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Manager Business Partner Controller

Bosch · Oakbrook Terrace, IL · $140,000–$155,000 a year · Full time · Finance

Posted Aug 28, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 22, 2026

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About your past

You'd prepare and present business reports for regional review meetings across product areas. What makes a review meeting produce a decision?

What they are checking: An opinion about a named forum

What would you do

You'd coordinate with plant controllers to verify plant performance and its impact on global results. What do you check when a plant's numbers look better than expected?

What they are checking: Skepticism as a controller

You'd collaborate with international plants and worldwide marketing, engineering and purchasing organizations. How do you work across a global matrix from a regional seat?

What they are checking: The structural reality of the role

You'd support digitalization and artificial intelligence use cases within the controlling team. Where would automation genuinely help a controlling function?

What they are checking: Practical judgment on a named initiative

The business unit's leader disagrees with your projection. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Independence in a business partner role

This is based in Oakbrook Terrace supporting a regional business unit. What would you want to know about the product areas and the plants before you took it?

What they are checking: Whether they diligence the scope

About the work

This role drives profitability for a commercial goods business unit covering brakes, spark plugs, rotating machines, filters and batteries. What controlling have you done for a product business?

What they are checking: The specific product scope named

You'd provide transparent performance analysis, economic evaluations and decision proposals. Walk me through an economic evaluation you built that led to a decision.

What they are checking: Analysis that produced an outcome

You'd do margin steering and long-term operating profit projections. How do you improve margin on a mature aftermarket product line?

What they are checking: Margin work in this specific business

You'd support planning and follow-up of growth activities with the go-to-market organization. How do you evaluate a growth initiative before it has any results?

What they are checking: Assessing a plan rather than a result

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The full job description

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As Manager Business Partner Controller, your key responsibilities will include: • Drive profitability for the Commercial Goods Business Unit with Brakes Components, Spark Plugs, Rotating Machines, Filters, Batteries and Portfolio Goods in North America. • Serve as the business partner for regional business unit MA-CG in NA, providing transparent KPI analysis, economic evaluations, and decision proposals. • Collaborate with international and local plants, as well as worldwide business unit marketing, engineering, and purchasing organizations to implement cross-functional measures. • Conduct business analysis for actual, forecast, and business planning, including margin steering and long-term EBIT projections. • Support the planning and follow up of growth activities together with the “Go-to-market” organization in the region on the way to the Ambition 2030. • Prepare and present business reports for regional review meetings across all CG Product Areas. • Coordinate with plant controllers to verify main plant KPIs performance and impact on global results. • Interface with Business Unit and Region "Go-to-source" in NA, as well as different plants in the International Plant Network. • Support digitalization activities and AI use case realizations within the CG/CTG-team. • Actively contribute to increasing work efficiency and process improvements within the CG/CTG-team. • Education: Master's degree (or equivalent) in Finance or a closely related field. A Bachelor's degree is required. • Experience: Minimum of 5 years of progressive financial experience, ideally encompassing full P&L oversight (sales, margin, budgeting, logistics, purchasing, plant operations). • Language Proficiency: Fluent in written and spoken English. Spanish proficiency is a plus. • Financial Acumen: Demonstrated expertise in financial analysis, business model understanding, and cross-functional steering of financial initiatives. • Technical Skills: High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint). Experience with Icona, OHEP, Power BI, and SAP is advantageous. • Soft Skills & Work Ethic: • Strong analytical abilities and an entrepreneurial mindset. • Exceptional prioritization skills and the ability to manage a high workload in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. • Highly self-motivated, results-oriented, and able to take full ownership of tasks. • Excellent communication and presentation skills, comfortable handling challenging or sensitive topics with professionalism. • Proactive, adaptable, and capable of making sound decisions under pressure. Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization not available. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability / veterans. The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $140,000 - 155,000. Within the range, individual pay is determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, work experience and job knowledge, complexity of the role, job location, etc. In addition to your base salary, Bosch offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts (HSA); flexible spending accounts; 401(K) retirement & Bosch Defined Contribution plan with an attractive employer match; wellness programs; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; parental leave, adoption assistance; and reimbursement of education expenses. Learn more about our full benefits offerings by visiting: https://www.myboschbenefits.com/public/welcome . Pay ranges included in the postings generally reflect base salary; certain positions may include bonus, commission, or additional benefits. https://www.bosch.us/careers/why-bosch/culture-and-benefits/ https://www.myboschbenefits.com/public/welcome