Controller

About the role

Bask & Lather Co. is a fast-growing, scalp-first textured haircare company serving customers across direct-to-consumer, Amazon, TikTok Shop, and major retail channels. We are a lean, entrepreneurial organization that moves quickly, operates with high ownership, and expects team members to turn priorities into action without unnecessary layers or bureaucracy.

The Controller will own the accounting function end-to-end and serve as the backbone of financial integrity, reporting, and operational discipline. This role will partner closely with the Head of Finance to build scalable processes and support retail expansion. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring both execution and system-building.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
• Establish a path to preliminary financial reporting within five business days and a complete, supportable close within ten business days.
• Prepare accurate, timely, and GAAP-compliant financial statements.
• Own balance-sheet reconciliations, accruals, reserves, account substantiation, and financial-statement support.
• Maintain complete, organized, and audit-ready documentation.
• Develop and maintain the accounting calendar, close checklist, and departmental deadlines.
• Coordinate external audit and tax requirements.
• Identify accounting issues proactively and present clear recommendations to the Head of Finance.
• Own inventory accounting across manufacturers, 3PLs, marketplaces, retail channels, and DTC operations.
• Reconcile inventory monthly among the general ledger, NetSuite, 3PL records, retailer activity, and internal inventory schedules.
• Establish reliable standard costs, landed costs, manufacturing variances, and SKU-level COGS.
• Own accounting for inventory in transit, shrinkage, obsolescence, damaged inventory, reserves, and write-offs.
• Partner with Supply Chain on purchase-order receipts, freight accruals, vendor reconciliations, and cycle-count controls.
• Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies promptly.
• Improve gross-margin visibility by SKU, product category, channel, and customer.