Senior finance analyst - manufacturing improvement

General Motors
Warren, MI

Job Description

The Role:

A Manufacturing, Performance Improvement Analyst identifies and acts on financial opportunities across manufacturing sites. The role involves building relationships, creating unique analyses, and supporting creative thinking. Success means communizing tools, finding new cost-saving approaches, and acting on financial opportunities

What You'll Do (Responsibilities):

  • Build relationships and collaborate with over 100 plant analysts and managers.

  • Develop new ways to analyze operations and identify cost-saving ideas.

  • Standardize tools and processes to make work more effective.

  • Create presentations for senior leaders to explain issues and opportunities.

  • Report on important initiatives and support plant teams with key projects.

  • Help with headcount savings and understand how staffing changes affect results.

  • Develop tools to better understand outside services and their value.

  • Work with HR, Continuous Improvement, and other teams to streamline financial reporting.

  • Provide timely, relevant data to help leaders make good decisions.

  • Make sure systems and tools are optimized for financial results.

  • Lead the development of new forecasting and tracking tools.

  • Contribute to special projects, like tariff planning and global tracking.

Your Skills and Abilities (Minimum Qualifications):

  • Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.

  • 5+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, or Manufacturing Operations.

  • Strong financial analysis and modeling skills.

  • Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint.

  • Able to work independently and as part of a team.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

  • Manufacturing experience.

  • Experience with Hyperion, SAP, or similar systems.

  • Curiosity and creative problem-solving.

  • Ability to present complex data clearly to senior leaders.

  • Persistence in improving processes.

  • Strong organizational and relationship-building skills.

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GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.

The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Benefits Overview

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General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.

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We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire ( .

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Posted 2025-11-11

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