Controller, Inventory

Role Overview

• Own inventory valuation, reconciliation, and cycle/physical count auditing across client portfolios
• Ensure accuracy between physical counts and system records; investigate and resolve variances quickly
• Apply and maintain appropriate costing methodologies (FIFO, LIFO, weighted average) by client and industry
• Identify and reduce shrinkage, obsolescence, and carrying cost exposure
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in compliance with GAAP
• Deliver detailed inventory reports, COGS analysis, and gross margin insights tailored to each client's business model
• Build and maintain management reporting packages that drive real decisions, not just check compliance boxes
• Analyze supply chain metrics including inventory turnover, days-on-hand, and reorder points
• Develop and implement procedures to prevent stockouts, reduce overstocking, and improve working capital efficiency
• Partner with operations and fulfillment teams to align financial controls with day-to-day workflows
• Lead ERP and inventory software implementations, migrations, and optimization projects
• Train client staff on accounting procedures, controls, and system best practices
• Maintain data integrity across platforms and ensure audit-ready records at all times
• Serve as a trusted financial advisor to founders and leadership teams on cash flow, purchasing strategy, and growth planning
• Provide budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modeling with particular focus on inventory investment and COGS
• Proactively flag financial risks and opportunities — you're a partner, not just a reporter
• Participate in developing and supporting strategic & financial plans
• Support with new revenue streams
• Due Diligence, ASC606, equity, GAAP compliance, Audit Preparation
• Support pricing decisions. Provide analysis to determine appropriate annual bill rate changes. Review PCEs and client contracts and help determine payment schedules.
• Provide overall financial oversight and monitoring, including weekly cash flow forecasting, monthly financial close, and annual budgeting process.
• Oversee client risk management, business insurance, and legal activities, including customer contracts, leases, and other legal documents and agreements.
• Manage all accounting operations, including invoicing, A/R, A/P, general ledger, and project accounting.
• Manage month-end and year-end financial close process.
• Monitor the financial performance of clients.
• Prepare timely monthly reporting, including financial statements, project profitability, and team utilization.
• Evaluate variances in business results against plans/targets and provide business insights to help drive management decisions.
• Manage cash and required draws on the line of credit.
• Oversee accounting processes and systems to improve controls and drive efficiency. Optimize existing financial systems (QuickBooks Online, Bill.com, and Expensify) and/or adopt new financial systems as appropriate. Ensure all accounting processes and policies are well-documented.
• Manage relationships with banks, tax accountants, and corporate insurance providers.
• Manage, oversee, and execute administrative and operational functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or CMA strongly preferred
• 5+ years of senior accounting experience in manufacturing, distribution, or e-commerce environments
• Demonstrated expertise in inventory accounting — FIFO, LIFO, landed costs, shrinkage, and valuation adjustments
• Strong command of GAAP and cost accounting standards
• Hands-on ERP experience (NetSuite, QuickBooks, Cin7, Fishbowl, or similar); ability to get up to speed quickly on new platforms
• Advanced Excel skills; comfort with data modeling, pivot tables, and reconciliation workflows
• Experience managing multiple clients or business units simultaneously — you thrive with variety
• Excellent communication skills; able to translate complex financials into clear language for non-finance stakeholders
• Audit Experience required
• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance, or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years’ small company experience handling finance and accounting.
• Previous experience overseeing human resources, payroll, IT, and legal preferred.
• Superb written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong computer skills, including MS Word, expert-level Excel, and QuickBooks skills, and the capacity to quickly learn and master new software.
• Analytical and detail-oriented, and also has a strategic mindset
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, confidentiality
• Demonstrated resourcefulness and autonomy in setting priorities and guiding investment in people and systems
• Capacity to juggle competing priorities and deadlines.

Tech Stack

• ERP

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance for you and your dependents.
• Short & Long Term Disability Insurance to support you when you need it the most.
• Flexible PTO
• Take time off from work when you need it.
• 401k with a company match to ensure you are ready for retirement.
• A generous home office expense reimbursement so you have the office you need to be productive.
• Forget the commute! We're a remote-first workplace, so you can work from your home office or from the beach if you’d like!