Financial Controller

Financial Controller

Provide timely and comprehensive financial updates to the C-Suite. Develop and maintain internal financial controls, safeguards, and cash flow systems. Manage AP, AR, payroll, purchasing, and project-based cost accounting. Close the books monthly in QuickBooks Online. Ensure compliance with local and national tax laws and reporting standards. Establish and monitor benchmarks, budgets, and reporting cadence (biweekly/monthly/annual). Offer strategic insights to guide company growth and fundraising efforts. Contribute to operational and long-term planning across departments.

Objectives of this role:

• Provide comprehensive financial updates to senior managers by evaluating, analyzing, and reporting appropriate data points
• Guide financial decisions by applying company policies and procedures to the current economic landscape
• Develop, implement, and maintain financial controls and guidelines
• Achieve budgeting goals with proper scheduling, analysis, and corrective actions
• Help develop and support short- and long-term operational strategies

Responsibilities:

• Maintain internal safeguards for revenue receipts, costs, and team and organizational budgets and actual expenditures
• Establish (in coordination with CFO) financial and operating benchmarks, budgets, project monitoring, and reporting standards on biweekly, monthly, and annual basis
• Closing of the books on a monthly basis in Quickbooks
• Implement consistent accounting policies, practices, and procedures across all programs, adhering to national and local legal standards while remaining knowledgeable of proposed legislation
• Develop and enforce internal controls to maximize protection of company assets, policies, procedures, and workflows
• Provide dynamic leadership for a small, growing team that creates an environment of trust and productivity

Required skills and qualifications:

• 15 or more years of professional accounting experience
• Strong understanding of banking processes and financial data analysis
• Highly experienced at QuickBooks online (QBO)
• Working knowledge of national and local tax regulations and compliance reporting
• Experience in managing; payroll, A/P, A/R, purchasing, cash flow, project cost accounting (not-Department of Defense accounting)
• Exemplary history of financial project management
• Commercial industry experience…with a preferred background in construction, agriculture, farming or related fields.
• Familiarity in supporting venture capital fund raising is a plus.

Preferred skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in accounting, or related field
• 15 total years of experience. Five or more years of experience as a senior-level accounting, finance manager, or controller
• Professional certification, such as CPA (certified public accountant) is a plus, but not mandatory.

Office Location:

• Currently, the Innovation Depot in downtown Birmingham, AL
• Possible future office in the Hoover AL area.

Compensation, Benefits and Hours:

• 20-30 hours per week with a potential move to full time later in 2025
• Salary range: $70,000 to $80,000/year if full time (prorated if part time) dependent on experience
• Stock options
• BCBS insurance (95% paid by company)
• 3 weeks annual vacation if full time.
• Standard national holidays (11 total)
• A terrific work environment with colleagues that are working to improve Alabama's agricultural efficiency, food safety, and food security.

Reporting to:

The Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

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