Senior Controller

Nestle; Bangor (ME); On-site; USD 77,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestle in Bangor, ME is seeking a thoughtful Senior Controller for a freelance role focused on variance analysis, planning, and capital decisions. You will own Accounts Payable work and lead the close process for a senior ledger, while ensuring strong controls and grant compliance.

The role demands hands-on cost accounting, clear stakeholder communication, and a disciplined approach to finishing the essential 20% that makes the rest matter.

Qualifications

• Experience with Accounts Payable processes
• Hands-on cost accounting experience
• Comfortable presenting to stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to improve finance processes and controls
• Experience in deadline-driven environments similar to Nestle

Responsibilities

• Stand up internal controls that survive a surprise audit
• Own grant compliance so Nestle never returns a restricted dollar
• Chase down unreconciled items until the subledger ties to the GL
• Run the freelance close for a senior ledger you fully own
• Convert a messy chart of accounts into something readable
• Keep the freelance commission calculation transparent enough to survive a dispute

Skills

Accounts Payable

Cost accounting

Stakeholder communication

Process improvement

Finance governance

Tools

Tableau

Job description

We are recruiting a thoughtfully-bold Senior Controller to partner with leadership on Variance Analysis, planning, and capital decisions. Join Nestle as a freelance Senior Controller and take real ownership of Accounts Payable work while earning $77,000 - $120,000 and growing your craft.

Key Responsibilities

• Stand up internal controls that survive a surprise audit
• Own grant compliance so Nestle never returns a restricted dollar
• Chase down unreconciled items until the subledger ties to the GL
• Run the freelance close for a senior ledger you fully own
• Convert a messy chart of accounts into something a newcomer can read
• Keep the freelance commission calc transparent enough to survive a dispute

What You'll Bring

• A knack for Accounts Payable that colleagues quietly come to rely on
• Hands-on Cost Accounting experience that survives a whiteboard interview
• Experience thriving in a generously-mentoring, deadline-driven setting like Nestle
• Comfortable presenting ideas to stakeholders at every level
• The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter
• Comfort steering finance conversations toward a decision
• A history of leaving finance processes better than you found them

Plenty of firms claim to do finance; Nestle actually does it, and from Bangor no less, with an unfussy stubbornness about quality. A senior engineer and a director debate Tableau ideas on equal footing in our Bangor standups.

Start at $77,000 - $120,000 and watch the benefits, growth budget, and flexible scheduling do the heavy lifting on your work-life balance.

Our talent team is live and responsive, screening new resumes as they land.

Let the Nestle team in Bangor, ME meet the person behind the Cost Accounting on your resume.