Unit Controller

Job Description

The Unit Controller supports strategic financial management for the client account. This role ensures accurate financial reporting, leads budgeting and forecasting processes, partners closely with operations to maintain profitability, and drives strong cost controls and compliance. The Unit Controller serves as a key finance partner to operational leadership, delivering insights that support decision‑making and continuous improvement across the business.

Life Works Restaurant Group, an independently operated division of Aramark, designs custom solutions for clients looking to take amenities to the next level. Our team of forward‑thinkers look at each opportunity as an experience—not a requirement—and deliver out‑of‑this‑world, truly sensory experiences, feeding company culture. From the beginning of each client relationship, the team at Life Works Restaurant Group establishes a transparency with its partners, from space design and delivery to marketing of the final, branded product.

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COMPENSATION: The salary range for this position is $90,000.00 to $95,000.00. If both numbers are the same, that is the amount that Aramark expects to offer. This is Aramark’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation for this position as of the time of posting.

BENEFITS: Aramark offers comprehensive benefit programs and services for eligible employees including medical, dental, vision, and work/life resources. Additional benefits may include retirement savings plans like 401(k) and paid days off such as parental leave and disability coverage. Benefits vary by location and are subject to any legal requirements or limitations, employee eligibility status, and where the employee lives and/or works.

For more information about Aramark benefits,  Aramark Careers - Benefits & Compensation.

There is no predetermined application window for this position, the position will close once a qualified candidate is selected. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the California Fair Chance Act, and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance to the extent that those laws apply to the opportunity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial planning and analysis: create annual forecast/budget by location, create weekly/monthly/annual financial reports
• Coordinate general accounting functions including journal entry preparation and posting
• Control of subsidiary ledgers
• Balancing of all accounts on a monthly basis
• Sales / Bank account reconciliation
• Post & allocate receipts accurately and in a timely manner
• Extract, reconcile, and audit data from POS and financial systems to ensure accuracy and integrity.
• Highly collaborative with leadership and communicate key levers to improve margins
• Maintain all financial records and reports in adherence with Aramark’s Business Conduct Policy and all local, state, and federal regulations and codes
• Highly collaborative with leadership and communicate key levers to improve margins
• Train and develop operations teams on financial acumen and policies with overseat of weekly/monthly financial data
• Accountable for Cash Flow, Cash/Banking, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Capital Expenditures and Repair & Maintenance funds.
• Accurately supervising customer accounts on a regular basis to ensure the company’s credit control policies and procedures are adhered to
• Processing of weekly accounts payable and work with suppliers to reconcile accounts
• Serve as a finance subject matter expert, troubleshooting system or reporting issues and supporting tools

Note:
Due to the nature of the business additional duties may be assigned from time to time.

Technical Knowledge and key attributes:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 3 to 5 years of experience in a service‑oriented or multi‑site operational environment
• Strong financial analysis and forecasting experience
• Advanced Excel skills required
• Experience with ERP or financial…