Job Description

## Controller Role

### **What This Job Is**

A fully remote, senior finance leadership role for a profitable US-based food and wellness company. You are the **sole finance person** — no team, no manager above you in finance. You report directly to the COO and own everything related to money, tax, and accounting.

### **What the Company Does**

* Delivers **chef-designed, health-focused meals** (gluten/dairy/sugar-free) to high-net-worth clients across California and nationally
* Has a **commercial production kitchen, farm partnership, and logistics network**
* Sells direct-to-consumer (D2C) via Shopify and ships nationally
* Growing into **CPG products** — cookies, pantry items, retail
* **$26M revenue, 12%+ net profit margin** — bootstrapped and stable

### **What You Will Own**

**Tax** — everything

* File all federal, state, city and county corporate tax returns
* Research and claim R&D credits, WOTC, donated food credits, energy credits
* Handle all IRS correspondence and audits independently
* Work toward or maintain Enrolled Agent credentials

**Accounting Operations** — everything

* Approve every single expense at the company
* Own month-end close (target 3–5 days)
* Prepare monthly P&L, balance sheet, cash flow statements
* Reconcile Shopify, Stripe, and other merchant processors

**Manufacturing Accounting** — complex

* Track inventory for perishable/fresh food
* Allocate COGS across culinary labor, delivery labor, food purchases, packaging
* Manage shrinkage and waste tracking
* Build production cost models by SKU and menu item

**Strategic Finance** — forward looking

* Build budgets, forecasts, and scenario models
* Implement and upgrade QuickBooks, Xero, Bill.com, Dext
* Segregate P&Ls for 3 business units with different economics
* Build financial infrastructure that scales to $50M–$100M

### **Who This Is For**

Someone with **5–7 years** of progressive US accounting experience who has been the **sole finance lead** at a company — not a support person, not someone who sends reports to a US controller for review. Someone who has **built systems, filed tax returns, and made decisions independently.**

### **What Makes It Different From a Typical Controller Role**

* You are replacing **all outsourced CPA/tax services** — massive scope
* Direct daily access to the COO in Las Vegas
* Performance bonus up to **$40K on top of $40K base** = $80K maximum
* Clear path to **VP Finance** as company scales
* Intellectually complex — farm-to-table supply chain, perishable inventory, multi-state compliance, new CPG lines all at once

### **Non-Negotiables**

* CPA or equivalent
* US GAAP — not IFRS only
* Minimum **4–5 hours overlap with Pacific Time (8am–12pm PT)**
* Fluent business English
* Ownership mentality — "I built," "I decided," "I own" — not "we supported"

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