Controller

Our family of brands is comprised of Schoolhouse the lighting home furnishings and lifestyle brand based in Portland Oregon; Food52 the community-driven cooking and home company based in Brooklyn New York; and Dansk the heritage home brand founded in 1954.

About the Role

Were hiring a results-oriented operationally focused Controller to lead our accounting function across a multi-brand multi-entity business spanning eCommerce retail and manufacturing. Youll bring discipline accuracy and accountability to a complex high-volume environmentensuring financial integrity while helping drive our path to profitability.

This is a hands-on high-visibility role for a builder who thrives on structure precision and partnership. Youll oversee the accounting organization (four direct reports plus outsourced support) and serve as the connective tissue between Finance Operations and Leadership.

What Youll Own

Accounting Operations

• Full-stack accounting across a multi-entity structure with inventory dropship and hybrid fulfillment models.
• End-to-end monthly close financial statement preparation account reconciliations and balance sheet accuracy.
• GL consolidation across systems and sources including SKU-level complexity and ERP integrations.

Cash & Compliance

• Daily cash management disbursements reconciliations and short-term forecasting.
• Audit preparation and coordination with external auditors; ensure GAAP compliance and internal control rigor.

Systems & Process Excellence

• Stewardship of NetSuite and ; ensure data integrity process automation and system optimization.
• Create and scale processes and controls across AR/AP payroll accounting and inventory management.

Leadership & Insights

• Partner with FP&A and business leads to align budget vs. actuals and surface actionable insights.
• Lead develop and mentor a high-performing accounting team.

What You Bring

Must-haves:

• 8 years of progressive accounting experience including 2 years in a Controller or Assistant Controller role.
• Experience in manufacturing eCommerce and retail environments with complex SKU-heavy operations.
• Strong technical expertise in multi-entity consolidation inventory accounting and U.S. GAAP.
• Systems experience: SAP or Oracle NetSuite (or similar).
• Proven success building scalable processes implementing controls and driving operational accountability.
• Relentless attention to detail and the confidence to call out issues early and clearly.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with ERP migration or implementation
• Prior work in a private equity-backed or high-growth business
• CPA or equivalent preferred

Youll Succeed in This Role If You Are:

• A builder: You dont just operate the machine you build and improve it.
• A synthesizer: You can take data from multiple sources systems and workflows and distill them into a clear picture.
• A truth-teller: You speak up ask hard questions and make it your job to create clarity and accountability.
• A steady voice: You dont flinch under pressure push for precision and hold people and yourself to a high bar.
  

WORKING AT FOOD52

Food52 is committed to providing our team with a competitive benefits package. Some of our benefits include:

• Health benefits (medical dental and vision)
• Unlimited paid time off
• Monthly fitness reimbursement
• Generous employee discount across our brand portfolio
• 401K
• FSA / HSA

EEO STATEMENT

Food52 is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all team members. We value diversity and recruit hire and promote individuals solely based on talent qualifications competence and merit. We evaluate candidates without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or other protected characteristics as required by law and as a matter of our company values.