Financial Program Manager

Company: Ford Motor Company

Position: Financial Program Manager

Duration: 1 year contract with likely extensions/conversion

Location: Dearborn, MI – fully onsite

Travel: No travel

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• Strong financial analysis, budgeting, and reporting experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience creating professional presentations and communicating financial information to leadership
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Experience with Ariba or similar procurement and purchasing systems
• Experience working within the Automotive Industry

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience creating executive-level financial reports and dashboards
• Knowledge of ERP systems and financial reporting tools

Day to Day:

Insight Global is looking for a Financial Program Manager to support one of our automotive customers in Dearborn, MI. The person in this position is going to be providing financial planning, forecasting, funding management, and program budget support for multiple future programs. Nats

Additional responsibilities will include:

• Establish and maintain program financial checkbooks, including budget setup, line-item creation, and ongoing financial management
• Develop, maintain, and communicate program spending forecasts, ensuring accurate funding requirements are reflected at key program milestones
• Coordinate with engineering skill teams, program management, and finance partners to collect cost estimates, funding requests, study budgets, and forecast updates
• Monitor program financial commitments and milestone deliverables, driving timely completion of required inputs and escalating risks, missed deadlines, or forecast concerns as necessary
• Manage allocation of approved funding based on study submissions, Program Change Control (PCC) actions, and evolving program requirements, including identification and integration of funding needs
• Ensure financial compliance through accurate forecasting, budget tracking, variance analysis, and proper classification of expenditures between capital and expense accounts
• Develop and maintain financial reporting dashboards, charts, and executive-level presentations summarizing program commitments, spend forecasts, funding requirements, budget status, and key financial risks for weekly leaderships reviews and milestone decision meetings.