Financial Analyst

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  • Warren, MI
  • 1 day ago
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    Skills

    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Contract Analysisunmatched
    • Contract Reviewunmatched
    • Data Analysisunmatched
    • Error Recoveryunmatched
    • Financeunmatched
    • Financial Analysisunmatched
    • Manufacturing Costunmatched
    • Mathematical Logicunmatched
    • Metricsunmatched
    • Negotiation Skillsunmatched
    • Pricingunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Process Validationunmatched
    • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
    • Risk Managementunmatched
    • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
    • Supply Chainunmatched
    • Technical Accountingunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Vendor/Supplier Selectionunmatched

    Description

    Job Title: Financial Analyst
    This role is currently hybrid, requiring 3 days(Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) in-office per week.

    Job Summary:
    The Process Validation and Improvement (PVI) Audit team is a highly specialized group that plays a lead role in supplier overpayment root cause analysis, and end to end process improvements to mitigate risk for GM Global Purchasing contracts. PVI is responsible to proactively identify supplier overpayment situations, collaborate with Global Purchasing and Supply Chain to recover the overpayment, and ensure that contracts are updated to reflect accurate contract pricing. Work requires collaboration with purchasing, finance, technical accounting, and engineering.

    Responsibilities:
    Analyze contracts to identify contract errors and recovery opportunities
    Deliver high-quality audit results to communicate the contract issues to purchasing
    Work with key stakeholders to review audit results and agree on recovery approach
    Support purchasing in negotiations with suppliers
    Drive timely closure of open audits and recovery of overpayments
    Meet targets on key metrics including contract touch rate, study aging, and cost recoveries
    Perform special studies as requested by stakeholders

    Education Required: Bachelor's Degree
    Years of Experience: 2 to 4 years

    Top Skills:

    Financial & Contract Analysis

    • Reviewing supplier contracts and pricing agreements
    • Identifying pricing errors and overpayment situations
    • Determining root causes of contract discrepancies
    • Quantifying recovery opportunities

    Advanced Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills

    • The interview includes math, logic, and analytical assessments
    • Candidates must investigate complex pricing discrepancies
    • Root cause analysis is a core responsibility of the role

    Excel & Data Analysis Capability

    • Reviewing large contract reports
    • Performing ad hoc analysis
    • Identifying recovery opportunities and tracking audit cases
    • Supporting financial investigations with data

    Required Advanced Excel Skills:
    Pivot tables, VlookUp/XlookUp, Index-Match, Formulas

    Interview Process:
    A technical interview with math, logic, and analytical questions will be done onsite. No remote or Teams interviews will be allowed.
    Scenarios may reference manufacturing or cost based examples, but the evaluation focuses on foundational analytical skills, not prior GM or automotive experience.



    Numbers & Facts

    LocationWarren, MI

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