Multi-Site Controller
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections with real content. We must not repeat job title. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. Keep substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Salary: $130,000 - $190,000 per year (Pay section)
- About us: "We are seeking a highly analytical and hands-on Multi-Site Controller to lead the accounting and financial operations across multiple manufacturing facilities. This individual will serve as a key business partner to operations leadership, providing financial oversight, actionable insights, and strategic guidance to improve profitability, operational performance, and cost control." That's about the role.
- Why join us? bullet list: Competitive base salary, Annual bonus opportunity, Comprehensive benefits package, 401(k) with company match, Paid time off, Career advancement opportunities. That's Benefits.
- Job Details sections: Financial Leadership, Cost Accounting & Operational Finance, Budgeting, Forecasting & FP&A, Business Partnership, Team Development. Those are responsibilities.
- Qualifications: Required: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. 6+ years progressive accounting and finance experience within manufacturing. 3+ years leadership experience overseeing accounting or finance teams. Strong expertise in: Cost Accounting, Standard Costing, Manufacturing Variance Analysis, Budgeting & Forecasting, Inventory Accounting, Financial Reporting, Internal Controls. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills. Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Epicor, Infor, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar. Preferred: CPA, CMA, or MBA. Experience supporting multiple manufacturing facilities. Experience within a private equity-backed organization. Experience with acquisitions, integrations, ERP implementations, or business transformation initiatives. Strong Power BI or other business intelligence reporting experience.
We can group Qualifications and Skills maybe. The instruction: Use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections to include based on content.
We have About the role (the "A bit about us" paragraph). We have Responsibilities (the Job Details bullet points). We have Qualifications (Required and Preferred). We have Skills (maybe list of expertise, Excel, ERP, Power BI). Could combine Qualifications and Skills but better separate: Qualifications heading for education/experience; Skills heading for technical skills.
We have Benefits (Why join us list). We have Pay (salary range). No Schedule info, so omit Schedule section.
We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for responsibilities, benefits, qualifications (maybe list), skills (list). Use
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include each bullet point exactly as given? Probably we can keep the substance but not necessarily exact wording? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Means we should not omit details, but we can rephrase? Safer to keep the original phrasing.
We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we must cut out the "Want to learn more about this role and Jobot? Click our Jobot logo and follow our LinkedIn page!" lines, the "Easy Apply now..." repeated, the EEO paragraphs, background check, privacy policy, etc.
We need to keep the substantive content: the role description, responsibilities, qualifications, benefits, pay.
Let's extract.
About the role: "We are seeking a highly analytical and hands-on Multi-Site Controller to lead the accounting and financial operations across multiple manufacturing facilities. This individual will serve as a key business partner to operations leadership, providing financial oversight, actionable insights, and strategic guidance to improve profitability, operational performance, and cost control."
That's a paragraph.
Responsibilities: Under "Job Details" there are headings: Financial Leadership, Cost Accounting & Operational Finance, Budgeting, Forecasting & FP&A, Business Partnership, Team Development. Each has bullet points.
We need to output as a list under Responsibilities heading. Could combine all bullet points into one
with - items.
Let's list them:
Financial Leadership:
- Lead all accounting and financial activities for multiple manufacturing locations.
- Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting.
- Manage the month-end and year-end close processes, including account reconciliations and journal entries.
- Maintain compliance with GAAP and corporate accounting policies.
- Develop and strengthen internal controls and financial processes.
Cost Accounting & Operational Finance:
- Own standard costing methodologies and maintain the integrity of product costing systems.
- Analyze manufacturing variances, including labor, material, overhead, purchase price, scrap, and inventory variances.
- Partner with plant leadership to identify cost reduction opportunities and improve operational efficiencies.
- Review BOMs, routings, labor standards, and inventory transactions to ensure accurate cost reporting.
- Monitor inventory valuation, cycle counts, and physical inventory processes.
Budgeting, Forecasting & FP&A:
- Lead the annual budgeting process and rolling forecasts across all facilities.
- Prepare monthly financial forecasts and analyze performance against budget and prior year results.
