Commercial Operations Controller

Commercial Operations Controller - (6753)

Taxable Entity

AFOGNAK NATIVE CORP

Job Title

Commercial Operations Controller

Location

AK Anchorage HQ Corporate - Anchorage, AK 99503 US (Primary)

Category

Accounting and Finance

Job Type

Full-time

Typical Pay/Range

$113,567 to $145,000 Annually

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Travel

None

Security Clearance Required

None

Afognak Native Corporation has an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Operations Controller at our corporate office in Anchorage, Alaska. The Commercial Operations Controller serves as the critical link between Corporate Finance and Commercial Operations, ensuring financial integrity, operational alignment, and compliance across the commercial segment. This role provides strategic financial support to commercial leadership while driving consistency, efficiency, and continuous improvement in financial processes and controls.

This position will also actively participate in the planning, implementing, and controlling all financial-related activities such as policy updates and compliance, budgeting & forecasting, strategic planning, pricing and overall efficiency and improvement initiatives within the Commercial Operations and Corporate Finance environments.

• Serves as the primary liaison between Corporate Finance and Commercial Operations, translating requirements and ensuring consistent execution across both groups.
• Provide training and educational resources to increase financial literacy for commercial teams.
• Provides team leadership and stimulates collaboration within a dynamic cross-functional environment. Responsible for accounting staff talent selection, professional development, and employee retention for the Commercial Operations Accounting/Finance Department team.

• Leads the implementation and optimization of financial systems and tools.
• Analyze business processes and financial data to identify efficiency gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Leads implementation and monitoring of internal controls to mitigate financial risk.
• Ensures accuracy and integrity of the overall financial position for a consolidated multiorganizational company reporting per Private company GAAP regulations accepted in the United States.
• Ensures compliance with Corporate Ethics and Integrity integration within the Company’s Commercial Operations Finance community.
• Provide knowledge and expertise to the Company’s Commercial Team to ensure compliance with the most current GAAP revenue record standard to include revised revenue recognition, lease accounting, and industry specific standards methodologies.

• Collaborate on project evaluations, investment proposals, and resource allocation.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings to align operational goals with financial objectives.
• Translate commercial strategies and initiatives into financial impacts and actionable insights.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis activities in coordination with both departments
• Drive adoption of best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Act as change agent for process optimization and enhanced decision-making.
• Troubleshoots finance-related operational challenges at the store level, including cash handling and reporting, receiving accuracy, and inventory accuracy to identify opportunities for increased efficiency and accuracy in LSUN procedures.

• Provides timely, accurate financial reporting to support commercial leadership and corporate executives.
• Conducts KPI monitoring, variance analysis, and operational performance reviews to identify cost efficiencies and margin optimization opportunities.
• Responsible for corporate and Commercial and Corporate Operations strategic budgeting and forecasting. Identifies and advocates for cost efficiencies and control as well as margin optimization.
• Advocates for Corporate Finance best practices and compliance in new business pursuits, system configurations, and growth opportunities.

• Works with the Corporate CFO, Commercial COO (and…