Controller

About the role

We are seeking a Founding Accountant to build and own the accounting function from the ground up. This role is both hands-on and strategic. You will establish the financial backbone of the company and partner closely with leadership to enable scale.

Responsibilities

• Establish the financial backbone of the company
• Own the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and cash management
• Implement accrual accounting, including expenses, prepaid assets, and fixed assets
• Clean up and maintain a reliable, audit-ready balance sheet
• Inventory, Revenue, and Cost of Goods Sold
• Build systems to track inventory (robots and seafood), yield, shrinkage, and SKU-level profitability
• Partner with operations to establish reliable COGS and gross margin reporting
• Reconcile sales to cash and ensure revenue accuracy
• Develop standard costing frameworks, including yield, labor, and overhead allocation
• Evaluate and lead migration from QuickBooks to a scalable ERP system
• Implement systems for inventory and cost accounting
• Build cost center tracking and reporting structures
• Ensure data integrity between operations and finance systems
• Design and implement scalable processes across order-to-cash and procure-to-pay cycles
• Build inventory tracking and reconciliation processes
• Introduce internal controls and audit readiness standards
• Reduce AR aging and improve cash collection discipline

Requirements

• 5–10+ years of accounting or finance experience
• Strong GAAP foundation
• Experience in at least one of the following: manufacturing, inventory-heavy business, or food / perishable goods / CPG
• Proven ability to build accounting processes from scratch
• Deep understanding of inventory accounting, cost accounting (standard costing and variances), and revenue recognition

Bonus Points

• If You Have ERP implementation or migration experience
• Multi-entity and consolidation experience
• Experience in high-SKU, high-volume environments
• Familiarity with yield-based production systems

What You’ll Need

• 5–10+ years of accounting or finance experience
• Strong GAAP foundation
• Experience in at least one of the following: manufacturing, inventory-heavy business, or food / perishable goods / CPG
• Proven ability to build accounting processes from scratch
• Deep understanding of inventory accounting, cost accounting (standard costing and variances), and revenue recognition

Why This Role is Unique

• You will be the first true accounting leader in the company
• You will directly shape how finance operates as the business scales
• You will work on complex real-world operational and financial problems
• This role can grow into Controller, VP Finance, or CAO over time