Controller - Financial Mgt: Industries: Agriculture, Ecommerce, Supply Chain
Donna Cornell Enterprises
Job Title: Controller
Location: (Fully Remote with periodic domestic travel)
It is a start up with locations in orange county ny and sarasota county florida but the job is totally remote.
Compensation: Base salary of $150,000 plus a 20% target bonus, with opportunity for CFO level compensation and equity participation.
- Must have Controller financial management experience in REGULATED GOODS, SUCH AS ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, CBT, HEMP. Background in e-commerce, logistics, supply chain, distribution.
- Will not consider outside of the above industries.
- Please do not respond if you do not have the industry experienced listed. Thank you.
A growing, multi-entity organization operating in the e-commerce fulfillment and logistics space is seeking a Controller to join its leadership team. This role is open due to an upcoming retirement and offers a clear path to a CFO position within approximately one year. The company supports clients by managing order processing, packaging, shipping, and related logistics coordination across multiple states, without physically handling inventory.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5–10 years of experience in a Controller or similar leadership role
- Strong combination of strategic thinking and hands-on accounting capability
- Experience working across multiple entities
- Proven ability to build or improve financial systems and reporting
- Proficiency in QuickBooks; NetSuite experience is a plus
- Prior team management experience required
- Technically astute, easily learns new methodology
- Comfortable working in a fully remote environment with periodic domestic travel (typically short trips of 2–3 days for conferences or meetings)
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Oversee financial operations across four primary entities and support an additional 12 smaller entities
- Manage and mentor a team of four direct reports
- Handle relationships with financial institutions, possible client vendor interactions.
- Remain hands-on with accounting functions, including journal entries and financial oversight
- Travel 6 times a year domestic
- Comprehension of tax issues, entity type, tax implications of decisions
- Build, improve, and streamline financial systems and reporting processes, particularly around cash flow and intercompany activity
- Manage financial reporting across multiple entities (currently non-consolidated), with a focus on scalability and improved structure
- Monitor multi-state operations and identify tax filing requirements as the business grows (no complex tax structures; limited exposure such as R&D credit)
- Work primarily within QuickBooks, along with one entity on NetSuite and a proprietary internal logistics system
- Coordinate with a PEO for payroll and related functions
*Confidential contact donna@donnacornell.com