Comp: $150-170K + bonus
Fully onsite role near LAX
Why is this a great company?:
- Strong and stable company with a rich history
- Works closely with key decision makers
- Growing internationally and very recession resistant!
CONTROLLER
Responsibilities:
- Owns month-end close across USA, Europe, and Asia entities, ensuring accurate, timely financial reporting.
- Prepares balance sheet reconciliations and ensures correct GL posting, including inventory balances.
- Manages intercompany journals and quarterly recharge processes.
- Prepares monthly year-on-year analysis and reporting, plus daily/MTD sales and open sales order reporting.
- Oversees daily cash management, including incoming wires, ACH, and auto-debits.
- Approves and releases wires and ACH payments.
- Manages weekly AP batches and bank reconciliations
- Reconciles payment processor batches
- Manages landed cost, duty, tariff, and key supplier payments.
- Approves monthly commission packs (US / EUROPE / Asia).
- Audits and posts expense reports to the GL
- Owns core systems including NetSuite (close, reconciliations, inventory, AP/AR workflows, and bank recs) and payment/tax platforms (Adyen, Avalara, Affirm, Klarna, Square).
- Manages banking portals (Wells Fargo, US Bank, Amex) and supports ongoing systems projects (Pay by Link, refunds, AP CSV uploads, bulk remittances, bank rec automation).
- Administers bi-weekly US payroll via Paychex and posts to NetSuite.
- Manages employee files, compliance, and time & attendance tracking.
- Oversees onboarding, offboarding, reviews, pay changes, vacation, sick time, and remote-work tracking.
- Administers healthcare, 401(k), and ERISA programs, including annual 5500 and 8955-SSA reporting.
- Manages sales tax compliance via Avalara (SST states) and monthly non-SST filings.
- Prepares estimated tax and profit figures.
- Coordinates year-end audit packs
- Manages insurance and risk programs, including cargo/product, EPLI, general liability, umbrella, workers’ compensation (including annual audit), inventory coverage across subsidiaries
- Oversees accounting operations, including weekly AR and invoice/credit memo changes/write-offs (US), bi-weekly AR (Europe), and regular review of accounting issues with the local accountant (Asia).
- Provides shared oversight of US office/facilities administration, including supplies, repairs, facilities vendors, and office alarms/cameras.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- CPA certification is preferred
- Minimum of 8 years of accounting experience (including experience as a hands-on Controller)
- Supervisory experience (at least 3 staff)
- Strong NetSuite and multi-entity/multi-currency accounting experience.
- Comfortable owning cash control and dual-control payment processes.
- Proven ability to manage US payroll/benefits administration alongside overseas accounting partners.
- Detail-oriented closer capable of producing management reporting and working directly with auditors and tax advisors.