Job Title: Controller
Company: The Beard Club
Location: New Jersey (On-Site)
About The Beard Club:
The Beard Club is more than just a grooming brand; we’re a community of bearded legends taking the world by storm, one beard at a time. With our killer lineup of beard care products and a rapidly growing fanbase, we’re shaking up the men’s grooming game. We’re looking for a rockstar Controller who’s ready to own our finances and keep the cash flowing as smoothly as our beard oil. If you’ve got a sharp eye for numbers and a startup mindset, keep reading.
Don’t take this job:
If you need to be told what to do or you can’t find the answers for yourself. We’re looking for someone who wants to take control of this position and make a huge impact on the business not just execute a task list.
If work-life balance is your most important job feature or you’re looking to just clock in and clock out, this job is going to push your boundaries.
Job Summary:
Are you a financial whiz who loves juggling numbers as much as we love grooming beards? As our Controller, you’ll be the financial backbone of The Beard Club, handling everything from accounting and inventory to budgeting and cash flow. We’re a tight-knit team and we move fast, so we need someone who’s not afraid to roll up their sleeves and dive into the next project we’re focused on.
This isn’t a remote gig—you’ll be right here in our New Jersey HQ, rubbing elbows with the crew and making magic happen.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform full monthly close of the company books in accordance with US GAAP standards.
- Prepare reports and analyses, including profitability by customer / channel / product line.
- Prepare and run weekly 13 weeks cash flow forecast
- Manage all AR, AP, and bookkeeping activities
- Manage, analyze and dispute when needed trade deductions across multiple retailers
- Prepare budget and forecast
- Manage sales tax filings
- Work with external CPA on preparing the information for the year-end tax return filing; manage the process and all communications.
- Maintain internal safeguards for revenue receipts, costs, team and organizational budgets, and actual expenditures
- Develop and enforce internal controls to maximize protection of company assets, policies, procedures, and workflows
- Implement consistent accounting policies, practices, and procedures across all programs, adhering to US GAAP standards while remaining knowledgeable of proposed legislation
- Establish (in coordination with executives) financial and operating benchmarks, budgets, program monitoring, and reporting standards on biweekly, monthly, and annual basis
- Lead the implementation of NetSuite; manage the third party implementation consultant.
What We’re Looking For
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in accounting/finance, preferably within CPG
- Strong Understanding of banking processes and financial data analysis
- Working knowledge of national and local tax regulations and compliance reporting
- Exemplary history of financial project management
- Strong knowledge of Netsuite and QBO
- Experience with inventory management and cash flow forecasting.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, startup environment with a flexible, can-do attitude.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
- Ability to adapt and handle multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and efficiency.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
- Ability to adapt and handle multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and efficiency.
Are you Qualified?
- Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, or related field.
- MBA or Master’s in accounting is a plus
- Previous experience working in a small, high growth company
Additional Information:
This is an on-site position at The Beard Club’s Westwood, New Jersey office.
Candidates must be willing to work in a collaborative and startup-oriented atmosphere, where teamwork and versatility are essential.
Ready to Join the Club?
If you’re up for the challenge and ready to bring your A-game, we want to hear from you!
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What We Do
Merit is a contract manufacturer that makes personal care products, cleaning products, and much more. We formulate, mix, bottle, and ship products for nationwide brands.
We are all just so excited to be doing what we do. None of us imagined that personal care manufacturing was our future, but this exciting market has helped us create a team that we love. We get to create fun products, dream up new ideas, solve problems, and work as a team each day. When we’re don, we’ve made something we can actually hold in our hand and be proud of.
In just 3 years, we’ve growth Merit into an Inc 5000 (#139) business by focusing on the personal growth of our team and taking responsibility for the success of our customers.
Merit is located in Sterling Heights, Michigan, where we have two facilities less than a mile apart. We’ve poured over 15 million products and served over 13 million end users. Our continued growth has forced us to move locations 3 times in the last 3 years, and while we don’t expect to need a new warehouse soon, we aren’t planning to slow down.
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