What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Controller position at Aquarius Professional Staffing?
Are you a driven, dedicated Financial Controller looking to become a vital asset to a growing organization. Don't miss your chance and apply now.
**Onsite to start, then will move to hybrid schedule**
What you will be doing as the Controller:
- Ensures the company’s financial foundation is clean, predictable, and scalable by establishing strong financial systems and operational discipline.
- Act as a trusted operational partner and right hand to the CEO, helping build the financial structure required for the company’s next stage of growth.
- Lead month-end and year-end close process
- Ensure timely, accurate financial statements
- Reconcile all balance sheet accounts
- Maintain general ledger integrity
- Oversee inventory valuation and WIP accounting
- Maintain standard costing methodology
- Analyze variances (labor, materials, overhead)
- Strengthen internal control environment
- Design approval and documentation processes
- Ensure compliance with GAAP
- Strengthen internal control environment
- Design approval and documentation processes
- Ensure compliance with GAAP
What you will need as the Controller:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- CPA or in process, preferred
- 5–8 years progressive accounting experience
- 3 years in manufacturing environment
- Strong inventory & cost accounting knowledge
- Experience leading month-end close
- ERP experience (NetSuite strongly preferred)
- Strong Excel skills
- Strong operational and systematic mindset
- Experience in growth-stage company, preferred
- Experience cleaning up or building systems, preferred
- Multi-channel revenue exposure (DTC, Amazon, wholesale), preferred
- Clear communicator with non-financial managers
- Comfortable working directly with CEO
- High ownership mentality