Sales Controller (Tier 1 Automotive)
Job Description
Position Type: Direct Hire Full-Time
Salary: $120,000–$135,000 per year
Bonus: Up to 6% quarterly bonus
- Provide financial analytics, insights, and recommendations to support commercial and financial decision-making across multiple business units.
- Manage and update pricing and volume data in collaboration with shared services teams.
- Serve as a representative on the Global Sales systems and processes team, helping improve financial systems and reporting.
- Lead preparation and analysis of Customer Income Statements (CIS) using OneStream.
- Monitor and analyze global business opportunities and order intake in partnership with shared services.
- Track and report performance by OEM, supporting forecasting, month-end close, and business decision-making.
- Oversee sales amortization activities, including pricing changes and accrual management.
- Deliver divisional reporting on sales performance, market share, market size, and new order intake.
- Standardize reporting templates, tools, and processes across business-unit controlling teams.
- Provide financial support and business intelligence to senior leadership, business units, and major OEM accounts.
- Lead ad hoc financial analysis and continuous improvement initiatives, including optimization of pricing and reporting tools.
- Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- Must have experience in a Tier 1 automotive or highly similar environment.
- Strong financial acumen with experience in business controlling, finance, commercial analytics, or a related discipline.
- Ability to translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable business insights.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Power BI, ERP systems, and sales/financial reporting tools.
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional communication skills.
- Master’s degree or MBA.
- Experience with OneStream and database management.
- Working knowledge of AMIS and GBO systems.
Meet Your Recruiter
Senior Technical Recruiter
Galen is a Senior Technical Recruiter at Sterling Engineering with nearly 14 years of recruiting and talent acquisition experience, spanning agency leadership, high-volume technical recruiting, and executive-level client partnership. Since joining Sterling in February 2026, he has brought a strategic, relationship-driven approach to supporting candidates and clients across manufacturing, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and more.
Galen is dedicated to solving complex hiring challenges and building trusted, long-term partnerships with candidates, hiring managers, and executives. He takes the time to understand each person’s experience, goals, and career ambitions so he can help connect them with opportunities that align with both their skills and long-term direction.
For Galen, recruiting is about being an advocate and facilitator during important moments of transition and opportunity. He genuinely enjoys learning what motivates people and helping them take meaningful next steps in their careers while supporting companies in building strong, high-performing teams.