Plant Finance Controller – Automotive Seating (US Expansion)

Brose North America Inc; Michigan; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Brose Sitech is expanding in the US market and seeks a skilled finance professional to join the plant Controlling team in Michigan. You will own plant P&L, standard costs, variances, and month-end close activities, driving cost efficiency and accurate reporting from the shop floor to corporate dashboards.

The role emphasizes hands-on collaboration with Operations and a strong focus on budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis to support cost optimization and production planning through 2028

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive finance and manufacturing Controlling experience.
• Strong costing, budgeting, forecasting and month‑end close skills.
• Manufacturing plant controlling experience preferred in automotive suppliers.
• SAP / ERP knowledge, FI/CO and product costing valuable.

Responsibilities

• Own plant financial transparency: P&L, cost centers, KPIs and risk tracking.
• Maintain standard costs, labor and overhead rates, routings and BOM roll-ups.
• Analyze variances: material, labor, overhead, absorption, yield and productivity.
• Lead or support month‑end close, accruals, cost allocations and inventory valuation.
• Prepare monthly plant reports, dashboards, forecasts and variance commentary.
• Coordinate inventories, cycle counts and inventory accuracy improvement.
• Monitor CapEx and tooling investments; support capital approvals.
• Collaborate with Operations, Logistics, Quality, Engineering and Purchasing on corrective actions.
• Maintain data integrity in SAP/ERP and support audit readiness.

Skills

Standard costing

Cost accounting

Inventory accounting

Production variance analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, Industrial Engineering or related field

Tools

SAP / ERP

Job description

Brose Sitech is expanding in the US market and seeks a skilled finance professional to join the plant Controlling team in Michigan. You will own plant P&L, standard costs, variances, and month-end close activities, driving cost efficiency and accurate reporting from the shop floor to corporate dashboards.

The role emphasizes hands-on collaboration with Operations and a strong focus on budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis to support cost optimization and production planning through 2028