# Market evidence report — financial-controller

Source: **38 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 38), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 24 | 63 % |
| senior | 11 | 29 % |
| lead | 3 | 8 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 14 | 37 % |
| 2 | Deltek | 4 | 11 % |
| 3 | NetSuite | 4 | 11 % |
| 4 | QuickBooks | 4 | 11 % |
| 5 | Oracle | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | Sage Intacct | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | SAP | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | Unanet | 3 | 8 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | financial reporting | 21 | 55 % |
| 2 | budgeting | 17 | 45 % |
| 3 | forecasting | 16 | 42 % |
| 4 | internal controls | 10 | 26 % |
| 5 | financial statement preparation | 8 | 21 % |
| 6 | data analysis | 7 | 18 % |
| 7 | financial analysis | 7 | 18 % |
| 8 | account reconciliation | 5 | 13 % |
| 9 | cash flow management | 5 | 13 % |
| 10 | compliance | 5 | 13 % |
| 11 | financial modeling | 5 | 13 % |
| 12 | financial planning | 5 | 13 % |
| 13 | accounting | 4 | 11 % |
| 14 | audit preparation | 4 | 11 % |
| 15 | cash management | 4 | 11 % |
| 16 | variance analysis | 4 | 11 % |
| 17 | accounting operations | 3 | 8 % |
| 18 | cost accounting | 3 | 8 % |
| 19 | process improvement | 3 | 8 % |
| 20 | regulatory compliance | 3 | 8 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GAAP | 4 | 11 % |
| 2 | process improvement | 4 | 11 % |
| 3 | continuous improvement | 3 | 8 % |
| 4 | DCAA compliance | 3 | 8 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | financial statement preparation | 5 | 13 % |
| 2 | process improvement | 5 | 13 % |
| 3 | team leadership | 5 | 13 % |
| 4 | staff supervision | 4 | 11 % |
| 5 | accounting operations oversight | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | compliance maintenance | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | financial reporting | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | tax filing | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | team mentoring | 3 | 8 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 38 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

38 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- financial reporting — 55 % (21 ads)
- budgeting — 45 % (17 ads)
- forecasting — 42 % (16 ads)
- internal controls — 26 % (10 ads)
- financial statement preparation — 21 % (8 ads)
- data analysis — 18 % (7 ads)
- financial analysis — 18 % (7 ads)
- account reconciliation — 13 % (5 ads)
- cash flow management — 13 % (5 ads)
- compliance — 13 % (5 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microsoft Excel — 37 % (14 ads)
- Deltek — 11 % (4 ads)
- NetSuite — 11 % (4 ads)
- QuickBooks — 11 % (4 ads)
- Oracle — 8 % (3 ads)
- Sage Intacct — 8 % (3 ads)
- SAP — 8 % (3 ads)
- Unanet — 8 % (3 ads)
- accounting software — 5 % (2 ads)
- Cognos — 5 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 63 % · senior 29 % · lead 8 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Financial Controller | 7 |
| Controller | 5 |
| Corporate Controller | 2 |
| Financial Controller (Hybrid Remote) | 2 |
| Automotive Accounting Controller | 1 |
| Controller (Non Profit) | 1 |
| Corporate / Fund Controller | 1 |
| Corporate Finance Manager | 1 |
| Division Controller | 1 |
| ERP-Driven Controller & Finance Build Lead | 1 |
| Experienced Controller | 1 |
| Federal Financial Reporting Manager | 1 |
| Finance Controller TS/SCI with CI poly Jobs | 1 |
| Finance Manager | 1 |
| Finance Manager (Open to both U.S. Citizens and Federal Employees) | 1 |
| Finance Manager , AWS Network Finance | 1 |
| Finance Manager, Digital Finance & Business Integration | 1 |
| Finance Manager, Prisons and Justice Initiative – Georgetown University | 1 |
| Finance Manager, TSSL Operations Finance | 1 |
| Fractional Controller (Contract, Remote) - Finance as a Service (FaaS) | 1 |
| Part-Time Financial Controller | 1 |
| Program Finance Manager Jobs | 1 |
| Senior Federal Finance Controller & Internal Controls Leader | 1 |
| Senior Finance Manager | 1 |
| Senior Financial Controller for High-Growth Brand | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.