- Deliver meaningful variance analysis and financial insights to executive leadership.
- Develop financial models and KPIs to support strategic decision-making.
- Assist leadership with capital expenditure planning and ROI analysis.
Business Partnership:
- Serve as a trusted advisor to Plant Managers, Operations Directors, and senior leadership.
- Translate operational results into financial impacts and recommendations.
- Provide financial support for pricing strategies, margin improvement initiatives, and growth opportunities.
- Present financial results and business performance updates to executive leadership.
Team Development:
- Lead and mentor accounting and finance staff across multiple locations.
- Establish best practices and standardized financial processes.
- Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
Qualifications Required:
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 6+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience within a manufacturing environment.
- 3+ years of leadership experience overseeing accounting or finance teams.
- Strong expertise in:
o Cost Accounting
o Standard Costing
o Manufacturing Variance Analysis
o Budgeting & Forecasting
o Inventory Accounting
o Financial Reporting
o Internal Controls
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Epicor, Infor, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar.
Preferred:
- CPA, CMA, or MBA.
- Experience supporting multiple manufacturing facilities.
- Experience within a private equity-backed organization.
- Experience with acquisitions, integrations, ERP implementations, or business transformation initiatives.
- Strong Power BI or other business intelligence reporting experience.
Skills: Could list the expertise and technical skills: Cost Accounting, Standard Costing, Manufacturing Variance Analysis, Budgeting & Forecasting, Inventory Accounting, Financial Reporting, Internal Controls, Advanced Microsoft Excel, ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Epicor, Infor, Microsoft Dynamics), Power BI or other BI.
But we already have those under Qualifications. Might be redundant to have separate Skills section. However instruction says we can include Skills heading if we have real specific content. We could split: Qualifications for education/experience; Skills for technical competencies.
Let's decide: We'll have sections: About the role (
About the role
), Responsibilities (Responsibilities
), Qualifications (Qualifications
), Skills (Skills
), Benefits (Benefits
), Pay (Pay
).
We must not include Schedule.
Now we need to ensure we don't duplicate content. For Qualifications we can include education and years experience, leadership experience. For Skills we can list the expertise and technical skills.
Let's extract Qualifications content:
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 6+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience within a manufacturing environment.
- 3+ years of leadership experience overseeing accounting or finance teams.
That's it for required qualifications. The "Strong expertise in:" list could go under Skills.
Preferred qualifications could also go under Qualifications? But we could put them under Qualifications as well, but they'd be separate bullet points. However we might want to keep them under Qualifications as "Preferred". But we could also put them under Skills? The instruction: Use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we have Qualifications and Skills separate. We'll put required qualifications under Qualifications, and preferred qualifications maybe also under Qualifications but we can note "Preferred". Or we could put them under Skills? I'd put them under Qualifications as well, but we need to avoid duplication with Skills.
Better: Qualifications: education, years experience, leadership experience, plus preferred qualifications (CPA etc). Skills: list of expertise (cost accounting, standard costing, etc), Excel, ERP, Power BI.
Let's do that.
Now Benefits: list from "Why join us?":
- Competitive base salary
- Annual bonus opportunity
- Comprehensive benefits package
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off
- Career advancement opportunities
Pay: Salary: $130,000 - $190,000 per year.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only.
Let's craft.
About the role
We are seeking a highly analytical and hands-on Multi-Site Controller to lead the accounting and financial operations across multiple manufacturing facilities. This individual will serve as a key business partner to operations leadership, providing financial oversight, actionable insights, and strategic guidance to improve profitability, operational performance, and cost control.
Responsibilities
- Lead all accounting and financial activities for multiple manufacturing locations.
- Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting.
- Manage the month-end and year-end close processes, including account reconciliations and journal entries.
- Maintain compliance with GAAP and corporate accounting policies.
- Develop and strengthen internal controls and financial processes.
- Own standard costing methodologies and maintain the integrity of product costing systems.
- Analyze manufacturing variances, including labor, material, overhead, purchase price, scrap, and inventory variances.
