Director of Strategic Finance (Automotive)

Job Description

Job Description

Divergent is a technology company that has architected, invented, built, and commercialized an end-to-end factory system called the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS™) that comprehensively uses machine learning to optimally engineer, additively manufacture, and flexibly assemble complex integrated vehicle structures and subsystems. Products created using DAPS are superior in performance, lower in cost, rapidly customizable to meet mission and customer-specific requirements, faster to market, and scalable on demand to high volume production. Divergent is a qualified Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs, and Divergent is now expanding to support mission critical needs in the Aerospace and Defense sector. Join us to be a part of this transformative journey, where your impact will shape the future of technology and production.

Purpose

The Senior Principal, Program Finance is responsible for leading the financial planning, control, and reporting for Czinger Vehicles' vehicle programs. Acting as the primary finance business partner to Product Development, this role ensures that program budgets are robust, forecasts are accurate, risks and opportunities are clearly identified, and decision-making is grounded in sound financial analysis. The role will also play a key part in scenario modelling and portfolio-level planning, providing the Executive Leadership Team with the insights needed to adjust the business model and optimize the annual portfolio plan.

The Role

• Program Financial Leadership : Own the full financial lifecycle for assigned vehicle programs, from business case creation to program closeout.
• Budgeting & Forecasting : Develop, manage, and update program budgets, including capital, engineering, and material costs, aligned to program timing and scope.
• Cost Tracking & Control : Implement rigorous actuals vs. forecast tracking, ensuring accountability at cost-center and functional levels.
• Scenario Modelling & Strategic Planning : Build and run financial models to test alternative program, product, and investment scenarios, informing adjustments to the business model and portfolio strategy.
• Risk & Opportunity Management : Identify, quantify, and track cost risks and savings opportunities, working cross-functionally to implement mitigation plans.
• Business Case Development : Build and maintain credible program business cases, ensuring alignment with corporate financial targets and investment priorities.
• Reporting & Insights : Deliver concise, executive-level financial dashboards and reports, highlighting deviations from plan and recommending corrective actions.
• Cross-Functional Partnership : Collaborate with Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Program Management to ensure financial alignment with technical and delivery objectives.
• Governance Support : Provide financial input into program milestone reviews, investment approvals, and change-control processes.
• Continuous Improvement : Drive process enhancements in financial governance, tools, and reporting to increase accuracy and efficiency.

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Work Environment

Pay Range

$160,310—$220,405 USD

What We Offer :

Equal Employment Opportunity

Divergent is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected characteristic. Divergent provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

EEO Poster

In order to adjust to changes in our business, it may become necessary to add, remove or modify certain duties and responsibilities, or to reassign you to another job position. From time to time you may be asked to work on special projects or to assist with other work. Your cooperation and assistance in performing such additional work is expected.

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Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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