Controller

WHO WE ARE

We are partnering with Microjig, a profitable, family‑owned and operated precision woodworking tool company doing business globally. We invent and sell category‑defining products — the GRR‑RIPPER and MATCHFIT lines — through Amazon, specialty retail, and a growing wholesale and distributor channel.

We are scaling deliberately, with clear targets for revenue growth and profit, and we run on values that are honest, smart, and hardworking.

This is a build‑and‑run role for an operator who wants to scale — not a seat to keep warm.

WHO YOU ARE

• CPA (active) with 7 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including Controller or Assistant Controller responsibility.
• You come from a similar‑size, hands‑on company where you’ve owned the books, the close, and the forecast.
• Very data‑driven — you use numbers to drive decisions, not just describe them.
• A business partner first who translates numbers into decisions and recommendations.
• Evidence of a CFO trajectory: you’ve built or scaled a finance function, owned forecasting and strategic analysis, and partnered with leadership (and lenders or a board) on capital, growth, and profitability decisions.
• Someone who runs toward the fire — you like a challenge and do your best work when things are messy, not tidy.
• A steady financial hand who brings perspective when the numbers get loud and helps leadership focus on the real signal.
• Experienced in inventory‑heavy product companies (consumer products, manufacturing, distribution) and comfortable with landed cost, COGS, tariffs, and SKU‑level margin.
• Preferably experienced with multi‑channel revenue (Amazon/e‑commerce, wholesale, retail, distributor).
• Hands‑on with full‑cycle accounting and a track record cleaning up, implementing, or stabilizing an ERP/inventory system (QuickBooks Online inventory platform a plus).
• A systems builder who creates SOPs, controls, and automation rather than relying on heroics.
• Thrives in a family‑owned, high‑accountability, values‑driven culture — honest, smart, hardworking, direct, and ready to own outcomes.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

This is a cleanup, restructure, and scale job — not a maintenance seat. The function has a stabilized base to build on, but the books need real work: backlog to clear, accounts to reconcile, GL integrity to restore, and a systems migration (QuickBooks Online SOS Inventory) to finish.

Your job is to dig in, get it clean and reliable, rebuild the structure around it, and then take it to a level that scales with the business. The CEO defines the outcomes; you own the system that delivers them.

Clean Up & Restructure

• Diagnose the current state honestly, then triage — clear the close backlog, reconcile accounts, restore GL integrity, and drive clearing accounts to zero.
• Finish the migration to QuickBooks Online (Advanced) and SOS Inventory and rebuild the chart of accounts and processes around how the business actually runs.
• Restructure the function for scale — right work to the right seat (you, offshore execution, outside firm) with controls that hold up as volume grows.

Close, Controls & Accuracy

• Monthly close by the 5th–8th business day with zero CEO catch‑up.
• Clean, reconciled financials — P&L, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and credit‑card reconciliations.
• Strong internal controls, segregation of duties, approval workflows, and documented SOPs and checklists.
• Audit‑ready, on‑time handoffs to outside tax advisors; 100% sales‑tax compliance.

Cash & Forecasting

• Daily cash report and a rolling 13‑week cash forecast with disciplined AP payment timing.
• Weekly AR aging with strong collections discipline; weekly AP aging with zero past‑dues.
• Rolling 12‑month forecast and an annual budget the leadership team can run against.

Decision Support & Insight

• Weekly budget‑vs‑actual‑vs‑prior‑year‑vs‑forecast reporting with KPI commentary.
• Channel‑ and SKU‑level margin analysis that drives pricing, mix, and inventory decisions.
• Standardized monthly and quarterly reporting on margin, trends, and performance drivers — in plain business language.

Systems, Automation & Team

• Drive automation and cut manual work once the systems are clean (bank feed, A2X/e‑commerce summary, bill automation).
• Lead and develop offshore accounting execution; manage the outside accounting and tax firm; build the right team and development paths as the function scales.

HOW YOU WILL DO IT

First 90 Days

• Diagnose and triage: assess the books, surface the real gaps, and publish a prioritized cleanup‑and‑restructure plan with owners and dates.
• Get a reliable close running and stand up the daily cash report and 13‑week cash forecast as living tools.
• Take ownership of the QBO SOS Inventory migration to a finish line.

By October 31, 2026

• Finance function fully operational, documented, accurate, and producing actionable insight.
• QBO SOS Inventory transition complete; at least two automations live.
• Weekly KPI and margin reporting trusted and used in decisions across the business.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Active CPA
• 7 years of progressive accounting and finance experience
• Experience in a similar‑size, hands‑on, high‑accountability company
• Data‑driven operator with strong analytical rigor
• Proven ability to clean up, rebuild, and scale a finance function
• Strong experience with inventory‑heavy product businesses
• Demonstrated CFO trajectory
• Builder of systems, controls, SOPs, and automation
• Thrives in a family‑owned, values‑driven culture

COMPENSATION

• Competitive salary: $120K–$150K base, depending on experience
• Performance‑based incentives
• Benefits package included

WHY THIS SEAT

• A genuine path to CFO with a CEO who wants a financial partner, not a scorekeeper.
• A profitable, growing company at the inflection point where finance becomes a competitive advantage.
• Real ownership: you design the system, you run it, and you are measured on whether the business makes better decisions because of it.