Controller, Accounting, Financial Compliance

Green Fruit Avocados is a vertically integrated avocado supplier with operations spanning growing, packing, shipping, ripening, cold storage, and distribution across North and South America. Founded in 2014, the company has built a strong reputation for operational excellence, supply chain reliability, and delivering high-quality avocados to major retail and distribution channels throughout North America.

In 2026, Green Fruit entered an exciting new chapter following its acquisition by a partnership of highly respected industry leaders and investors with deep expertise across global sourcing, agriculture, and avocado distribution. Backed by experienced ownership, strong grower relationships, and expanded global sourcing capabilities, Green Fruit is uniquely positioned to compete in an evolving and consolidating market.

The company is entering a transformational phase of growth, with plans to significantly expand revenue, operational scale, and infrastructure over the coming years while building a scalable, disciplined, and high-performing organization.

The Controller will serve as a key financial leader within Green Fruit Avocados, responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the company’s financials while building and scaling the accounting processes, controls, systems, and team needed to support continued growth reporting to the CFO.

This role is well suited for a collaborative and driven leader who is energized by building within a growing organization. The Controller will partner closely with leaders across the business, communicate clearly and effectively, and help translate financial information into practical insights and action.

The ideal candidate will bring a high level of integrity, a thorough understanding of internal controls, and an innovative and creative mindset. This individual must be comfortable challenging existing processes, embracing technology, and adapting quickly as the organization evolves.

The Controller will initially lead two direct reports.

• Oversee day-to-day accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, inventory accounting, and grower accounting, .
• Ensure accurate, timely, complete, and GAAP-compliant financial statements while maintaining a strong and scalable internal control environment.
• Manage and continuously improve the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process, delivering timely and reliable financial statements within a defined close calendar.
• Monitor balance sheet integrity, including reconciliations, reserves, accruals, and risk areas requiring judgment or escalation.
• Develop and improve accounting policies, processes, reconciliations, approval structures, and reporting practices.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory and reporting requirements, including GAAP, state and federal tax rules, sales/use tax, payroll tax, and others.
• Oversee technical accounting matters, including revenue recognition, inventory valuation, cost accounting, leases, and complex transactions.
• Prepare audit‑ready financials and lead annual audit activities, including coordination with external auditors, documentation requests, and remediation of findings.
• Manage the full payroll process, including biweekly payroll processing. Maintain accurate payroll records and ensure payroll information is kept confidential. Process new hires, terminations, salary changes, direct deposits, and other payroll updates. Prepare and reconcile payroll reports and assist with payroll related accounting entries.
• Provide support as needed for annual insurance renewals, bank compliance, BOD requests ,and customer/supplier requests
• Build and enhance accounting processes, controls, systems, and financial…