Controller Opportunity! // Growing CPG Industry Client // CPA Required

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Salary: $125,000 - $150,000 per year

A bit about us:

Our client is a growing food and beverage manufacturer!

Why join us?

• Paid time off accrued each pay cycle, 18 days per year and 24 days after 5 years of service
• Nine paid holidays plus two floating holidays
• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for employee and family starting on hire date
• 401(k) with 4% company match

Company provided basic Life and AD&D

• Additional Voluntary Life Insurance
• Long-term Disability
• Flexible spending account
• Health savings account
• Employee assistance program

Job Details

In office 4 days week

The Controller will be a CPA with experience in consumer packaged goods, strong knowledge of GAAP for manufacturing, and will have successfully performed a similar role within a multi-brand and/or multi-division CPG business. The Controller must be a high-energy “doer” as well as a manager, and they must be genuinely eager to proactively collaborate with other business functions, especially operations. The Controller will report to the SVP Finance and be based in Seattle, WA.



Primary Responsibilities

• Perform monthly financial close (including all necessary accruals)
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statement packages
• Analyze financial statements vs. history and budget to identify trends, insights
• Maintain and distribute 13-week cash flow forecast
• Manage financial modules in ERP (currently Acumatica, a cloud-based platform)
• Ensure timely cash collection by managing billing and collections staff
• Oversee inventory accounting, management, and control
• Define and ensure compliance with written company/GAAP accounting policies
• Manage sales tax and income tax compliance and reporting
• Support annual financial and tax audits
• Serve as primary treasury management point of contact and authority
• Supervise staff accountant(s)

Key Qualifications

• CPA required
• 10+ years accounting experience; 5+ years’ experience in consumer packaged goods
• Demonstrated success in a similar role
• Highly organized
• Proactive and high-energy
• Superior skills in Excel (e.g., pivot tables, array formulas, data tables, 2/3 dimensional lookups)
• Comfortable with direct communication and eager to both accept and provide feedback
• Genuine desire to work in-office at a commercial bakery for at least 4 days per week

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