Controller, Accounting, Financial Reporting

Company:
Legacybox

Location:

Chattanooga, TN (On-site)
Type:
Full-time
Salary: $120,000 - $150,000, based on experience and qualifications

We help families preserve the things that only exist once.

From VHS tapes and film reels to printed photos, negatives, slides, DVDs, camcorder cassettes, memory cards, and phones, we digitize the media that matters most so families can revisit and share those moments for generations to come.

But we believe the future of Legacybox is much larger than digitization alone.

We're building a long-term family memory platform while expanding the very definition of what can be preserved.

We are not in the digitization business. We are in the irreplaceable business.

We're hiring a Controller to lead the day-to-day accounting and financial operations of Legacybox.

We need someone who is strong in accounting, but also understands how a business actually operates.

The Controller will own our monthly close, financial statements, general ledger, inventory and cost accounting, accounting processes, internal controls, and financial systems.

This person should be able to prepare accurate financial statements, understand what they are saying, identify when something does not make sense, and explain the important takeaways to the CFO.

We are looking for someone with good accounting judgment, strong operational instincts, and the ability to solve problems independently.

The right person will be comfortable getting into the details when necessary, but will also be able to step back, see how different parts of the business connect, and identify financial or operational issues before they become larger problems.

Ultimately, this role should make the finance function stronger and take meaningful work off the CFO's plate.

• Own the monthly and year-end close and ensure financial statements are accurate, complete, and delivered on time.
• Prepare and critically review the balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Maintain a strong general ledger and ensure accounting practices are consistent with GAAP.
• Understand and explain what is driving changes in revenue, margins, expenses, inventory, cash, and other key accounts.
• Bring financial results to the CFO with the important changes, questions, and issues already identified, not just the numbers.

• Understand how customer orders, payments, purchasing, inventory, production, shipping, and other operational activity flow through the financial statements.
• Identify where operational processes are creating accounting, reconciliation, or reporting issues and work with teams to solve them at the source.
• Maintain strong accounting processes around inventory, cost of goods sold, accruals, purchasing, and payment processing.
• Connect operational activity to financial results and help leadership understand why performance is changing.
• Use sound accounting judgment and common sense to work through problems that do not always have a textbook answer.

• Maintain and improve the general ledger, chart of accounts, accounting processes, and internal controls as the business grows.
• Lead the accounting side of financial system implementations, integrations, and major system changes.
• Ensure operational systems, e-commerce platforms, payment processors, and accounting systems tie accurately into the general ledger and financial statements.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and strengthen accounting workflows and reconciliations.
• Take ownership of accounting and system problems and drive them through resolution rather than simply identifying them.