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Financial Controller

· Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area · 5 days ago
HybridAccounting$100k–$150k/yrFull-time

The Role

We're hiring a Controller who can do both jobs well. You'll be the strategic financial partner to the CEO and the person who makes sure the books close cleanly every month. This is a builder's seat at a company that's scaling fast. You'll inherit a small, capable team that already handles the majority of day-to-day transactional work. Your job is to lead them, raise the bar on what we produce, and build the financial infrastructure a multi-entity rollup needs to keep growing. We're scrappy, and we move fast. We need someone who's a thought leader on strategy and capital but who will also roll up their sleeves and get the day-to-day done.

What You'll Own

  • Finance Strategy & Accounting

  • Serve as the CEO's primary financial partner on strategy, capital allocation, and pricing

  • Build and own FP&A: budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning, and unit economics our businesses

  • Manage banking, lending, and debt relationships; optimize working capital across inventory-heavy businesses

  • Run accurate, timely financials — P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow at both the entity and consolidated level

  • Maintain strong internal controls, intercompany accounting, and a clean audit trail

  • Translate numbers into decisions: tell us where we're making money, where we're not, and what to do about it

  • Oversee AP, AR, payroll, and tax coordination

  • Drive the financial side of acquisitions — diligence, valuation, deal structuring, and post-close integration as we continue to roll up the space

  • Own the monthly close, consolidations, and reporting across 4–6 legal entities

  • Treasury & Cash Flow

  • Own weekly cash visibility across all entities and bank accounts, and maintain short-term cash-flow forecasts

  • Track LOC usage, debt service, and liquidity risk — flagging funding needs and timing issues to leadership early

  • Support financing requests, credit applications, and lender reporting

  • Revenue & Margin Analysis

  • Analyze revenue and gross margin by channel

  • Surface margin compression, channel-mix shifts, and pricing issues

  • Connect financial results to actual inventory movement and sell-through

  • Tax, Compliance & Insurance

  • Oversee sales tax reporting, remittance, and exemption certificates across applicable states

  • Coordinate multi-entity tax planning and filings with outside CPAs

  • Manage insurance renewals, certificates of insurance, claims, and audits

  • Serve as the primary financial point of contact for CPAs, insurance brokers, lenders, and banks

  • Team & systems

  • Lead and develop the existing small, capable finance team

  • Choose, implement, and improve the financial systems

  • Build the repeatable processes and reporting cadence that a growing rollup depends on

Must-haves

  • Proven experience as a Controller, VP Finance, or Head of Finance — ideally having done both strategic and hands-on accounting work

  • Startup or high-growth experience — you've operated where things are unfinished and built structure from scratch

  • Multi-entity accounting and consolidation experience

  • Genuinely hands-on: comfortable in the GL and the spreadsheets, not just the boardroom

  • Strong command of cash management and working capital in an inventory- or asset-heavy business

  • The scrappy, get-it-done mindset that matches how we operate

Strongly Preferred

  • CPA designation

  • Experience in distribution, wholesale, logistics/3PL, manufacturing, or another inventory-intensive industry

  • M&A / integration experience (diligence, deal structuring, folding acquired companies into the parent)

  • Experience managing remote and/or offshore team members

Why You'll Want This

  • A true build opportunity — you're the architect of the finance function, not a caretaker of someone else's

  • A front-row seat on acquisitions and rollup strategy as we grow

  • Five distinct businesses and a vertically integrated model

  • Direct access to the ownership group and real influence on where the company goes

Compensation

$100,000-$150,000 per year based on experience and fit

Bonus package based on EBITDA

Profit Interest Plan

Health Insurance, 401k, and other benefits

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