Controller

What You Will Do

• Clean up and restructure the current state of the books, including clearing the close backlog, reconciling accounts, restoring GL integrity, and driving clearing accounts to zero.
• Finish the migration to QuickBooks Online (Advanced) and SOS Inventory, rebuilding the chart of accounts and processes to align with how the business actually runs.
• Restructure the finance function for scalability, assigning tasks appropriately (you, offshore execution, outside firm) while maintaining strong internal controls, segregation of duties, and approved workflows.
• Ensure timely and accurate monthly closes by the 5th–8th business day, with clean, reconciled financial statements including P&L, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and credit-card reconciliations.
• Implement strong internal controls and documentation of SOPs and checklists for audit readiness and on-time handoffs to outside tax advisors.
• Develop a rolling 13-week cash forecast and weekly cash report with disciplined AP payment timing, as well as weekly AR and AP aging reports with zero past-due items.
• Create a rolling 12-month forecast and annual budget for leadership team use, ensuring 100% sales-tax compliance.
• Provide weekly budget vs. actual vs. prior-year vs. forecast reporting with KPI commentary, focusing on channel and SKU-level margin analysis to drive pricing, mix, and inventory decisions.
• Develop standardized monthly and quarterly reporting on margin, trends, and performance drivers in plain business language.
• Drive automation and reduce manual work post-migration, implementing bank feeds, A2X/e-commerce summaries, and bill automation.
• Lead and develop offshore accounting execution, manage the outside accounting and tax firm, and build the right team and development paths as the function scales.

Position Requirements

• A summary of the core profile required for success:
• Active CPA with 7+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including Controller or Assistant Controller responsibility.
• Data-driven operator with strong analytical rigor and proven ability to clean up, rebuild, and scale a finance function.
• Strong experience with inventory-heavy product businesses, particularly in consumer products, manufacturing, and distribution.
• Builder of systems, controls, SOPs, and automation, able to thrive in a family-owned, values-driven culture.

Why This Seat

• A genuine path to CFO with a CEO who wants a financial partner, not a scorekeeper.
• A profitable, growing company at the inflection point where finance becomes a competitive advantage.
• Real ownership: you design the system, you run it, and you are measured on whether the business makes better decisions because of it.