Financial Controller

Job Title: Financial Controller

Department: Administration

Employment Classification: Regular, Full-Time, Exempt

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

In 2011, Cape May Brewing Co. helped put New Jersey on the map for craft beer and has offered refreshing brews as one of the largest and most acclaimed craft breweries in the region ever since. From our humble beginnings hand-delivering the first keg of Cape May IPA to a local beach bar to the hundreds of accounts offering cans and drafts of our brews throughout New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, Cape May Brewing Co. is where the brews are. We’ve built the largest crafty brewery in NJ, exited the distribution side of the business in 2023, and we are investing back into the brewery with about 90 people.

Are you easily excited by numbers? Do you enjoy working with numbers? Cape May Brewing Company is looking for a driven Financial Controller to join our world class Finance & Accounting Team! The Financial Controller works closely with our internal teams and external vendors, rebuilding financial disciplines, owning EKOS, building a PO process and partnering directly with the CEO/Owner on facility consolidation analysis and being a real thought partner on the business.

As a financial controller, you will be responsible for managing the financial activities of the organization.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead by example in upholding the Company’s Core Values and promoting a positive and constructive working environment

• Safeguard assets and assure accurate and timely recording of all transactions by implementing disciplines of internal audits, controls, and checks across all departments

• Manage the accuracy and productivity of day-to-day activities of accounts payable, cash disbursements, invoicing/billing, customer credits and collections, payroll, perpetual inventory integrity, fixed asset records, general & entity accounting, cost accounting, etc.

• Own and administer EKOS system, including date integrity and reporting

• Develop standard costing and perform variance analysis

• Establish inventory controls and production analytics

• Cash management

• Establish, implement and manage a PO process

• Develop, improve, and issue timely monthly financial records for CEO and Board of Directors, including a rolling 26-week cash flow (updated weekly)

• Assure financial plans are consistent with organizational goals

• Work closely with the CEO in the development and economic evaluation of various fringe benefit programs for staff and program components

• Create, implement and adjust KPI reporting and dashboards to support operational support

• Interface with outside audit firms(s), banks and lessors, casualty/liability insurance agent(s), credit card companies, and collection agencies

• Support budget process and provide variance reporting to CEO, Board of Directors, and other Company department leaders

• Communicate with co-workers, management, clients, and others in a courteous and professional manner

• Assure corporate income tax compliance to assure the accurate and timely completion of all corporate income tax returns taking full advantage of all favorable tax codes

• Constantly strive for improvement by looking for ways to make things better, safer, faster or by reducing costs

• Represent and promote Cape May Brewery in a positive manner to guests, local residents and the general public

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Accounting Department Staff

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) or higher degree from a four-year college or university in Accounting or Finance

• Seven to eight years or more related years of experience and/or training

• Proficiency with Excel, Google Sheets, and QuickBooks and GAAP financial reporting

• Prior experience in a beverage alcohol inventory-centric industry

Special Requirements:

• CPA license is preferred

• Experience with EKOS preferred

• Ability and experience supervising others

Physical and Mental Requirements:

• Sitting for extended periods of time

• Occasional standing, bending and twisting

• Repetitive movements with hands and fingers

• Access, input, and retrieve information from a computer

• Required to talk and to hear

• Working individually and as a team

• Working under time pressure

• Encountering frequent interruptions

• Using effective verbal communication

Environmental Conditions:

• Working in an office environment

• Working with computers, phones, copiers, filing cabinets

Other:

• All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.

• The company reserves the right to add to or revise an employee’s job duties at any time at its sole discretion.

• This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” employment relationship.