Interim Corporate Controller

Key Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes.
• Oversee General Ledger, AP, AR, fixed assets, inventory accounting, and consolidations.
• Prepare and review financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Support board, lender, investor, and capital raise reporting requirements.
• Manage external audit activities and coordinate with auditors as needed.
• Address technical accounting matters and implement accounting policies and procedures.
• Strengthen internal controls, accounting policies, and financial reporting processes.
• Support the company's public-company readiness and compliance initiatives.
• Assist in developing and maintaining a SOX-compliant control environment.
• Partner with executive leadership to establish scalable financial processes that support future SEC reporting requirements.
• Serve as the accounting lead within the company's NetSuite ERP environment.
• Identify accounting process improvements, automation opportunities, AI-enabled tools, and operational efficiencies.
• Partner with Finance, IT, and Operations leadership to optimize reporting and accounting workflows.
• Support the company's ERP strategy as additional business systems and acquired platforms are integrated into NetSuite over the next two years.
• Help establish scalable financial systems and controls to support rapid growth and future public company requirements.
• Partner with operations and supply chain leadership on inventory, cost accounting, and manufacturing accounting activities.
• Support accounting oversight of manufacturing operations in Mexico, including inventory controls, costing, and related financial reporting.
• Improve inventory processes, controls, and reporting across manufacturing operations.

Required Qualifications

• Active CPA required.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and technical accounting requirements.
• Experience designing, implementing, or operating within SOX-compliant environments.
• Prior Controller, Assistant Controller, or senior accounting leadership experience.
• Experience with NetSuite ERP required.
• Demonstrated experience supporting ERP implementations, upgrades, integrations, or system consolidations.
• Strong manufacturing and inventory accounting experience.
• Experience supporting high-growth, pre-IPO, or public-company environments preferred.
• Experience managing external audits and financial statement reporting.

About the role

The CFO is seeking a senior accounting leader who can immediately stabilize and manage the accounting function while supporting growth, operational scaling, and public-company readiness initiatives. This individual will act as the CFO's right hand, owning the close and reporting process, improving internal controls, ensuring audit readiness, and helping build a scalable accounting organization.

Skills

The ideal candidate will combine strong technical accounting expertise with hands-on leadership experience in manufacturing, ERP environments, and high-growth organizations.

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$70–$85+/hour

Schedule

Hybrid Schedule