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Key Objectives of this Role• Own the Global CO Template: Standardize cost structures, costing variants, cost center hierarchies, overhead allocation logic, and profitability frameworks across all Visteon entities.• Ensure High-Quality Rollouts: Lead blueprinting, build, SIT/UAT, cutover preparation, and hypercare for CO processes at every site.• Drive Cost Transparency Across the Value Chain: Establish accurate product costing, variance analysis, and profitability reporting integrated with manufacturing and logistics.• Strengthen Financial Planning, Forecasting & Reporting: Build robust cost controlling capabilities that support budgeting cycles and site-level financial performance.• Cross-Functional Leadership: Ensure seamless integration with FI, MM, DTS, EWM, and SD for end-to-end accuracy of costs and variances.• Reduce Complexity & Increase Automation: Move Visteon toward standardized cost models with minimal customizations and optimized costing runs.• Capability Building: Grow internal capability by coaching analysts and finance teams on costing, allocations, and profitability logic.Key Performance IndicatorsSystem Deployment & Program KPIs• On-time completion of CO blueprint, build, SIT/UAT, and go-live for each rollout.• Clean integration design with no CO-impacting defects at go-live.• Defect leakage rate from SIT → UAT → go-live.• Quality and completeness of CO design documentation and cost reporting frameworks.• Stabilization score during hypercare for costing, ML/PPV, and variance postings.Costing & Operational KPIs• Accuracy of standard cost calculations for materials and finished goods.• Timeliness and accuracy of month-end cost allocations and settlements.• Reduction in costing-related manual adjustments.• PPV control and variance classification accuracy.• Accuracy of production order settlement, WIP calculation, and overhead application.Profitability & Reporting KPIs• Accuracy and reliability of COPA / Margin Analysis reporting.• Integration accuracy of revenue, cost of goods sold, variances, freight, and overheads.• Stakeholder satisfaction from controllers, CFO/CAO, and operations leadership.Cross-Functional KPIs• Quality of integration with PP/DS, MM, SD, and EWM.• Reduction in cross-module reconciliation issues impacting costing and reporting.• Smooth execution of costing runs for global sites.Key Year One Deliverables• Stabilize CO Processes for the Pilot Siteo Ensure stable month-end close (WIP, variance calculation, settlement, overheads).o Improve accuracy of standard cost components and production order costing.o Resolve PPV logic, freight handling, and overhead application issues.• Finalize the Global CO Templateo Cost center hierarchy, assessment cycles, overhead groups, costing variants.o Standardized costing sheet (including freight, overhead, and burden rates).o Unified approach for PPV, FX variance handling, and inventory valuation.• Deliver Blueprint & Build for Tunisia, Asia, and Subsequent Siteso Fit-gap analysis with strict control on custom logic.o Localization for statutory and inventory valuation rules as required.o Support FP&A alignment for budgeting, forecasting, and costing models.• Lead SIT/UAT for All CO Processeso Validate integration for production orders, process orders, deliveries, GI/GR flows.o Ensure accuracy of cost component splits and final settlement.o Zero blocker issues at UAT exit.• Cutover Readiness & Execution for Each Siteo Standard cost upload, cost run coordination, WIP/variance mock cycles.o Cost center data, overhead keys, and allocation cycles preparation.o Smooth transition into the first month-end close after go-live.• Strengthen Internal Capability & Documentationo CO playbooks for cost runs, settlements, and month-end closing.o Train internal IT and business controllers on standard cost and variance logic.o Establish a knowledge repository for CO processes.