Controller

Job Title:

• Controller FLSA Classification: Exempt Facility Location: Boulder, CO / Position is Hybrid with three (3) days in office each week.

Department:

• Finance Reports to: Chief Executive Officer Salary Range $150,000 to $185,000 base salary, depending on experience.
• About Centaurus Farms At Centaurus Farms we develop cannabis cultivation and production facilities and produce high-quality flower and extracted products.
• We are the parent company operating businesses in Colorado and Kentucky and are exploring opportunities for expansion in Delaware and other locations.
• Every time we grow something we record what went in, what came out, what was different, was it as good as last time — or better.
• The next time we grow the same strain we use the data to get it right rather than relying on someone’s memory.
• There is no shortcut.
• Plants take their time.
• We just make sure we learn everything we can every time we cultivate, harvest, or trim something.
• Craft sets our standards.
• Consistency sets our schedule.
• Quality is what we deliver to our customers — every time.
• All part of our focused vision and what makes us a different strain of cannabis company.
• The role You will own the books of a two-state cannabis operator and do much of the work yourself. 14er grows, manufactures, and sells cannabis in Colorado and is launching a medical cannabis operation in Kentucky.
• Finance has been outsourced until now.
• This is the first full-time finance hire, and the job is to build a function the business can rely on.

Reports to:

• CEO Team: one bookkeeper today; you will shape what comes next Works closely with: the Senior Analyst, operations and cultivation leaders in both states, outside tax and audit firms Location: Boulder, Colorado.
• Hybrid, with Tuesday through Thursday in the office as the minimum.
• Expect more days on site in the first months, to see how the facilities run and get to know the teams, and whenever the work calls for it.
• Periodic travel to Kentucky What you will own The close.
• Monthly close for the parent company and every operating entity, including intercompany activity, consolidated across Colorado and Kentucky on a fixed calendar.
• The parent company's books.
• Debt, related-party balances, shared costs, and how those costs are allocated to the operating businesses.
• Inventory value and cost accounting.
• Product costs by SKU through cultivation, extraction, manufacturing, and packaging.
• Operations owns the physical inventory, the counts, and the system records.
• You own its value on the books and the monthly reconciliation between the two.
• The inventory and manufacturing system.

Lead the finance side of our rollout, Kentucky first and then Colorado:

• item master, bills of materials, inventory states, and the link to the general ledger.
• Tax and compliance.
• Cannabis-specific cost allocation, state and local excise filings, sales tax, and the working relationship with our outside tax preparer and auditors.
• Cash and lenders.
• Cash forecasting, payables and receivables, payroll oversight, banking in a cash-heavy business, loan schedules, and lender reporting.
• Budgets and reporting.
• Budget versus actual by department each month, reviewed with the leaders who own the spending.
• Controls.
• Practical controls over cash, inventory, purchasing, and approvals.
• The team.
• Manage the bookkeeper and decide what the function needs as Kentucky grows.

Your first 90 days By day 30:

• you run the monthly close yourself and have a written close calendar.

By day 60:

• inventory on the books reconciles to physical counts at every site, with differences explained.

By day 90:

• product costs for Kentucky are set up in the inventory system, and department leaders receive budget versus actual every month.
• What we are looking for A hands-on controller.
• You have closed the books yourself, recently, at a company with a small finance team.
• Inventory and cost accounting experience.
• At least eight years in accounting, including time at a manufacturer, food or consumer products company, agricultural producer, or cannabis operator.
• Multi-entity experience.
• You have consolidated several entities and worked across more than one state.
• A system implementation behind you.
• You have set up or migrated an ERP or inventory system and lived with the result.
• Comfort with owners and operators.
• You can explain numbers plainly to people who run grow rooms and production lines.
• CPA preferred.
• Cannabis experience is a plus but not required; we would rather have strong cost accounting.

Tools and systems QuickBooks:

• advanced, across several entities, including class and location tracking.
• You know where it runs out and what to do about it.

Excel:

• advanced.
• Pivot tables, lookups, and large reconciliations built so someone else can follow them.

An ERP or inventory system with bills of materials and product costing:

• NetSuite, SAP Business One, Sage, or similar.

State track-and-trace (Metrc):

• a plus, and you will learn it quickly if you have not used it.

Payroll and bill-payment platforms:

• working familiarity.
• This role is not for you if You want to lead a large team or spend most of your time on strategy.
• You expect clean books on day one.
• They are improving, and finishing that work is the job.

Physical Demands Sedentary Exertion:

• Exerts up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, or a negligible amount of force frequently, to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects (including paperwork and light office supplies).

Stationary Position:

• Remains in a stationary position (sitting or standing) for prolonged periods, typically 75% to 80% of the workday.

Fine Motor Skills:

• Constantly operates a computer, keyboard, mouse, calculator, and other office productivity machinery to analyze complex financial data.

Communication & Exchange:

• Frequently communicates, expresses oneself, and exchanges accurate information verbally and in writing during board meetings, executive briefings, and financial presentations.

Visual Acuity:

• Requires close visual acuity, with or without corrective lenses, to prepare and analyze data, view a computer monitor, and read extensive legal, regulatory, or financial documents.

Mobility:

• Occasionally moves about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, and meeting rooms.
• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee.
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