- Partner with plant leadership to identify cost reduction opportunities and improve operational efficiencies.
- Review BOMs, routings, labor standards, and inventory transactions to ensure accurate cost reporting.
- Monitor inventory valuation, cycle counts, and physical inventory processes.
- Lead the annual budgeting process and rolling forecasts across all facilities.
- Prepare monthly financial forecasts and analyze performance against budget and prior year results.
- Deliver meaningful variance analysis and financial insights to executive leadership.
- Develop financial models and KPIs to support strategic decision-making.
- Assist leadership with capital expenditure planning and ROI analysis.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to Plant Managers, Operations Directors, and senior leadership.
- Translate operational results into financial impacts and recommendations.
- Provide financial support for pricing strategies, margin improvement initiatives, and growth opportunities.
- Present financial results and business performance updates to executive leadership.
- Lead and mentor accounting and finance staff across multiple locations.
- Establish best practices and standardized financial processes.
- Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 6+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience within a manufacturing environment.
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include each bullet point exactly as given? Probably we can keep the substance but not necessarily exact wording? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Means we should not omit details, but we can rephrase? Safer to keep the original phrasing. We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we must cut out the "Want to learn more about this role and Jobot? Click our Jobot logo and follow our LinkedIn page!" lines, the "Easy Apply now..." repeated, the EEO paragraphs, background check, privacy policy, etc. We need to keep the substantive content: the role description, responsibilities, qualifications, benefits, pay. Let's extract. About the role: "We are seeking a highly analytical and hands-on Multi-Site Controller to lead the accounting and financial operations across multiple manufacturing facilities. This individual will serve as a key business partner to operations leadership, providing financial oversight, actionable insights, and strategic guidance to improve profitability, operational performance, and cost control." That's a paragraph. Responsibilities: Under "Job Details" there are headings: Financial Leadership, Cost Accounting & Operational Finance, Budgeting, Forecasting & FP&A, Business Partnership, Team Development. Each has bullet points. We need to output as a list under Responsibilities heading. Could combine all bullet points into one
- with
- items.
Let's list them:
Financial Leadership:
- Lead all accounting and financial activities for multiple manufacturing locations.
- Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting.
- Manage the month-end and year-end close processes, including account reconciliations and journal entries.
- Maintain compliance with GAAP and corporate accounting policies.
- Develop and strengthen internal controls and financial processes.
Cost Accounting & Operational Finance:
- Own standard costing methodologies and maintain the integrity of product costing systems.
- Analyze manufacturing variances, including labor, material, overhead, purchase price, scrap, and inventory variances.
- Partner with plant leadership to identify cost reduction opportunities and improve operational efficiencies.
- Review BOMs, routings, labor standards, and inventory transactions to ensure accurate cost reporting.
- Monitor inventory valuation, cycle counts, and physical inventory processes.
Budgeting, Forecasting & FP&A:
- Lead the annual budgeting process and rolling forecasts across all facilities.
- Prepare monthly financial forecasts and analyze performance against budget and prior year results.
- Deliver meaningful variance analysis and financial insights to executive leadership.
- Develop financial models and KPIs to support strategic decision-making.
- Assist leadership with capital expenditure planning and ROI analysis.
Business Partnership:
- Serve as a trusted advisor to Plant Managers, Operations Directors, and senior leadership.
- Translate operational results into financial impacts and recommendations.
- Provide financial support for pricing strategies, margin improvement initiatives, and growth opportunities.
- Present financial results and business performance updates to executive leadership.
Team Development:
- Lead and mentor accounting and finance staff across multiple locations.
- Establish best practices and standardized financial processes.
- Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
Qualifications Required:
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 6+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience within a manufacturing environment.
- 3+ years of leadership experience overseeing accounting or finance teams.
- Strong expertise in:
o Cost Accounting
o Standard Costing
o Manufacturing Variance Analysis
o Budgeting & Forecasting
o Inventory Accounting
o Financial Reporting
o Internal Controls
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Epicor, Infor, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar.
