Seward, Nebraska | Fully On-Site | $130,000–$170,000 Base + Bonus
If you're a strong manufacturing accountant who knows cost and inventory accounting inside and out—and you're looking for a role with real ownership, visibility, and room to grow—this is an opportunity worth exploring.
We're conducting a confidential search for a Financial Controller to join a brand-new manufacturing operation in Seward, Nebraska. The facility is being built now and is backed by an established, successful dairy organization, offering the rare combination of a true build opportunity and the stability of an experienced business behind it.
Why this opportunity stands out
- Join before production fully ramps and help establish strong accounting discipline from the beginning.
- Own the accounting areas that matter most in a manufacturing environment—cost, inventory, close, GL, reconciliations, controls, and reporting.
- Work directly with the CFO, COO, Plant Manager, and ownership in a highly visible role.
- Use financial analysis to uncover cost savings, inefficiencies, margin opportunities, and better ways of doing business.
- Work within NetSuite and help strengthen reporting and financial visibility as the operation scales.
- Grow with an expanding finance organization as both the plant and branded-products business develop.
What you’ll own
- Full-cycle accounting for the manufacturing operation, including month-end close, general ledger, reconciliations, and financial accuracy.
- Manufacturing cost accounting, including standards, product costing, labor and overhead, variances, and key cost drivers.
- Inventory accounting, including valuation, reconciliations, physical inventories/cycle counts, adjustments, reserves, and variance investigation.
- Internal controls and disciplined accounting processes appropriate for a growing manufacturing business.
- Timely, useful reporting for executive and plant leadership, with the ability to explain what is driving the numbers.
- Analysis of trends, variances, costs, and opportunities to improve profitability.
What we’re looking for
- Strong manufacturing or plant accounting experience.
- Deep hands-on cost accounting and inventory accounting expertise.
- Solid ownership of month-end close, general ledger, reconciliations, and full-cycle accounting.
- Ability to investigate variances, understand manufacturing cost drivers, and turn financial information into useful business insight.
- Strong communication skills and confidence working with senior leadership.
- ERP experience; NetSuite is a strong plus, but not required.
- A hands-on, accountable mindset and interest in building something for the long term.
Relevant backgrounds may include food and beverage, dairy, CPG, ingredients, protein, agricultural processing, packaging, industrial manufacturing, or other plant-based environments. What matters most is the depth of your manufacturing accounting experience—particularly cost and inventory accounting.
Compensation & benefits
- $130,000–$170,000 base salary, depending on experience
- Annual bonus opportunity
- 100% employer-paid family medical insurance
- Dental and vision coverage
- PTO
- Relocation assistance available for the right candidate
Location
This is a fully on-site position in Seward, Nebraska. Nebraska-based candidates are especially attractive, and strong out-of-state candidates who are genuinely open to relocating are also encouraged to apply.
Interested?
If manufacturing accounting is where you're strongest—and you enjoy getting underneath cost and inventory numbers rather than simply reporting them—we'd like to hear from you. This is an opportunity to join early, make a visible impact, and help shape the finance function as the business grows.
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