Controller

The Controller supports the Badger Mission and Principles by ensuring honesty and integrity in our financial practices. This role is responsible for planning and directing the accounting operations of the company, managing the work of the accounting department, ensuring compliance with GAAP and performing hands-on accounting duties.  

Essential Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Responsible for the timely production of periodic financial reports for both management and outside stakeholders; ensures that the reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Oversee or perform reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts, maintaining detailed records as necessary.
• Provide information, as needed, to the part-time CFO for additional analysis and reporting.
• Recommend benchmarks that will be used to measure the company's performance.
• Provides financial analysis, with emphasis on capital investments and pricing decisions.
• Provides product margin analysis and support product pricing strategy
• Maintains relationships with banks and external auditors and provides required information for the annual audit.
• Attends strategy team meeting as required.
  
  

Budget & Cash Flow Projections

• Produces the annual budget and forecasts; reports significant budget differences to leadership.
• Update the budget and cash flow projections as needed and provide summary information to leadership.
• Closely and proactively manage all cash activities, including cash flow projections to ensure funds availability. 
  
  

Accounting Department Supervision

• Oversees all systems and ongoing operations of the Accounting Department, with day-to-day team oversight support from the Accounting Supervisor.
• Maintains a documented system of accounting policies and procedures; implements a system of controls over accounting transactions to minimize risk.
• Review systems to improve efficiency.
  
  
  

Other

• Responsible for all corporate taxes.
• Responsible for maintaining all the company loans and loan requirements.
• Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal government requirements.
• Serves as subject matter expert in the SYSPRO ERP program.
• Work with the Inventory Analyst to ensure accuracy in inventory costs, obsolete inventory write offs and general auditing of BOM and costing
• Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned.
  
  
  

Requirements

• Excellent management and supervisory skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required.
• Ten years or more of related experience required.
• Prior experience with Crystal Reports preferred.
• Prior experience in a CPG manufacturing setting preferred.
• Prior experience with SYSPRO preferred.
  
  

Physical Requirements:

Physical requirements for the job include but are not limited to: Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time off
• Free Organic Daily Lunches
• Volunteer Paid Time Off
• 401k with Employer Match
• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Wellness Resources
• Employee discount