Controller, Operations

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes "The Impact You'll Make" and "What You'll Be Doing". Those are sections. Also "Required Qualifications" and "Preferred Qualifications". Also "What You'll Get From Us" (benefits). No explicit Pay or Schedule sections. So we should not create Pay/Schedule unless present. Benefits: we have "What You'll Get From Us" includes benefits description. So we can create a Benefits section with that content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Use

for section headings. Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

  for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Also remove "Ready to Make a Difference?" and "Apply now..." etc. Also remove "Our Commitment to Transparency" and salary ranges etc. Also remove "All qualified applicants will receive consideration..." etc. Also remove "Want to know more? Please visit our FAQ Page." Also remove "The actual salary offer will carefully consider..." etc. Also remove "Any benefits listed do not promise..." etc. Also remove "We promote from within..."? That's part of benefits, keep. Also "You’ll have flexibility..." keep. Also "Your well-being matters..." keep. Also "We strive to create an inclusive work environment..." keep. Also "You’ll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more." keep. Also "These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great." keep? It's part of benefits description. Keep. We need to format duties as list under "What You'll Be Doing". Use

  • . The duties are many bullet-like sentences. We'll convert each sentence into
  • . Ensure we keep all details. Similarly, Required Qualifications: list each bullet. Preferred Qualifications: list each bullet. Benefits: list each benefit? The paragraph includes multiple benefits: flexibility, autonomy, support, well-being, inclusive environment, benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. Also mentoring, training, global opportunities. We'll create a
    • for each distinct benefit item. We must not create sections with filler. So we will have sections: About the role? Actually "The Impact You'll Make" could be considered About the role. Use heading

      About the Role

      . Then

      with the prose? The content: "The Operational Controller is responsible for providing financial leadership and analytical support to manufacturing operations. This position partners closely with plant and operations leadership to drive financial performance, improve cost visibility, maintain accurate product costing, support operational decision-making, and ensure effective financial controls. The ideal candidate combines strong accounting fundamentals with hands-on manufacturing finance experience and the ability to translate operational and financial data into actionable business insights." That's prose; we can put in

      . Then "What You’ll Be Doing" heading

      Responsibilities

      (or maybe "What You’ll Be Doing" but we need to use standard headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. The instruction: use

      for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should map to those headings. So we need to use those exact headings? It says e.g., so we can use those headings. Likely we should use those headings. So we will have:

      About the role

      Responsibilities

      Requirements

      (maybe for Required Qualifications)

      Qualifications

      (for Preferred Qualifications)

