Financial Controller

Financial Controller

Location: Miami, Florida

Employment Type: Full-Time

Reports To: CEO

About the Company

We are a growing group of companies engaged in the development, manufacturing,

distribution, and sale of cologne, fragrances, and related products. Our high end luxury

products are distributed and sold across markets worldwide, creating a dynamic and

complex operating environment with multiple entities, currencies, vendors, customers,

distribution channels, and intercompany transactions.

Position Overview

The Financial Controller will work closely with the CEO & Founder and be responsible for

overseeing the accounting operations of multiple entities and ensuring that financial

information is accurate, timely, and properly recorded.

This is a hands-on accounting role. The successful candidate will not simply oversee an

accounting department from a distance; they will be actively involved in the day-to-day

accounting activity, including transaction coding, accounts payable, accounts receivable,

inventory accounting, intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and month-end close.

The ideal candidate will have strong technical accounting knowledge, excellent attention

to detail, and the ability to understand the bigger financial picture while remaining

comfortable working at the transactional level.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day accounting activities for multiple related entities.

• Ensure transactions are accurately and consistently recorded in QuickBooks

Enterprise.

• Perform and oversee bank, credit card, balance sheet, and other account

reconciliations.

• Maintain accurate books and records across multiple entities.

• Identify accounting discrepancies and investigate and resolve issues promptly.

• Manage and improve the monthly financial close process.

• Prepare and/or oversee monthly journal entries, accruals, prepaids, depreciation,

and other closing adjustments.

• Coordinate with external accountants, tax professionals, auditors, and other

advisors as necessary.• Ensure accounting records are complete and organized for tax and financial

reporting purposes.

• Oversee inventory accounting across multiple entities and locations.

• Maintain accurate inventory records and reconcile inventory subledgers to the

general ledger.

• Work closely with operations, purchasing, manufacturing, logistics, and sales

teams to ensure inventory transactions are properly recorded.

• Identify inventory discrepancies, costing issues, and process inefficiencies.

• Help establish scalable inventory accounting procedures as the company

continues to grow.

• Ensure intercompany receivables, payables, revenue, expenses, and transfers are

properly recorded.

• Oversee the accounts payable process for multiple entities.

• Oversee customer invoicing and accounts receivable.

• Serve as the accounting team lead for the conversion from QuickBooks Enterprise

to Odoo, overseeing data migration, system implementation, process development,

testing, and reconciliation to ensure a smooth and accurate transition.

• Evaluate existing workflows and identify opportunities for automation and

improvement.

• Help establish systems and processes that can support rapid company growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.

• 5 years of progressive accounting experience, with experience in a Controller,

Assistant Controller, Senior Accountant, or similar role preferred.

• Strong experience with inventory accounting and cost of goods sold.

• Experience managing accounting for multiple entities.

• Strong understanding of intercompany accounting and reconciliations.

• Manufacturing, consumer products, fragrance, cosmetics, retail, distribution, or

international business experience is a plus.

Software & Technology

The ideal candidate should be comfortable working with accounting and business systems

and should have strong technology skills.

• QuickBooks Enterprise (QBE) – advanced proficiency preferred.

• Odoo – experience with Odoo or other ERP/inventory management systems strongly

preferred.

• Experience working with inventory management, ERP, e-commerce, manufacturing,

or order management systems is a plus.