Controller I

Posted 2 Days Ago
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Springdale, AR
Entry level
Food • Manufacturing
The Role
The Controller I role involves financial analysis and reporting to support Tyson’s Beef management team. Responsibilities include collaborating on P&L preparation, analyzing financial data, managing KPIs, assisting with business reviews, supporting financial closes, and fostering cross-functional relationships.
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Job Details:

Position Overview:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive accounting/finance leader to join our team in supporting Tyson’s Beef management team with timely, accurate financial insights across all beef plants. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is skilled in financial analysis, and has a passion for continuous improvement and process automation. The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, organizational expertise, and a proven ability to manage multiple priorities while delivering high-quality results.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Financial Analysis & Reporting:
  • Collaborate with plant controllers to support the preparation of weekly profit and loss (P&L) estimates.
  • Identify key drivers behind budget-to-actual variances and communicate findings clearly.
  • Analyze financial data and summarize insights to support strategic decision-making.
  • KPI Management:
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to identify, quantify, and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) across all beef plants.
  • Business Review Support:
  • Assist in preparing materials for weekly, monthly, and quarterly business review meetings.
  • Financial Close & Journal Entry Management:
  • Support the financial close process by preparing accurate and timely journal entries and ensuring alignment with accounting standards.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  • Act as a trusted advisor and key point of contact for leadership by delivering financial analysis and strategic recommendations.
  • Build and maintain strong working relationships with teams across plant operations, sales, cattle procurement, scheduling, and finance.

Qualifications:

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.

Technical Skills

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint | SQL skills highly valued
  • Strong computer and financial reporting skills.

Communication Skills

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build trust and effectively engage with leadership and cross-functional teams.​

Travel:

Minimal travel may be required.

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

Yes

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

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Top Skills

Excel
Microsoft Powerpoint
SQL
The Company
HQ: Springdale, AR
24,043 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1935

What We Do

World's largest processor and marketer of protein food products.

We think differently and we act boldly. At Tyson Foods, we're not only ready for tomorrow, we’re leading the way.

We are a company of people engaged in the production of food, seeking to pursue truth and integrity, and committed to creating value for our shareholders, our customers, our team members, and our communities.

We built our name on providing generations of families with wholesome, great-tasting chicken. But today’s Tyson Foods is so much more. As values and behaviors around food have changed, so have we. Today, we’re innovators uniquely positioned to reshape what it means to feed our world. Today, we not only have the fastest growing portfolio of protein-centric brands, we offer greater transparency into everything we do.

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