Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Rubicon Bakers is a leading manufacturer of premium baked goods with a mission to create meaningful employment opportunities. They are seeking an experienced Controller to oversee accounting operations, manage a small team, and ensure compliance with financial reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own and further develop the structure of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes across multiple entities and locations
• Lead the annual external financial statement audit, serving as the primary liaison with external auditors and coordinating all audit requests, schedules, and deliverables to ensure timely completion
• Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, schedules, and supporting documentation
• Produce accurate and timely consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP
• Manage intercompany accounting, eliminations, and multi-entity transactions
• Lead and develop a small accounting team of 2–3 direct reports
• Ensure compliance with state and local reporting requirements, including sales/use tax, property tax, census reporting, and other regulatory filings
• Maintain strong internal controls and accounting processes
• Partner with leadership to support compliance audits, reporting requests, and special projects
• Identify process gaps and implement process improvements that increase efficiency, accuracy, and scalability
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and FP&A activities as needed

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• 8+ years of controllership experience
• Strong GAAP accounting knowledge
• Demonstrated ownership of full-cycle month-end close processes
• Experience preparing consolidated financial statements
• Multi-entity and intercompany accounting experience
• Prior experience managing direct reports within an accounting team
• ERP system experience
• Strong Excel skills and financial analysis capabilities
• CPA designation
• Experience within manufacturing, food & beverage, consumer products, or other multi-location operating environments
• Experience with Microsoft Business Central and/or Microsoft Navision
• Prior responsibility for a full accounting function within a small-to-mid-sized company
• Experience budgeting, cash flow forecasting, and supporting FP&A activities
• Experience leading accounting process improvements and control implementation
• Experience with ERP system enhancements and implementations

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