Controller
Controller | Join Our Team!Location: This position is based at our Corporate Office in Fostoria, Ohio, Mennel's operations offer the stability of a close-knit Midwest community with convenient access to larger metro areas across Northwest and Central Ohio.Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMFlip Your Career with Mennel!At Mennel Milling, we've been feeding the world since 1886 by doing what's right and bringing our best every day. We value teamwork, recognize individual contributions, and strive for operational excellence across our organization. If you're passionate about accounting operations and want to make a meaningful impact within a manufacturing environment, this is your opportunity.Who You AreThe ideal Controller is a hands-on financial leader with deep expertise in GAAP, cost accounting, and multi-division manufacturing operations. You are detail-oriented yet strategic, calm under pressure, and process-driven. You partner effectively across operations to drive margin improvement, inventory optimization, and working capital performance, while bringing strong financial discipline to a complex, commodity-based environment.What You'll DoAs the Controller, you'll play a critical role in safeguarding the financial integrity of the organization while enabling operational and strategic decision-making across a multi-division manufacturing business. You'll collaborate closely with leadership to improve margins, strengthen controls, and support sustainable growth.Your responsibilities will include:Leading all accounting operations and ensuring accurate, timely multi-entity financial reporting in compliance with GAAPOverseeing cost accounting, inventory valuation, and operational finance to enhance margin visibility and plant performanceStrengthening internal controls, cash flow management, and financial processes to support strategic and operational decision-makingPartnering cross-functionally to provide insights that improve working capital, profitability, and operational effectivenessWhat We're Looking ForBachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required; CPA strongly preferredMinimum of 8 years of progressive accounting experience, ideally within manufacturing, food production, agriculture, or commodity-based industriesExperience in multi-entity or multi-division environmentsStrong GAAP and cost accounting expertiseERP system experience (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Dynamics) and advanced Excel/reporting skillsProven people leader who is detail-oriented, strategic, adaptable, and an effective cross-functional communicatorWhy Join Mennel?We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, well-being, and career growth:Competitive PayFlexible Accrued Paid Time Off and Holiday ScheduleHealth & Wellbeing Benefits (major medical, prescription, vision, dental, HSA, company-paid short-term disability, EAP, Local YMCA cost sharing, and more)Life InsuranceProfit SharingCareer Advancement & Training OpportunitiesRewards & Recognition ProgramRetirement Contributions (401k, etc.)Tuition AssistanceReady to Make a Difference?Apply today and help Mennel continue its mission to feed the world with excellence.