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Harbinger Motors

Electric commercial vehicles with driver-centric design

Senior Financial Analyst - Global Supply Chain

Corporate Finance & FP&APosted on Nov 12
Full-timeGarden Grove, CA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a STEM field is required.
  • Three to five or more years of financial analysis experience are required.
  • Experience with materials or inventory forecasting, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), or Material Requirements Planning (MRP) in a manufacturing environment is required.
  • Experience supporting procurement or direct materials sourcing, including supplier quote analysis or should-cost modeling, is required.
  • Advanced Excel skills, including handling large data sets and scenario modeling, are required.
  • Experience mining data using SQL and working with enterprise resource planning (ERP) data is required.
  • Strong written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex data to non-finance partners, are required.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as finance business partner to Operations and Supply Chain leadership, including financial planning for headcount and operating expenses.
  • Become the finance subject matter expert in S&OP and MRP, understanding how demand, supply, and lead times flow through the system and into the financial forecast.
  • Lead a standard materials forecasting method with operating teams, including estimating and time-phasing committed, planned, and not-yet-planned demand.
  • Analyze direct material spend by supplier, commodity, and region, and support sourcing decisions with should-cost models, quote comparisons, and business cases for second sources or make-versus-buy.
  • Model and report the landed cost of parts, including tariffs, duties, and inbound freight, in partnership with the Logistics finance analyst, and show how trade and tariff changes affect cost of goods sold.
  • Track purchase price variance against standard cost and measure progress on supplier cost-reduction targets.
  • Develop trackable ways to reflect supplier delivery performance in the forecast and measure forecast accuracy over time.
  • Identify supplier risks, including foreign currency exposure, single-source dependencies, and supplier financial health.
  • Build inventory reporting, including inventory levels, excess and obsolete inventory, scrap, and shortages.
  • Partner with Procurement and Treasury on supplier payment terms and inventory days, and how both affect cash.
  • Partner with Accounting to keep inventory costing and cost allocation compliant with GAAP and audit requirements.

Desired Qualifications

  • An MBA or master's degree in a related field is preferred.
  • Experience with NetSuite, Coupa, or another ERP migration is preferred.
  • Experience with procurement analytics in Coupa or a similar tool is preferred.
  • Experience with inventory accounting, excess and obsolete reserves, or standard costing is preferred.
  • Familiarity with landed cost, tariffs, customs, or foreign currency in a global supply base is preferred.
  • Familiarity with public company reporting and SOX controls is preferred.
  • Experience in high-rate manufacturing, automotive, electric vehicle, or industrial companies is preferred.

About the Company

Harbinger Motors

Electric commercial vehicles with driver-centric design

Harbinger Motors designs, builds, and sells electric commercial vehicles. Its products use a unique chassis architecture and drive-by-wire steering to create vehicles that enhance driver comfort, safety, and productivity. The company emphasizes ergonomics, such as a floor height below 28 inches, and prepares its vehicles to be autonomous-ready, enabling potential autonomous operation in the future. Revenue comes from vehicle sales and related services like customer support and maintenance, with a data-driven approach that uses tracking tools to understand customer needs and improve products. Harbinger Motors differentiates itself from competitors by prioritizing the driver experience and operational productivity through its ergonomic design, driver-focused features, autonomous-readiness, and data-informed improvements. The company's goal is to transform the commercial vehicle industry by delivering practical, user-friendly EVs that boost safety and efficiency for businesses.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Series D
Total funding
$597.7M
Headquarters
Garden Grove, CA
Founded
2021

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