Engineering Research & Development Financial Analyst
Stellantis
Auburn Hills, MI, USA
Posted on Mar 7, 2026
What You'll Do
In this role you will assist leading the consolidation and financial reporting of North American R&D activities. In partnership with other finance teams, you will develop and manage forecasts, budgets, and monthly variance analysis while maintaining a high degree of financial integrity. This role is also expected to drive continuous improvement by enhancing processes, strengthening data reliability, and evaluating business drivers.
Key Responsibilities
Provides exposure to various “Industrial” areas, and therefore provides excellent background for rotational positions in the following areas:
Comprehensive Health & Well-being Coverage
From your very first day, you’ll have access to medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage — ensuring you and your family stay healthy and protected. Also, our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers confidential support for personal and professional challenges, always ready when you need it.
Family Building Benefit
We proudly support all paths to parenthood- including fertility and infertility treatments, adoption services, and gestational surrogacy.
Generous Paid Time Off
We believe in work-life balance. That’s why we offer: 17+ paid holidays, including shut-down from December 24th through New Years Day every year. Vacation, float & wellbeing days, sick time and fully paid parental leave when your family needs you most.
Competitive Retirement Savings Plans
We Help You Plan For The Future With
Benefit from both employer-provided and voluntary plan offerings, including life insurance, group accident, critical illness, etc. - supporting the needs of you and your family and ensuring peace of mind.
Company Vehicle Lease Program
Eligible employees and their immediate families can participate in the company vehicle lease program, providing access to Stellantis vehicles with insurance, maintenance, and unlimited miles included. Plus, take advantage of exclusive discounts on Stellantis products.
Support for Your Growth and Giving Back
We believe in investing in your future and your passions:
When you join us, you’re not just building a career — you’re joining a company that supports you, inside and outside of work.
At Stellantis, we assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from all people without regard to sex, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any characteristic protected by law. We believe that diverse teams reflect our identity as a global company, enabling us to better address the evolving needs of our customers and care for our future.
EOE / Disability / Veteran
In this role you will assist leading the consolidation and financial reporting of North American R&D activities. In partnership with other finance teams, you will develop and manage forecasts, budgets, and monthly variance analysis while maintaining a high degree of financial integrity. This role is also expected to drive continuous improvement by enhancing processes, strengthening data reliability, and evaluating business drivers.
Key Responsibilities
- Forecast and budget development
- Actual and forecast reporting
- Program spending and KPI tracking
- Review and approval of spending requisitions
- Cost reduction opportunity identification
- Indirect Cost Control
- Intercompany Payable/Receivable Accounting
- Ad-hoc reporting/special projects as needed
- The ability to work with operational counterparts while practicing financial management (forecasts, budgets).
- Manage collaboration with engineering counterparts to optimize efficiency of ER&D spending from cost controllership perspective.
- Ability to make quick decisions in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work with large data sets, and the ability to summarize (and often times present) the material in a clear and concise manner to all levels of management.
- Learn engineering's product development process as well as the management process throughout the vehicle lifecycle.
Provides exposure to various “Industrial” areas, and therefore provides excellent background for rotational positions in the following areas:
- Product Finance
- Purchasing Finance
- Manufacturing Finance
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting (if no Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, must have an MBA)
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Finance or Accounting
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in business unit budgeting and forecasting
- Minimum of 2 years of Microsoft Office Suite application experience
- Strong project management skills to manage multiple work streams at one time
- Ability to deliver on high-priority requests in a timely manner, providing a point of view for direction of deliverable
- MBA, CPA preferred
- Excellent navigation and comprehensive knowledge of SAP software application
- Reporting Database (Onestream, HFM, Essbase)
- Outstanding communication skills (verbal and written)
- Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, Lookup), PowerBI/Qlik knowledge beneficial
- Automotive industry knowledge a plus
Comprehensive Health & Well-being Coverage
From your very first day, you’ll have access to medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage — ensuring you and your family stay healthy and protected. Also, our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers confidential support for personal and professional challenges, always ready when you need it.
Family Building Benefit
We proudly support all paths to parenthood- including fertility and infertility treatments, adoption services, and gestational surrogacy.
Generous Paid Time Off
We believe in work-life balance. That’s why we offer: 17+ paid holidays, including shut-down from December 24th through New Years Day every year. Vacation, float & wellbeing days, sick time and fully paid parental leave when your family needs you most.
Competitive Retirement Savings Plans
We Help You Plan For The Future With
- An employer match on contributions to your 401k, Roth, and Catch-Up plans
- An employer contribution, even if you don’t contribute
Benefit from both employer-provided and voluntary plan offerings, including life insurance, group accident, critical illness, etc. - supporting the needs of you and your family and ensuring peace of mind.
Company Vehicle Lease Program
Eligible employees and their immediate families can participate in the company vehicle lease program, providing access to Stellantis vehicles with insurance, maintenance, and unlimited miles included. Plus, take advantage of exclusive discounts on Stellantis products.
Support for Your Growth and Giving Back
We believe in investing in your future and your passions:
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan refinancing programs
- 18 paid volunteer hours each year to make a difference in your community
When you join us, you’re not just building a career — you’re joining a company that supports you, inside and outside of work.
At Stellantis, we assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from all people without regard to sex, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any characteristic protected by law. We believe that diverse teams reflect our identity as a global company, enabling us to better address the evolving needs of our customers and care for our future.
EOE / Disability / Veteran
