Controller (Raw Sugar)

**ABOUT RAW SUGAR LIVING** Raw Sugar Living is a personal care brand on a mission to promote clean and healthy living through products that are good for the body and nourish the soul. Since 2014, we have mainstreamed premium-quality and vegan-friendly personal and hair care products, recognized by our signature ‘Bamboo Tops & White Bottles.’ We continue to innovate new and eco-friendly clean products because everyone has the right to feel beautiful and love the skin they are in. Learn more at rawsugarliving.com. **THE POSITION** The Controller will lead Raw Sugar’s accounting operations, financial reporting, internal controls, compliance, and key financial processes. This individual will serve as a strategic partner to the General Manager and executive leadership team, ensuring the company has accurate financial reporting, disciplined controls, meaningful insights, and scalable processes to support continued growth. This is a hands-on leadership role for a thoughtful, operationally minded finance executive who understands consumer products, mass retail, ecommerce, Amazon, inventory, trade spend, and the pace of a high-growth environment. The ideal candidate brings strong technical accounting expertise, a continuous-improvement mindset, and the ability to develop people, systems, and processes that create clarity, accountability, and better decision-making across the business. **WHAT YOU WILL DO** Accounting Leadership & Financial Reporting - Lead all accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll accounting, inventory accounting, and financial reporting. - Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, with a focus on accuracy, timeliness, efficiency, and continuous improvement. - Prepare and present financial statements, reporting packages, and business insights for internal leadership, investors, lenders, and other key stakeholders. - Ensure accounting records, policies, and reporting practices are maintained in accordance with GAAP and company requirements. - Partner with external auditors and tax advisors to ensure successful audits, reviews, and compliance processes. Strategic Finance Partnership - Serve as a key partner to the CFO and executive leadership team, providing financial insights, recommendations, and analysis to support strategic decision-making. - Support budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial modeling across channels, customers, brands, products, and major business initiatives. - Lead analysis related to channel profitability, customer margins, product margins, trade spend, inventory performance, working capital, and cash flow. - Provide financial leadership for new business opportunities, operational initiatives, capital projects, and potential M&A or integration activities. CPG, Retail & Ecommerce Excellence - Bring strong financial discipline and insight to a multi-channel CPG business, including mass retail, digital commerce, DTC, and Amazon. - Improve measurement and reporting around trade spend, customer deductions, accruals, promotions, chargebacks, and retailer-related financial activity. - Develop better visibility into multi-location inventory, cost of goods sold, gross margin, and supply chain-related financial performance. - Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Ecommerce to strengthen financial behaviors, accountability, and transparency across the company. Controls, Compliance & Risk Management - Develop, implement, and maintain strong financial controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards. - Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, local, payroll, sales, property, and corporate tax requirements. - Oversee cash flow, working capital management, banking relationships, and liquidity planning. - Support risk management practices, including insurance, internal controls, compliance, and process governance. Data, Systems, AI & Process Improvement - Lead the evolution of…