Project Controller

Brose Sitech; Michigan; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stable employment

Individual opportunities for professional development

Contact with new technologies

Job summary

Brose Sitech in Michigan is seeking a knowledgeable professional for project controlling, focusing on financial transparency for customer programs. Responsibilities include preparing business cases and supporting negotiations. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and at least 5 years of relevant experience in automotive or manufacturing settings.

Join Brose Sitech to leverage cutting-edge technology, enjoy stable employment, and pursue individual professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in project controlling, program controlling, commercial controlling, finance, or management accounting.
• Experience in manufacturing, automotive, or engineering-driven environments.
• Strong knowledge of product costing, BOM cost logic, and variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Own financial transparency for assigned customer programs.
• Prepare and maintain project business cases and profitability models.
• Support OEM customer negotiations with financial arguments and scenario analyses.

Skills

Project controlling

Financial analysis

Cost breakdown

Budgeting and forecasting

SAP / ERP experience

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Engineering

Tools

Excel

SAP / ERP

Job description

• Own financial transparency for assigned customer programs, including revenue, material cost, tooling, R&D, CapEx, margin and lifecycle profitability
• Prepare and maintain project business cases, RFQ calculations, acquisition calculations and profitability models
• Maintain BOM-based cost models, cost simulations and commercial assumptions used for customer pricing
• Support OEM customer negotiations with cost-breakdown packages, financial arguments and scenario analyses
• Evaluate financial impact of engineering changes, customer change requests, volume changes, scope changes and timing changes
• Track project budgets, forecasts, actuals, commitments and risks/opportunities
• Act as commercial sparring partner for Program Management, Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, Operations and Finance
• Ensure consistency of project data in SAP / ERP and controlling systems
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project controlling, program controlling, commercial controlling, finance or management accounting.
• Experience in manufacturing, automotive, industrial or engineering-driven environment.
• Strong knowledge of business cases, RFQs, product costing, BOM cost logic, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel and SAP / ERP experience.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.

Preferred:

• OEM cost-breakdown experience, including VDA, A2Mac1 or similar cost-transparency standards.
• Experience supporting customer negotiations, VA/VE activities, engineering changes or profitability recovery.

We offer:

• Stable employment and interesting, challenging work, contact with new technologies
• Individual opportunities for professional development

Success starts with the right conditions: cutting-edge technology, valuable benefits, and a clear path for long-term development. At Brose Sitech, we provide everything you need to drive your career forward!