Controller - Farming
ghj · Shafter, CA · onsite
USD 165,000 to 180,000 · period not stated
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop the farm accounting team, ensuring timely and accurate accounting and financial reporting across a multi-entity environment.
- Oversee crop and farm cost accounting, including cost accumulation, allocations, standard rates, raw product entries, inventory tracking, and planting/listing activities.
- Oversee and review inventory accounting and reconciliations, ensuring accurate tracking, valuation, balance sheet reporting, and financial integrity.
- Monitor and analyze financial information related to harvesting and packout operations to ensure accurate cost allocations.
- Analyze financial and operational results, identify trends, explain variances, and forecast costs.
- Partner with operations and finance leadership on budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and strategic decision support.
- Develop and utilize ERP reports, data queries, dashboards, and reporting tools to improve operational and financial visibility.
- Strengthen internal controls, accounting processes, and procedures while identifying opportunities for greater efficiency.
- Participate in budgeting and planning for farming operations.
- Ensure compliance with GAAP and company accounting policies and support financial audits.
- Lead special projects focused on improving financial reporting, operational transparency, and accounting processes.
- Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and staff development.
What They're Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 5+ years of directly related accounting or finance experience within agriculture, manufacturing, or another inventory-intensive environment.
- Cost accounting experience is required, including cost accumulation, allocations, and cost forecasting.
- Inventory accounting and tracking experience is required, including reconciliations, valuation, tracking, and related financial reporting.
- Strong understanding of operational accounting and the ability to translate financial information into actionable business insights.
- Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, and developing accounting professionals.
- Strong budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting capabilities.
- Experience working with ERP systems and developing reports or data queries for financial and operational analysis.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Exposure to data visualization and analytics tools such as Power BI or Tableau is highly desirable.
- Strong knowledge of GAAP, internal controls, and accounting best practices.
- Excellent communication, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Ability to succeed in a fast-paced, changing, operationally focused environment.
- Ability to work fully onsite in Shafter, CA and travel to regional facilities as needed.