Business Analyst

Ford Motor Company

. Partner with Product Managers across six FORGE product families to develop and maintain product financial plans.

Posted 11/10/2026full-timeNaucalpan de Juárez • MexicoJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in financial planning, analysis, and reporting, with a strong focus on portfolio management and investment tracking. Proficient in utilizing advanced tools for data analysis and visualization to support product financial decisions.

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Financial ModelingPortfolio ManagementMicrosoft ExcelPower BIBusiness Case Development

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Hard Skills

Financial AnalysisBudgetingForecastingProject AccountingInvestment AnalysisData AnalyticsProblem-SolvingMarket ResearchScenario AnalysisReporting

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsCollaborationCommunicationPrioritizationPresentation Skills

Tools & Technologies

Power QueryPower AutomateJiraAzure DevOpsAI-Assisted AnalyticsExcel DashboardsAutomation Tools

Industry Keywords

Product Financial PlansFunding ApprovalGovernance RecordsPortfolio DashboardsOperational BenefitsCost SavingsRisk ReductionDeployment CostsTAM/SAM/SOM Market SizingFord Financial Processes

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with Product Managers across six FORGE product families to develop and maintain product financial plans.
Track approved, authorized, committed, and spent funding across the product portfolio.
Monitor funding from approved investment through purchase order issuance, work completion, and financial closeout.
Maintain financial glidepaths, forecasts, and investment tracking dashboards.
Identify budget variances, funding risks, and gaps, and provide visibility to Product Leadership and ATP Finance.
Support monthly, quarterly, and annual portfolio financial reviews.
Coordinate preparation and submission of development and deployment projects for funding approval.
Support project scopes, financial justifications, capitalization/expense classifications, and funding documentation.
Track projects through approval, authorization, procurement, execution, completion, and closeout.
Serve as the primary FORGE contact for ATP Finance and represent product funding status in finance reviews.
Resolve financial process issues with Finance, Purchasing, Product Managers, and delivery teams.
Maintain governance records and portfolio-level status reporting.
Support quarterly product business cases and quantify customer value, operational benefits, cost savings, risk reduction, investments, deployment costs, and potential revenue.
Perform scenario and sensitivity analyses for product investment recommendations.
Track financial and business outcomes against approved business cases.
Conduct market research and opportunity assessments with Product Managers.
Create analyses supporting product prioritization, roadmap decisions, and investment discussions.
Create and maintain portfolio dashboards, scorecards, and leadership review materials.
Report on funding utilization, project lifecycle status, business case health, deployment investment, and expected value.
Transform financial and operational data into insights, risks, and recommended actions.
Improve reporting through Power BI, Excel, automation, and AI-enabled tools.
Support planning, roadmap reviews, portfolio reviews, and FORGE operating rhythms.
Develop common financial definitions, templates, metrics, and reporting practices.
Coordinate information across Product, Finance, Purchasing, Engineering, and Operations stakeholders.
Implement continuous improvements to portfolio governance, reporting, and financial management processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field.
2+ years of experience in business analysis, finance, portfolio management, product operations, accounting, or a related discipline.
Professional fluency in English, written and verbal.
Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
Experience creating dashboards, reports, and executive-ready presentations.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate across technical, product, and finance teams.
Preferred: Experience supporting a product organization, technology development portfolio, or manufacturing environment.
Preferred: Experience with budgets, forecasts, project accounting, procurement, and financial reporting.
Preferred: Understanding of business case development, investment analysis, and TAM/SAM/SOM market sizing.
Preferred: Experience with Power BI, Power Query, Power Automate, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
Preferred: Familiarity with Ford financial processes, non-production project governance, I-ERP, Ariba, and procurement tools.
Preferred: Experience using AI-assisted analytics, reporting, or workflow automation.