Controller

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close calendar, reconciliation discipline, account certification, and issue remediation.
• Cook internal/external audits; strengthen control environment and documentation.
• Maintain accounting policies and procedures; draft technical accounting memos as needed.
• Oversee grower/member payment processes, deferred payment programs, advances, notes, and equity allocations/retirements.
• Ensure timely, accurate year-end statements to members and high-quality communications.
• Maintain integrity of member accounts and audit trails.
• Maintain familiarity with regulations governing cooperative member relationships.
• Own the technical implementation of the inventory valuation policy and ensure execution and maintenance of documentation; resolve complex cost/valuation questions in coordination with auditors and other stakeholders.
• Align GAAP requirements with management reporting needs.
• Lead Senior Staff Accountants; build cross-coverage and seasonal capacity plans.
• Coach and develop team; promote rotations and career ladders within Controllership.
• Partner with IT and Operations to improve data quality, automation, and cycle time.
• Recommend and steward innovation in ways-of-working across end-to-end processes leveraging existing (ERP) and other available tools as appropriate.
• Own end-to-end grower/member payment cycles and year-end member statements.
• Own close calendar and control standards; approve remediation plans.
• Authorize master data/program changes impacting grower accounts in partnership with IT.

Knowledge/Skills

• ERP proficiency (SAP preferred); strong reconciliation and documentation discipline.
• Experience with cooperative or member-accounting environments and external-facing stakeholder communications.
• Ability To Close timeliness; control exception rate; audit findings closure.
• On-time, accurate member statements and payment processing SLAs.
• Quality and timeliness of technical accounting documentation.

Education And Experience

• BA/BS in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA preferred.
• 8-12 years in accounting related roles, including close processes and internal controls.