Job Description
Job Description
As a Unit Controller, you will be responsible for overseeing the financial operations of the account, including financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, compliance, internal controls, and operational financial analysis. This role partners closely with account leadership to drive financial performance, ensure fiscal accountability, and support strategic decision-making. The Unit Controller will maintain the integrity of financial records, ensure compliance with company policies, and identify opportunities to improve profitability and operational efficiency.
Job Responsibilities
- Partner with account leadership to analyze financial performance and communicate key drivers impacting revenue, expenses, and profitability.
- Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting process, including weekly, monthly, and annual financial planning activities.
- Prepare, review, and distribute accurate financial reports, variance analyses, and performance metrics to operations and regional leadership.
- Maintain accountability for cash management, banking activities, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, and capital expenditures.
- Monitor financial results against budget and forecast, identifying risks and opportunities and developing action plans to achieve financial goals.
- Ensure compliance with company financial policies, internal controls, SOX requirements, and contract obligations.
- Conduct and support audits related to cash controls, inventory management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and financial reporting processes.
- Partner with operations leaders to strengthen financial acumen and ensure consistent adherence to financial policies, procedures, and best practices.Maintain accurate financial records and reporting in accordance with Aramark policies as well as all local, state, and federal regulations.
- Analyze inventory, labor, purchasing, and operational expenses to identify opportunities for cost savings and margin improvement.
- Support month-end and year-end close processes, including account reconciliations and financial review activities.
- Serve as a financial resource for both operational leadership and clients, providing reporting, analysis, and recommendations as needed.
- Assist with the development of financial models, business cases, and proformas for new business opportunities, contract renewals, and growth initiatives.
- Support regional financial initiatives and perform additional accounting, reporting, and analytical duties as assigned by Finance Leadership.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5+ years of progressive financial experience required, including AP/AR, payroll, and P&L management
- Ideal candidates will possess a bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
- Ability to work closely with a team in budgeting, cost controls and monthly reporting is critical.
- Adhering to generally accepted accounting practices and observing all financial controls and processes is required.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, strong attention to detail and the ability to work under strict deadlines are essential
- Must be organized, demonstrate initiative and have ability to diagnose current state and achieve process improvement
- Excellent Microsoft Excel skills required
- Candidate must be willing to work event-based hours that include evenings and weekends
This role may have physical demands including, but not limited to, lifting, bending, pushing, pulling and/or extended walking and standing. This role may also require uniforms and/or usage of Personal Protective equipment (PPE).
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About Aramark
Our Mission
Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet.
At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
About Aramark
The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at http://www.aramarkcareers.com or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Milford, MI |
| Industry | Food and Beverage Production |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1936 |
| Website | https://www.aramark.com/ |
About Company
We focus on enriching and nourishing the lives of millions all over the world, providing a wide range of services—food, facilities and uniforms—to a diverse group of clients in 19 countries. We serve world champion sports teams, Fortune 500 companies, state-of-the-art healthcare providers and the world’s leading educational institutions. And every day, we dream of ways to do it better through our commitment to innovation and our passion for excellent customer service.
Innovation inspired by you
The better we know the people we serve, the greater the experiences we can develop. Whether it’s food service, facilities or uniforms, our proprietary programs allow us to understand the wants and needs of our audiences.
Armed with that knowledge, our Service Stars spring into action, combining insights and ingenuity to deliver moments that make a difference. These innovations could be game-changing campus transformations. Or a simpler, quicker way for you to access condiments at the ballpark. In any case, our innovations help create experiences that make an impact.
Beyond great service
Another key part of what makes us different is something we call service excellence.
To us, service excellence isn’t just about providing great customer service. It also means using time-tested practices and proven processes to get it right every day, everywhere, in everything that we do. And it's also about striking the perfect balance between doing something well over and over again and being responsive enough to the changing needs of clients and customers. It’s being open to the continuing cycle of innovation. Excellent, but never satisfied. Process-driven, but never locked in place.
We never stop thinking of new, better ways to get it right when our people impact the lives of clients and consumers every day.
Our people make all the difference—we make sure of it
Our commitment to hiring, training and rewarding the right people ensures that our employees are more than just hard workers. They’re Service Stars, and that means they can be counted on to go above and beyond, every single day.
We understand that many times our people are literally the face of your business. That’s why all 270,000 Service Stars receive continual access to professional development and proprietary skills training.
The bottom line is this: when you work with Aramark, you can be confident you’ll be collaborating with the right people with the right skills and the right attitude. That’s true whether it’s for strategic expertise, operational excellence or just serving a morning coffee. That’s our commitment as trusted partners and Service Stars. That’s the Aramark way.
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