Corporate Controller

We’re Looking For A: Controller to lead dynamic teams, and handle all day-to-day financial reporting and accounting activities. Your strong bias for results, driving strategic initiatives, while leading and motivating teams in a fast-paced environment would be the foundation for your success. This role reports into the Head of Finance and offers a competitive compensation package with an employee-owned company.

Location: Woodland Hills, CA (Hybrid)

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Prepare financial reporting packages for internal and external stakeholders, including covenants to ensure compliance in accordance with credit agreements. 
• Oversee timely and efficient month, quarter, and year-end close process for 35 companies.
• Financial planning and analysis of the company’s vertically integrated B2B and B2C sales and operations consisting of multiple consumer brands, product lines, call centers, manufacturing, and distribution facilities.
• Update the company’s financial projection models.
• Financial Due diligence work for business transactions, company valuations, etc. 
• Oversee all accounting areas, including debt and equity financing transactions, valuations, ESOP, bank loans, dividends, revenue recognition, leases, stock-based compensation, in addition to other existing and emerging topics. 
• Assess contractual agreements and provide financial guidance.
• Ensure appropriate processes and internal controls are in place for all financial processes.
• Oversee the research of technical accounting matters, ensuring conclusions are properly supported, documented, timely implemented, and communicated to all stakeholders.
• Review cash and daily sales metrics. 
• Department SME for new system implementations, ensuring the accuracy of financial records. 
• Develop operational metrics relating to achievement of financial objectives. 
• Plan and Implement initiatives with speed and accuracy.
• Lead, energize, and scale multiple high-performance teams to meet and exceed expectations.
• Promote a sense of urgency for reaching goals and completing key deliverables.
• Ensure teams’ work-life balance, while delivering quality results and driving high performance. 
• Provide teams with effective performance feedback, training, and regular status meetings.
• Effectively manage the audit process and relationships with external auditors.

Preferred Qualifications (Note: These are preferred and not required. We strongly encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick ALL of these boxes.):

• Financial leadership that thrives in fast-paced environments. 
• Constant improvement mindset. 
• Track record in identifying business problems, their solutions, and driving them to conclusion. 
• Must have strong bias for results and driving initiatives. 
• Ability to lead and motivate teams in a fast-paced environment 
• Must be highly analytical. 
• Must demonstrate flexible thinking and resolve problems timely and effectively. 
• Strong negotiation skills.
  Required:
• 8-10 years’ demonstrated financial/accounting experience including GL and A/P. 
• 2-3 years’ at the Sr. Director or VP level
• 5 years’ demonstrated experience leading developing and managing teams led by directors and managers. 
• Mid to large size entrepreneurial companies experience.
• Public Accounting experience with a Big Four or national level firm.
• B.A. in Accounting, Finance or similar. 
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation.
  Preferred:
• SEC and Sarbanes Oxley reporting a plus.
• Industry preference: E-commerce, direct response, and CPG vertically integrated companies.
• MBA