Controller​/Senior Financial Leader

We’re hiring a hands-on Controller to serve as the Senior Financial Leader for the Market Garden Brewery campus — a fast-moving hospitality and beverage manufacturing business with a multi-unit restaurant group and a growing production brewery. This is not a back-office reporting role. We want someone who owns financial stewardship, builds real control systems, and partners directly with ownership, managers, chefs, & operators to drive measurable improvement in margins and decision-making.

Why this role exists We have the people and the opportunity — what we need is the financial quarterback who installs repeatable systems so the team can execute consistently. The opportunity is in the “pennies and dimes”: labor discipline, purchasing controls, COGS accuracy, vendor leverage, and below-the-line spend.

(restaurant-first, campus-wide)

• Restaurant group (first 6 months):
  • Build/own weekly financial visibility (Flash P&L cadence) so leaders can manage in real time
  • Develop and enforce labor models by concept and service period (scheduled vs. actual)
  • Drive COGS control (food, beverage, supplies) through purchasing discipline, invoice accuracy, and inventory integrity systems for chefs & managers
  • Establish purchasing guardrails and lead vendor pricing reviews / renegotiations
  • Identify and reduce below-the-line expense leakage (contracts, services, recurring spend)
  • Create simple dashboards team members actually use.
• Brewery / beverage manufacturing (parallel focus):
  • Partner with brewery leadership to understand true cost drivers across brewing, packaging, materials, and logistics
  • Support margin analysis across SKUs, formats, and channels
  • Translate manufacturing financial data into actionable decisions

What you’ll own (authority + accountability)

• Lead the accounting and financial control function across the campus
• Direct oversight of AP, purchasing controls, payroll accuracy, and financial compliance
• Improve and professionalize bookkeeping/administrative workflows (simplify, automate, and modernize over time)
• Coordinate with internal and external accounting/month-end support where appropriate while building stronger internal ownership

• First 90 days
  • You understand how money truly flows through the campus
  • Weekly reporting becomes reliable and usable
  • Clear list of labor/COGS/purchasing gaps with an execution plan
  • Early wins in visibility, accuracy, and control
• First 180 days
  • Labor + COGS controls are operating consistently
  • Purchasing discipline is established and enforced
  • Real reduction in uncontrolled below-the-line spend
  • Dashboards and review cadence are embedded into how we operate

Who succeeds here
This role is ideal for a hands-on Controller or Senior Accounting Manager who:

• Has strong experience in cost accounting, inventory, manufacturing, distribution, hospitality, or multi-unit operations
• Is comfortable without a big staff and enjoys doing the work
• Thinks like an owner: practical, direct, curious, and accountable
• Can coach and drive adoption with chefs/managers (not just produce reports)

• Not bookkeeping-only
• Not passive reporting
• Not a corporate controller role with layers of staff

This is a working Controller / senior financial leadership role with real authority and real impact.

If you’ve spent years building cost, inventory, and accounting expertise and are ready to own financial leadership end‑to‑end, this role is a natural next step !

To apply:

Send your resume (and a brief note on why this role fits you) to hi

All resumes will be strictly confidentially reviewed.

We very much look forward to meeting with you !!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay:
From $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location:

Hybrid remote in Cleveland, OH 44113