Management and completion of month-end processes including variance analysis.
• Reporting plant performance (actual, budgets, forecasts, variance walks) through Hyperion.
• Working closely with external auditors for year end and interim audit work.
• Headcount review and sign off.
• To review, maintain and implement internal controls including quarterly SOX testing.
• Development of direct report heads to achieve personal and professional goals, also supporting the longer-term succession plan.
• Supporting the Financial Controller in management of two stock-takes annually.
• To complete ad hoc tasks as and when required.
• To support other team members as and when required.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

Required Qualifications / Skills:

• Qualified Accountant
• Excellent I.T skills especially Excel
• Strong communication skills.
• High attention to detail.

Advantageous Qualifications / Work Experience:

• Finance / Business Degree
• BPCS experience
• Good working knowledge of IBM iSeries (AS400) and AS400Query
• Automotive experience
• Continuous Improvement pedigree

Personal Attributes:

• Strong attention to detail.
• Mature and pro‑active approach with the commitment to exceeding internal customer requirements.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple conflicting deadlines.
• Highly developed planning and organizational skills.
• Flexible problem‑solving approach.
• Team player.
• Self‑motivated.

Why Lear

We offer a fantastic place to work that embraces diversity, opportunities for growth and the chance to be part of a company that puts its people first.

What We Offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Access to Learning and development opportunities.
• Opportunities to give back to the community.
• Meaningful work that makes a difference in the world.

Lear Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workplace. Applicants must submit their resumes for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.