Financial Contoller
$100,000–$120,000
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SENIORITY
Manager
SALARY
$100,000–$120,000
About the role
- Hemp product manufacturingBeverage manufacturing
- Wholesale and distribution
- RetailThe business has grown from approximately $7,000 in revenue in 2020 to an annualized run rate of approximately $4.2 million today.
- We are entering our next stage of growth and need a finance leader capable of building the financial structure, reporting, controls, and decision-making systems required to support a larger and more complex organization.
- Where the company makes money
- Where margins are being lost
- Where cash is tied upWhich SKUs, customers, and channels create value
- What financial and operational changes are required to support growth
- Own monthly financial reporting and management reporting
- Build annual budgets and rolling forecasts
- Implement a reliable 13-week cash-flow forecast
- Develop manufacturing cost-accounting systems
- Establish accurate standard costs by SKUImprove inventory valuation, accuracy, controls, and turns
- Analyze profitability by SKU, customer, channel, and division
- Identify margin leakage and working-capital inefficiencies
- Build weekly executive KPI dashboards
- Support pricing and capital-allocation decisions
- Lead banking, lending, and financing relationships
- Improve ERP and financial-system utilization
- Coordinate with CPAs, auditors, tax advisors, and legal counsel
- Develop the internal finance team and supporting processes
- Initial Priorities
- During the first 90 days, the Director of Finance will be expected to:
- Learn each operating division and revenue stream
- Understand the manufacturing and inventory flow
- Review current financial reporting and accounting processes
- Evaluate inventory costing and valuation
- Build a rolling cash-flow forecast
- Analyze SKU, customer, and channel profitability
- Identify immediate opportunities to improve margin and cash flow
- Create an executive KPI dashboard
- Present a 12-month finance and systems roadmap
- How Performance Will Be Measured
- Success in this role will be measured by improvements in:
- Gross marginEBITDAOperating cash flow
- Forecast accuracyInventory accuracyInventory turns
- Working-capital requirements
- Month-end reporting speed and reliability
- Product-costing accuracy
- Pricing and profitability visibility
- Financial controls
- Management decision-making
- Required Experience8–15 years of progressive finance experience
- Meaningful finance experience inside a manufacturing business
- Strong manufacturing cost-accounting background
- Experience with inventory accounting and controls
- Cash-flow forecasting and working-capital management experience
- Budgeting, forecasting, and FP&A experienceERP implementation, optimization, or integration experience
- Experience working directly with operations and production teams
- Experience helping a privately held or founder-led company scale
- Preferred industry backgrounds include:
- Food manufacturingBeverage manufacturing
- Consumer packaged goods
- NutraceuticalsSupplementsContract manufacturing
- Specialty manufacturing
- This role offers direct access to ownership and meaningful influence over major financial, operational, and strategic decisions.
- The company has reached the point where its financial infrastructure must catch up with its growth. We need someone who can build the reporting, controls, analytics, and financial discipline required for the next stage of the business.
- We are not hiring someone to simply report the numbers. We are hiring someone to improve them.
- What You'll LeadYou'll own and continuously improve the company's financial infrastructure, including:
- Financial Strategy
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Manufacturing Cost Accounting
- Standard Costing
- Inventory Accounting & Controls
- Cash Management & Treasury
- Banking & Lending Relationships
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Rolling Cash Flow Forecasts
- Executive KPI DashboardsERP Optimization
- Pricing & Margin AnalyticsSKU Profitability
- Customer & Channel Profitability
- Capital Planning
- Internal Controls
- Risk Management
- Board & Executive Reporting
- Capital Raise SupportM&A Financial Analysis
- Finance Team Development
- We're looking for a finance executive who understands manufacturing from the production floor to the executive boardroom.
- You have helped growing companies scale and understand the financial challenges that come with rapid expansion.
- You can confidently move between discussions with production managers, commercial leaders, external lenders, auditors, and ownership.
- You're comfortable making decisions with imperfect information, building systems where none exist, and driving accountability through data.
- Experience We're Looking For8–15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience
- Manufacturing finance experience is required
- Strong standard cost accounting background
- Inventory management and inventory accounting expertise
- Financial planning and forecasting experience
- Cash flow management and treasury experienceERP implementation or optimization experience
- Executive reporting and KPI development
- Experience supporting operations—not just accounting
- Experience helping companies scale through periods of rapid growth
- Preferred industry experience includes:
- Food Manufacturing
- Beverage Manufacturing
- Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)
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