Who We Are

From California to the world – building the supply chain for the global cannabis industry.

Focused on positively affecting millions of lives through the creation of a world-class platform to launch and scale brands, Natura is building a state-of-the-art, fully vertically integrated supply chain to bring stability to the rapidly growing global cannabis industry.

Natura's vision is to transform the world through the consumption of cannabis, and believes that the best way to do this is to empower all players in the industry to standardize their offerings and realize their visions, giving them a home that has everything they need to bring their products to life. The first step towards realizing this vision is Natura’s campus in Sacramento, providing an end-to-end supply chain solution under one roof - cutting-edge cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and delivery, with the highest possible standards, enabling cannabis brands to launch and scale in a consistent and reliable manner. For more information about Natura, please visit www.natura.io.

Job Summary 

The Controller’s primary responsibilities will include managing the monthly accounting close, corporate taxes and compliance reporting, improving processes and procedures, supervising AP, AR, payroll and more. This position will report detailed information, analyze financial data in support of program and project cost/schedule statuses and present briefings as required. 

Essential Functions

• Work, develop and lead the accounting team to set up and maintain charts of accounts
• Create monthly and quarterly financial packets and reporting for leadership
• Full P&L, including topline, gross margins, OPEX and EBITDA 
• File quarterly and annual corporate tax returns, and also periodic cannabis taxes, cultivation taxes, sales tax and other relevant taxes
• Track inventory and reorder points to ensure no outages
• Process vendor POs against demand planning, billing, customer SOs and invoicing, bank deposits and account reconciliations, payroll submission and audits
• Organize multi-entity sets of books, including cash management
• Enter balance sheet CAPEX, including depreciation schedules and impairments and approved journal entries

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business
• At least 5 years experience in a finance / accounting managerial position
• CPA and/or CMA preferred but not required, MBA is a plus
• Manufacturing and distribution accounting background in multi-facility/state entities is highly desired
• Excel proficiency required, experience with ERP / Odoo preferred
• Start-up environment background is a plus
• Past expertise working in Cannabis industry is preferred 

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has supervisory responsibilities. 

Working Environment 

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. 

Physical Requirements 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Natura complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), and all applicable state and local fair employment practices laws, and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. Consistent with this commitment, the Company will provide a reasonable accommodation to disabled applicants and employees if the reasonable accommodation would allow the individual to perform the essential functions of the job, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.

Travel Requirements

No travel is expected for this position. 

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

Work Authorization/Security Clearance 

There is no visa or H-1B sponsorship. 

Natura is an Equal Opportunity Employer 

Natura provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Natura embraces diverse perspectives and we value unique human experiences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business.