      Benefits

      We should not include Skills unless we have specific skills list; we have skills embedded in qualifications; but we could put skills under Qualifications? The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could combine Required and Preferred into Requirements and Qualifications. We'll do: - About the role: prose. - Responsibilities: list of duties. - Requirements: list of required qualifications. - Qualifications: list of preferred qualifications. - Benefits: list of benefits. We must not repeat job title as heading. Good. Now we need to strip out boilerplate lines like "Ready to Make a Difference?" etc. Also remove "Our Commitment to Transparency" etc. Also remove "All qualified applicants will receive consideration..." etc. Now produce HTML fragment. Let's extract duties sentences from "What You’ll Be Doing". The text: Provide financial leadership and support to plant and operations management. Manage and analyze manufacturing costs, including standard costs, actual costs, labor, overhead, material usage, and production variances. Perform detailed analysis of manufacturing variances, including purchase price, material usage, labor, overhead, scrap, and other production-related variances. Analyze plant profitability, contribution margin, cost trends, productivity, and operational KPIs. Prepare monthly financial results, forecasts, budgets, and management reporting. Perform month-end closing activities, including accruals, journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analysis. Partner with operations to identify cost-reduction, productivity, and profitability improvement opportunities. Monitor inventory valuation, inventory reserves, cycle-count adjustments, excess and obsolete inventory, and inventory-related financial controls. Support capital expenditure analysis, tracking, and financial justification. Develop and maintain financial models, reports, dashboards, and KPI reporting for plant leadership. Analyze sales, volume, labor hours, headcount, earned hours, overtime, scrap, and other operational drivers affecting plant performance. Ensure compliance with company accounting policies, internal controls, and applicable accounting standards. Support internal and external audits as required. Identify financial risks and opportunities and communicate significant issues to management in a timely manner. Drive improvements in financial processes, reporting accuracy, data quality, and reporting efficiency. We'll make each a
    • . Now Required Qualifications bullet list: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field. Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and internal controls. Working knowledge of manufacturing accounting and cost-accounting concepts. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate financial and operational variances. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial analysis, large data sets, pivot tables, lookups, and financial modeling. Ability to communicate financial information effectively to both financial and non-financial stakeholders. Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet reporting deadlines. Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with operations, supply chain, engineering, purchasing, and other business functions. Now Preferred Qualifications bullet list: Five (5) or more years of manufacturing cost-accounting or manufacturing finance experience preferred. SAP experience preferred, particularly within manufacturing, controlling, product costing, inventory, and financial reporting processes. Experience with standard costing and annual standard-cost updates. Experience analyzing manufacturing variances, including purchase price variance (PPV), material usage, labor, overhead, and scrap. Experience with Power BI or similar business-intelligence and data-visualization tools. Now Benefits: from "What You'll Get From Us": We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities. You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us. We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are. You’ll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great. We can break into list items: - Mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities (promote from within and support your learning) - Flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance - Well-being focus (Your well-being matters to us) - Inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected and valued - Benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more - Note that benefits vary by country and contract, worth asking about We could keep as prose but instruction: Use
      • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to make a list. We'll create
        • for each distinct benefit item. Now produce HTML. We must not include any extra text outside HTML fragment. Let's craft:

          About the role

          The Operational Controller is responsible for providing financial leadership and analytical support to manufacturing operations. This position partners closely with plant and operations leadership to drive financial performance, improve cost visibility, maintain accurate product costing, support operational decision-making, and ensure effective financial controls. The ideal candidate combines strong accounting fundamentals with hands-on manufacturing finance experience and the ability to translate operational and financial data into actionable business insights.

          Responsibilities

          • Provide financial leadership and support to plant and operations management.
          • Manage and analyze manufacturing costs, including standard costs, actual costs, labor, overhead, material usage, and production variances.
          • Perform detailed analysis of manufacturing variances, including purchase price, material usage, labor, overhead, scrap, and other production-related variances.
          • Analyze plant profitability, contribution margin, cost trends, productivity, and operational KPIs.
          • Prepare monthly financial results, forecasts, budgets, and management reporting.
          • Perform month-end closing activities, including accruals, journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analysis.
          • Partner with operations to identify cost-reduction, productivity, and profitability improvement opportunities.
          • Monitor inventory valuation, inventory reserves, cycle-count adjustments, excess and obsolete inventory, and inventory-related financial controls.
          • Support capital expenditure analysis, tracking, and financial justification.
          • Develop and maintain financial models, reports, dashboards, and KPI reporting for plant leadership.
          • Analyze sales, volume, labor hours, headcount, earned hours, overtime, scrap, and other operational drivers affecting plant performance.
          • Ensure compliance with company accounting policies, internal controls, and applicable accounting standards.
          • Support internal and external audits as required.
          • Identify financial risks and opportunities and communicate significant issues to management in a timely manner.
          • Drive improvements in financial processes, reporting accuracy, data quality, and reporting efficiency.

          Requirements

          • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
          • Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and internal controls.
          • Working knowledge of manufacturing accounting and cost-accounting concepts.
          • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate financial and operational variances.
          • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial analysis, large data sets, pivot tables, lookups, and financial modeling.
          • Ability to communicate financial information effectively to both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
          • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet reporting deadlines.
          • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with operations, supply chain, engineering, purchasing, and other business functions.

          Qualifications

          • Five (5) or more years of manufacturing cost-accounting or manufacturing finance experience preferred.
          • SAP experience preferred, particularly within manufacturing, controlling, product costing, inventory, and financial reporting processes.
          • Experience with standard costing and annual standard-cost updates.
          • Experience analyzing manufacturing variances, including purchase price variance (