Location: Venice, CA
Company Background: Venice Brands is a boutique consulting firm that provides highly differentiated services to a select group of emerging consumer branded companies. Our team has deep experience in setting up new companies from scratch, overseeing legal and capital structures, hiring world class management teams, engaging branding and product development agencies, building our broker networks, assisting with outside capital raises, providing M&A advisory services, overseeing day-to-day finance and accounting operations, and providing ongoing executive management. We have helped to create and continue to oversee Joolies and Desert Valley Date (alongside Kohl Family Farm), KinderFarms (alongside Jeremy Adams and Jessica Biel), Mayweather Fitness Holdings (alongside Floyd Mayweather Jr. and James Williams), Enroot (alongside Brad Pitt and FactoryMade Ventures), Only Skin (alongside January Olds), and Bread Head Restaurant Group (alongside Alex Williams, Jordan Snyder and Michael Pasternak).
Job Description: We are seeking an experienced and hard-working Controller to join our team. The position will report to Greg Willsey, the Founder & CEO of Venice Brands, and will sit next to him in our office on Abbot Kinney Blvd. This person will serve as the Controller for multiple companies across several different industries. This role offers the opportunity to gain a wide range of finance & accounting experiences, to be a part of building multiple high-growth brands, to work with some amazing business founders, and to grow professionally by working very closely with our world class teams.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the Controller for multiple high-growth companies
- Oversee and manage the accounting teams for Venice Brands and these companies
- Set up and optimize ERP systems, with particular emphasis on QuickBooks
- Maintain records of financial transactions with intuitive bucketing
- Establish and enforce proper accounting methods, policies and principles
- Manage day-to-day cash flows, including AR and AP
- Oversee month-end close process including analytical review of the monthly operating results to ensure accurate accounting plus helpful commentary
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts on a regular basis to ensure GAAP compliance
- Manage reporting requirements to external parties including financial institutions
- Quarterback annual tax preparation alongside external CPA firms
- Create “management financials” and regular KPIs across various topics
- Assist with investor updates, capital raises, and potential company exits
- Work with operations and NPD teams to ensure accurate product costing
- Maintain reporting of fixed assets and track of capital projects
- Forecast pro forma financials including P&L, balance sheet and cash flows
- Properly account for retailer and distributor deductions
- Maintain and set up inventory accounting, bills of material, product costing and understand related purchase orders, inventory receipts etc.
- Process payroll and record payroll across the various companies
- Prepare and file sales tax, business tax and assists with ensuring compliance with legal requirements by jurisdiction
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree from a top tier university; CPA preferred but not required
- 5+ years of prior experience as a Controller for high growth consumer brands
- Deep understanding of GAAP and how to report out financials that are GAAP compliant
- Ability to oversee annual taxes and lead CPA financial reviews, as well as sales taxes
- Experience with setting up and overseeing ERP systems (QuickBooks, Sage MAS, etc.)
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, v-lookups, forecasts
- Strong attention to detail with emphasis on accuracy and quality
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- A self-starter, but is also highly effective in team environments
- Able to multi-task and prioritize with efficiency
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to support multiple concurrent projects and meet deadlines
- Personal drive and ambition to take this practice area to the next level and beyond
- A true team player who can attract, develop and retain top level talent
Interested candidates should send an email and resume to [email protected]