Controller

Our client is a global food broker, agent, and supplier. They seek a Controller to join their Short Hills, NJ team.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate complex operational, financial, and market data to generate clear, actionable insights
• Diagnose new situations, define core challenges, and design processes and controls to address them
• Orchestrate projects from concept through execution, including setting objectives, timelines, stakeholders, and success metrics
• Convert high-level leadership priorities into structured work plans and independently drive them through to completion
• Strengthen risk management by identifying key exposures, recommending mitigation strategies, and monitoring risk metrics over time
• Execute key accounting support functions, including reconciliations, audit/exam preparation, and process documentation, while assisting with close activities in accordance with US GAAP
• Enhance internal controls, workflows, and documentation across accounting and operational processes, while serving as a reliable backup to the Controller/finance lead
• Develop deep knowledge of the firm’s commodities business across sourcing, production, logistics, distribution, and customer requirements
• Interpret domestic and international market trends—including tariffs, freight, and interest rates—and assess their impact on business performance and strategy
• Collaborate cross-functionally with leadership, operations, logistics, and clients to translate analysis into practical processes and support business development initiatives

Requirements

• 6 years of relevant experience
• Ideally manufacturing/ CPS but open to industry
• Combo or private experience
• Mix of accounting and FP&A experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Detail-oriented and highly analytical

JobID: 48156