Controller

About the role

The Controller at Raw Sugar Living will lead the company's accounting operations, financial reporting, internal controls, compliance, and key financial processes. This role serves as a strategic partner to the General Manager and executive leadership team, ensuring accurate financial reporting, disciplined controls, meaningful insights, and scalable processes to support continued growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead all accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll accounting, inventory accounting, and financial reporting.
• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, with a focus on accuracy, timeliness, efficiency, and continuous improvement.
• Prepare and present financial statements, reporting packages, and business insights for internal leadership, investors, lenders, and other key stakeholders.
• Ensure accounting records, policies, and reporting practices are maintained in accordance with GAAP and company requirements.
• Partner with external auditors and tax advisors to ensure successful audits, reviews, and compliance processes.
• Serve as a key partner to the CFO and executive leadership team, providing financial insights, recommendations, and analysis to support strategic decision-making.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial modeling across channels, customers, brands, products, and major business initiatives.
• Lead analysis related to channel profitability, customer margins, product margins, trade spend, inventory performance, working capital, and cash flow.
• Provide financial leadership for new business opportunities, operational initiatives, capital projects, and potential M&A or integration activities.
• Bring strong financial discipline and insight to a multi-channel CPG business, including mass retail, digital commerce, DTC, and Amazon.
• Improve measurement and reporting around trade spend, customer deductions, accruals, promotions, chargebacks, and retailer-related financial activity.
• Develop better visibility into multi-location inventory, cost of goods sold, gross margin, and supply chain-related financial performance.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Ecommerce to strengthen financial behaviors, accountability, and transparency across the company.
• Develop the capabilities of the team to meet the company’s emerging needs as Raw Sugar continues to grow.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field; CPA or MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including leadership experience in a Controller, Senior Director, or equivalent role.
• Experience in consumer packaged goods, beauty, personal care, food, beverage, wellness, or another inventory-based consumer products business strongly preferred.
• Experience working with mass market retailers, digital commerce platforms, direct-to-consumer channels, and Amazon strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, accounting operations, internal controls, tax compliance, and audit processes.
• Demonstrated experience with trade spend, customer deductions, channel margin analysis, inventory accounting, multi-location inventory, working capital, and cash flow management.
• Experience in a private equity-backed, high-growth, or transformation-oriented environment highly desirable.
• Advanced technology skills, including strong Excel skills and experience with accounting systems, ERP platforms, reporting tools, and Power BI or similar BI platforms.
• Ability to leverage AI, automation, and data analytics to improve reporting, forecasting, close processes, controls, and business decision-making.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to prioritize, communicate expectations clearly, meet deadlines, and manage multiple initiatives with limited supervision.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across functions and build trust with stakeholders.
• A compassionate, hands-on leadership style with a passion for developing people and creating transformational change through process, measurement, and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Supervisory Responsibilities: This role manages members of the Accounting and Finance team and is responsible for hiring, coaching, developing, and performance management within the department.

Benefits

Raw Sugar Living offers a comprehensive benefit package which includes medical, dental and vision plans, company-paid disability and life insurance, paid time off, 401(k) match, a wellness program and more!

Application Instructions

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, or any other legally protected factor. Raw Sugar Living is committed to offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. Raw Sugar Living does not accept unsolicited agency resumes and is not responsible for any agency fees related to unsolicited resumes.