East Division Controller

Jbs Usa • Greeley, CO

6d

About The Position

JBS Beef USA is seeking an East Division Controller to provide financial leadership and oversight for the four East Beef plants. The role leads the division’s plant finance organization, partners with operational leadership, and ensures accurate financial reporting and effective controls across the plants. The East Division Controller works with the West Division Controller to align accounting practices, reporting standards, controls, systems, and performance management across all eight U.S. Beef plants. The leader translates financial results into actionable insights and drives continuous improvement throughout the division and broader U.S. Beef business.

This salaried position requires travel among the four East Beef plants and other company locations as business needs require. The position may require travel to other facilities, company events, or other situations as a company representative. The role can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

JBS USA is a global food company offering fresh, value-added, and branded beef, pork, chicken, and prepared foods in approximately 100 countries. The company employs more than 72,000 team members in 31 U.S. and Canadian locations. Its mission is to be the best in its work while focusing on customers, suppliers, shareholders, and a better future for team members. Its core values are Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, and Sincerity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing financial operations across multiple manufacturing sites or business units.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, cost accounting, budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, and SOX compliance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills, including the ability to translate financial information into business action.
• Advanced proficiency with enterprise financial systems, reporting tools, and Microsoft Excel.
• Must be willing and able to travel as business needs dictate.
• Must be able to perform the job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in meat processing, food manufacturing, or another complex manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and support finance and accounting teams serving the four East Beef plants, including plant controllers and their teams.
• Ensure accurate and timely weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting, forecasts, budgets, and management reporting across the division.
• Partner with the West Division Controller to establish and maintain consistent accounting practices, reporting standards, internal controls, systems, and performance measures across all eight U.S. Beef plants while addressing site-specific needs.
• Oversee plant accounting functions, including inventory and cost accounting, cattle payables, invoicing, expense reporting, reconciliations, variance analysis, capital spending, and payback analysis.
• Ensure compliance with company accounting policies, internal controls, SOX requirements, and applicable regulatory standards; identify and remediate control gaps.
• Partner with operations, procurement, supply chain, and other cross-functional leaders to improve margins, manage working capital, control costs, and achieve targeted results.
• Evaluate capital requests and major initiatives, monitor returns against approved business cases, and provide recommendations to leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement through standardized processes, stronger systems and analytics, and sharing best practices across the four East Beef plants and, with the West Division Controller, across all eight U.S. Beef plants.
• Support talent development and succession planning within plant finance through coaching, performance expectations, and capability building.
• Travel among the four East Beef plants and other company locations as business needs require.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Vision, medical, and dental coverage begin after 60 days of employment.
• Paid time off, including sick leave, vacation, and six company-observed holidays.
• 401(k) company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule.
• Base salary range of $150,000–$170,000.
• Eligible to participate in the Company’s annual bonus plan; bonus amount varies and is subject to the program’s standard terms and conditions.
• Continuous learning opportunities and learning and development programs focused on professional growth and career development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior