Controller

WP Rawl has been growing fresh vegetables and careers since 1925!

As a leader in the fresh produce industry, we pride ourselves on sustainability, food safety, and providing a supportive and rewarding workplace for our employees.

• Oversees the operations of the Accounting Department, which includes, but is not limited to, A/R, A/P, Cost Accounting, Payroll, and Financial Reporting.
• Oversees the accounting staff including employee development, motivation, mentoring, training, recruitment and selection.
• Maintains a documented system of accounting policies and procedures; implements a system of controls over accounting transactions to minimize risk.
• Oversees the production of periodic financial reports; ensures that the reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles or international financial reporting standards.
• Recommends benchmarks that will be used to measure the company’s performance.
• Work with staff to produce the annual budget and forecasts; reports significant budget differences to leadership.
• Provides financial analysis as requested and needed for best interest of the company
• Works with external auditors and provides needed information for audits.
• Works with outside CPA firm in the filing of quarterly and annual payroll reports.
• Works with outside CPA firm in providing supporting documentation for tax preparation and any other needed documents, reports, information, etc for the CPA relationship.
• Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal government requirements.
• Support the VP with financial recordkeeping and associated functions
• Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance and/or Accounting
• 5+ years of accounting with supervisory experience required
• Food manufacturing and/or produce industry experience preferred
• Prior experience in a family-owned operation preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Experience with Famous ERP a plus

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