Controller

Our client is seeking a hands-on Controller to lead their accounting department and partner with the CFO. This role will own the financial use and continued development of their new NetSuite ERP, oversee payroll accounting in ADP Workforce Now, and build a reliable costing and WIP inventory process in NetSuite.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and develop the accounting team, maintain documented procedures and internal controls, and provide backup coverage for critical accounting functions.

• Own NetSuite accounting, inventory valuation, and costing processes. Work with implementation partners and department leaders on workflows, master data, approvals, testing, training, and ongoing improvements.

• Build and maintain WIP inventory in NetSuite, including unharvested crops, production-stage cost accumulation, inventory transfers, and reconciliation to production records and the general ledger.

• Develop crop and product costing using materials, labor, and production overhead and explain margin and cost variances.

• Own month-end close and financial reporting, targeting completion by the fifth business day. Review reconciliations, journal entries, inventory, COGS, and supporting schedules.

• Lead budgets, cash forecasting, and operational analysis. Support pricing, customer and freight profitability, capital investments, and ROI decisions with clear financial recommendations.

• Oversee biweekly payroll review and labor-cost reporting in ADP Workforce Now. Partner with HR on payroll taxes, deductions, benefits, and recordkeeping.

• Coordinate tax and agency reporting, outside-accountant support, insurance reviews, and financial risk controls. Work effectively with executives, department heads, and external service providers.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or equivalent business experience.

• Five or more years of relevant accounting, controller, or finance-management experience preferred, with demonstrated responsibility for financial reporting, close, budgeting, internal controls, and accounting staff.

• Strong inventory accounting, production costing, and WIP experience, with the ability to translate production activity into accurate inventory valuation and COGS.

• NetSuite implementation, administration, or financial-process ownership experience strongly preferred. Ability to define requirements, test workflows, improve reporting, and train users.

• ADP Workforce Now experience strongly preferred, including payroll review, GL reconciliation, and labor reporting.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookup functions. Experience in agriculture, food production, manufacturing, or multi-entity environments is helpful.

• Strong communication, attention to detail, and project-management skills. Ability to mentor staff, set priorities, work independently, and stay calm under deadline pressure.

Full-time: Mon – Fri / 7:30 am to 4:00 pm (weekends as needed)

Pay = $110,000 - $140,000 a year (DOE)