Controller | Colorado Springs, CO | On-Site
Our client is hiring a Controller to join a fast-growing, high-impact food manufacturing organization in Colorado Springs, CO.
This is an outstanding opportunity for a finance leader who wants to step into a visible leadership role with a business that is scaling rapidly, building sophisticated infrastructure, and positioning itself for significant long-term growth.
What is great about our client?
Our client is a dynamic, pre-IPO manufacturing company with strong revenue momentum, an experienced leadership team, and a clear growth trajectory. The organization is focused on delivering high-quality products and is building a best-in-class platform in a growing category.
Why do people enjoy working for our client?
People are drawn to our client because of the pace, visibility, and opportunity to make a real impact. This is an entrepreneurial environment where strong leaders can help shape processes, build teams, influence strategy, and contribute directly to the company’s continued expansion.
What you will be doing as the Controller:
Financial Leadership & Oversight
- Lead and manage the full accounting function for the Colorado Springs site.
- Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
- Oversee general ledger activity, account reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and month-end close.
- Maintain a disciplined close process and ensure all reporting deadlines are met consistently.
- Deliver clear, reliable financial information to support business decisions and executive leadership.
Cash Management & Working Capital Discipline
- Own and maintain a rolling cash forecast (weekly/monthly) in partnership with the CFO
- Monitor and improve cash conversion cycle, including AR, AP, and inventory
- Oversee accounts payable processes, ensuring accuracy, approval discipline, and optimized payment timing
- Partner with operations to align inventory accounting and cash flow implications
- Identify and drive improvements in working capital efficiency
Monthly Close Process and Financial Statements
- Build and maintain the documentation, schedules, reconciliations, and support required to produce auditable financial statements.
- Strengthen accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls to support a growing business and future public company requirements.
- Build and refine accounting processes within the ERP environment to support scalable reporting
- Develop close checklists, reconciliations, and documentation standards from the ground up
- Implement tools and processes to improve efficiency, automation, and visibility
- Partner with the CFO on cash forecasting, budgeting, IPO readiness initiatives, external audits, and financial reporting process improvement.
- Ensure financial records are organized, well-supported, and compliant with applicable accounting standards.
- Help establish a culture of accountability, documentation, and control across the accounting function.
Process Improvement & Internal Controls
- Evaluate current accounting workflows and implement improvements that increase accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
- Develop, document, and enforce strong internal controls and accounting procedures.
- Identify risks, inconsistencies, and process gaps, then proactively recommend and implement solutions.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, audit requirements, and regulatory expectations.
Team Collaboration & Communication
- Serve as a key accounting leader and business partner to the CFO and broader leadership team.
- Communicate financial information clearly and professionally to both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to support operational alignment, reporting accuracy, and timely information flow.
- Support internal and external audit requests with a high level of responsiveness and organization.
What you will need to be successful as the Controller:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
- Active CPA required
- Foundation in public accounting strongly preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership responsibility over the full accounting cycle.
- Experience overseeing and executing monthly close and producing clean, accurate reconciliations, financial statements in a deadline-driven environment.
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and financial statement preparation.
- Experience preparing audit support and creating well-documented, auditable financial records.
- Experience in a growing company environment highly preferred.
- Manufacturing industry experience is not required.
Why this opportunity stands out:
This is a chance to join a company at a pivotal stage and help build the accounting rigor, reporting structure, and financial discipline needed to support continued scale and future public-company readiness.
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