Preferred:
- CPA, CMA, or MBA.
- Experience supporting multiple manufacturing facilities.
- Experience within a private equity-backed organization.
- Experience with acquisitions, integrations, ERP implementations, or business transformation initiatives.
- Strong Power BI or other business intelligence reporting experience.
Skills: Could list the expertise and technical skills: Cost Accounting, Standard Costing, Manufacturing Variance Analysis, Budgeting & Forecasting, Inventory Accounting, Financial Reporting, Internal Controls, Advanced Microsoft Excel, ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Epicor, Infor, Microsoft Dynamics), Power BI or other BI.
But we already have those under Qualifications. Might be redundant to have separate Skills section. However instruction says we can include Skills heading if we have real specific content. We could split: Qualifications for education/experience; Skills for technical competencies.
Let's decide: We'll have sections: About the role (
About the role
), Responsibilities (Responsibilities
), Qualifications (Qualifications
), Skills (Skills
), Benefits (Benefits
), Pay (Pay
). We must not include Schedule. Now we need to ensure we don't duplicate content. For Qualifications we can include education and years experience, leadership experience. For Skills we can list the expertise and technical skills. Let's extract Qualifications content: - Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. - 6+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience within a manufacturing environment. - 3+ years of leadership experience overseeing accounting or finance teams. That's it for required qualifications. The "Strong expertise in:" list could go under Skills. Preferred qualifications could also go under Qualifications? But we could put them under Qualifications as well, but they'd be separate bullet points. However we might want to keep them under Qualifications as "Preferred". But we could also put them under Skills? The instruction: Use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we have Qualifications and Skills separate. We'll put required qualifications under Qualifications, and preferred qualifications maybe also under Qualifications but we can note "Preferred". Or we could put them under Skills? I'd put them under Qualifications as well, but we need to avoid duplication with Skills. Better: Qualifications: education, years experience, leadership experience, plus preferred qualifications (CPA etc). Skills: list of expertise (cost accounting, standard costing, etc), Excel, ERP, Power BI. Let's do that. Now Benefits: list from "Why join us?": - Competitive base salary - Annual bonus opportunity - Comprehensive benefits package - 401(k) with company match - Paid time off - Career advancement opportunities Pay: Salary: $130,000 - $190,000 per year. Now we need to output HTML fragment only. Let's craft.About the role
We are seeking a highly analytical and hands-on Multi-Site Controller to lead the accounting and financial operations across multiple manufacturing facilities. This individual will serve as a key business partner to operations leadership, providing financial oversight, actionable insights, and strategic guidance to improve profitability, operational performance, and cost control.
Responsibilities
- Lead all accounting and financial activities for multiple manufacturing locations.
- Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting.
- Manage the month-end and year-end close processes, including account reconciliations and journal entries.
- Maintain compliance with GAAP and corporate accounting policies.
- Develop and strengthen internal controls and financial processes.
- Own standard costing methodologies and maintain the integrity of product costing systems.
- Analyze manufacturing variances, including labor, material, overhead, purchase price, scrap, and inventory variances.
- Partner with plant leadership to identify cost reduction opportunities and improve operational efficiencies.
- Review BOMs, routings, labor standards, and inventory transactions to ensure accurate cost reporting.
- Monitor inventory valuation, cycle counts, and physical inventory processes.
- Lead the annual budgeting process and rolling forecasts across all facilities.
- Prepare monthly financial forecasts and analyze performance against budget and prior year results.
- Deliver meaningful variance analysis and financial insights to executive leadership.
- Develop financial models and KPIs to support strategic decision-making.
- Assist leadership with capital expenditure planning and ROI analysis.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to Plant Managers, Operations Directors, and senior leadership.
- Translate operational results into financial impacts and recommendations.
- Provide financial support for pricing strategies, margin improvement initiatives, and growth opportunities.
- Present financial results and business performance updates to executive leadership.
- Lead and mentor accounting and finance staff across multiple locations.
- Establish best practices and standardized financial processes.
- Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 6+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience within a manufacturing environment.