Controller

Company Overview:

Northline Seafoods is a growing, innovative seafood processing company headquartered in the Fairhaven neighborhood of Bellingham, WA. We are expanding our finance department and are looking for a finance professional to lead daily operation efficiencies for our accounting department.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the company’s operational accounting, ensuring smooth functioning of day-to-day operations.

• Provide direct supervision and mentorship to a team of 3-4 accounting staff.

• Supervise the preparation of financial reports by the accounting team, ensuring financial statements are GAAP compliant.

• Ensure accuracy in expense tracking, journals and the general ledger.

• Collaborate with other departments to minimize expenses through cost controls and budget tracking.

• Ensure regulatory compliance and provide required reporting requirements.

• Develop and implement financial systems, policies, and procedures.

• Plan, organize, and managing operational and financial audits.

• Coordinate with external auditors to prepare and submit audited financial statements.

• Identify areas of inefficiency, proposing new strategies to tackle them.

• Provide financial analysis and supporting executives in making informed decisions.

• Establish and maintain appropriate internal control safeguards.

• Review and ensure proper inventory valuation, with validation and comparison of standard costs to actual costs.

• Establish budgeting process and procedures for all functions coordinates development of department budgets with managers.

• Fill in gaps for accounting team when/if needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration or related fields. Master’s Degree, CPA license or other specialized education a plus.

• Minimum 5 years experience working in finance, accounting or a related field.

• Candidate must have experience and knowledge with manufacturing/inventory accounting.

• Ideal candidate has experience managing operations and finances in a start-up/growth environment, as well as providing supervision to a small accounting team.

• Willingness and ability to approach work with an all-hands-on deck attitude.

Compensation & Benefits:

This is a full-time, salaried, exempt position. Benefits include 4 weeks PTO, 8 paid holidays and medical/dental/vision.

Northline Seafoods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, veteran or disability status.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job operates primarily in an office setting This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copiers and scanners. Employee must be able to sit or stand at a computer and in the field for long periods of time and communicate effectively.

The above is not intended to list all possible essential functions or requirements as they are subject to change. The employer reserves the right to revise or change this description. This description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each of the above essential duties and meet the physical demands. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to meet these requirements.