Nope, that's not necessary. Look out for the pink spot which represents the middle of the object "body" and the object "armature" - this has to stay in the middle - the bones can be anywhere.
The object won't move anyway, when you make all your changes in Pose Mode or Edit Mode.
Probably, we had a misunderstanding, because you don't have a clear concept of what 'object' and its location, rotation, scaling means within blender - it is independent of any changes in Edit or Pose mode.