Logistics Finance Manager

Job Description

Hybrid: This position requires you to work on-site 3 times a week (Tue to Thu)

What You'll Do (Responsibilities)

We are seeking a Finance Manager to act as a strategic business partner for the Logistics team at GM South America. This role will be responsible for overseeing financial performance, driving cost efficiency, and supporting decision-making processes across logistics operations.

This role is part of GPSC Finance organization, reporting to the CFO GPSC Finance in GMSA.

• Serve as a Finance Business Partner for Logistics in South America.

• Lead, develop and inspire a high-performance Logistics Finance team

• Monitor and analyze logistics costs, including Inbound, Duties, Outbound, and Yard operations.

• Conduct financial variance analysis: Year-over-Year and Actual vs Forecast.

• Lead monthly closing activities, forecasting cycles, annual budgeting, and long-term planning processes.

• Track logistics performance through regional KPIs, global dashboards, and fuel trend analysis (local and international).

• Consolidate global financial reports and ensure alignment with corporate standards.

• Manage financial approvals for supplier price increases, premium freight, and spot purchases.

• Perform sensitivity analyses and ad-hoc financial evaluations related to logistics (e.g., Distribution Mix, Business Cases, Location Strategy, Profitability).

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or related field.

• Advanced or Fluent in English

• Strong command of Microsoft Excel is mandatory.

• Technology oriented. Curiosity to explore new tools for process optimization

Preference Qualifications:

• Prior experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and expenditure analysis is highly desirable.
• Leadership experience
• Data analytics tools
• Spanish

Key Competencies

• Holistic business perspective with the ability to connect financial insights across multiple functions

• Leadership skills. Ability to develop high-performance teams

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

• Ability to structure and organize ideas effectively.

• Excellent interpersonal, influence and communication skills.

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 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}.

This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

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