Plant Controller: Finance & Cost Excellence

Brose Group; Michigan; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stable employment

Professional development

Benefits

Job summary

Brose Group in Michigan is seeking a seasoned Finance/Controlling professional to own plant-level financial transparency, including P&L, cost-center performance and KPIs. You will validate standard costs, labor and overhead rates, routings and cost roll-ups, while partnering with Operations to drive improvements.

The role requires hands-on experience in manufacturing finance, strong costing and variance analysis, and a proactive mindset to support month-end close, budgeting and forecasts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, Industrial Engineering or related field
• Minimum 5 years of progressive finance, controlling, accounting or cost accounting experience, including manufacturing exposure
• Strong experience with standard costing, cost accounting, inventory accounting, production variance analysis, budgeting, forecasting and month-end close
• Manufacturing plant controlling experience; automotive supplier experience strongly preferred
• SAP / ERP knowledge; SAP FI/CO, product costing, production orders or material ledger experience highly valuable
• Ability to work directly with plant operations and spend time on the shop floor to understand operational drivers

Responsibilities

• Own plant financial transparency, including manufacturing P&L, cost-center performance, operational KPIs and financial risk/opportunity tracking
• Maintain and validate standard costs, labor rates, overhead rates, routings, BOM assumptions and cost roll-ups
• Analyze material, labor, overhead, absorption, scrap, yield, productivity and manufacturing variances
• Lead or support plant-related month-end close activities, accruals, cost allocations, inventory valuation and variance postings
• Prepare monthly plant financial reports, dashboards, forecasts and variance commentary
• Coordinate or support physical inventories, cycle counts, slow-moving inventory analysis and inventory accuracy improvement
• Monitor plant CapEx, tooling, equipment investments and capital approval packages
• Partner with Operations, Logistics, Quality, Engineering and Purchasing to define corrective actions and improve cost performance
• Maintain financial data integrity in SAP / ERP and support audit readiness

Skills

Cost accounting

Standard costing

Variance analysis

SAP/ERP

Manufacturing finance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Tools

SAP FI/CO

Material Ledger

Job description

Brose Group in Michigan is seeking a seasoned Finance/Controlling professional to own plant-level financial transparency, including P&L, cost-center performance and KPIs. You will validate standard costs, labor and overhead rates, routings and cost roll-ups, while partnering with Operations to drive improvements.

The role requires hands-on experience in manufacturing finance, strong costing and variance analysis, and a proactive mindset to support month-end close, budgeting and forecasts.