Director of Accounting Operations

Director of Accounting Operations

The Director of Accounting Operations leads the accounting, cost accounting, inventory accounting, and operational financial reporting functions for Ocean Mist Farms and its related business units. This role is responsible for maintaining financial integrity, strengthening internal controls, and ensuring consistent application of accounting policies and standards across the organization.

The position provides leadership over monthly and annual close activities, business unit financial analysis, inventory valuation, product costing, standard cost development, Bills of Material (BOM) governance, cost allocation methodologies, manufacturing accounting, and operational variance analysis. The Director partners closely with Farming, Harvesting, Foods, Supply Chain, Operations, and executive leadership to deliver accurate, timely, and actionable financial information.

This role is expected to translate financial results into meaningful operational insights by analyzing budget-to-actual performance, prior-year trends, gross margin drivers, manufacturing variances, labor and material usage, yield, overhead absorption, and other key performance indicators. The Director also supports budgeting, forecasting, audit coordination, ERP and process improvements, risk management activities, and strategic financial planning while developing a high-performing accounting team.

• Lead and oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close processes for Grower Accounting, Farming, Foods, Harvesting, and other assigned business units
• Ensure financial results are complete, accurate, timely, and prepared in accordance with company policies, GAAP, and applicable accounting standards
• Review balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, allocations, and supporting schedules for accuracy, completeness, and appropriate documentation
• Coordinate business unit close activities, resolve accounting issues, and ensure cross-functional alignment of operational and financial data
• Support the year-end audit by coordinating audit schedules, responding to auditor requests, and ensuring client-prepared schedules are completed accurately and on time
• Lead the development, maintenance, and governance of cost accounting processes, product standards, and standard costing methodologies
• Oversee the establishment, review, and periodic update of standard costs, including raw materials, packaging, labor, overhead, freight, outside services, and other applicable cost components
• Ensure Bills of Material (BOMs), item masters, routings, production standards, yield assumptions, and cost drivers are accurate and aligned with current operational practices
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Production, and IT to improve the accuracy, timeliness, and control environment surrounding product costing and manufacturing accounting data
• Develop and maintain cost allocation methodologies for shared services, farming operations, harvesting, cooling, processing, manufacturing, and other operational activities
• Oversee inventory accounting, inventory valuation, and related internal controls for raw materials, packaging, work-in-process, finished goods, agricultural inventories, and other inventory categories
• Monitor inventory reserves, shrink, obsolescence, yield loss, spoilage, and inventory turnover trends, and recommend accounting or operational actions as appropriate
• Establish and maintain procedures for cycle counts, physical inventories, perpetual inventory reconciliations, and inventory adjustments
• Ensure proper accounting treatment for crop investments, crops-in-ground, realized crop costs, production costs, and related inventory balances
• Partner with operational leaders to analyze crop profitability, commodity performance, product profitability, and seasonal cost trends
• Lead monthly analysis of manufacturing and operational variances, including material usage, purchase price, labor efficiency, yield, overhead absorption, production volume, throughput, scrap, waste, and rework
• Investigate significant variances and partner with business unit leaders to identify root causes,…