Senior Controller

Hoffmann Heimos Greenhouses ("Heimos") is one of the country’s largest greenhouse operations, with a legacy that began in 1951 as a small produce stand outside St. Louis. The company is seeking a hands on, operationally oriented Financial Controller to lead our finance organization through its next phase of operational improvement and profitable growth.

Heimos is part of Hoffmann Family of Companies, a diversified, family-owned investment firm with 200+ operating companies and more than 28,000 employees across the United States and Canada, providing Heimos with the resources and long-term orientation to invest in the business and support its continued growth.

This is not a traditional accounting role. We are looking for a finance leader who can strengthen financial discipline, improve cash flow and working capital, create visibility into product and customer profitability, enhance forecasting and controls, and become a true business partner to the leadership team. You'll be equally comfortable strengthening the monthly close, building a 13-week cash forecast, analyzing SKU level profitability, and walking the greenhouse floor with operations, and helping leadership make better commercial and capital-allocation decisions.

As the senior financial leader of the business and a key partner to the President/CEO, operating leadership, and Hoffmann Family of Companies financial leadership and business partnership, you are responsible for:

• Translating financial information into clear operating actions that improve EBITDA, cash generation, and long-term enterprise value.
• Oversight of all accounting, financial reporting, treasury, tax coordination, audit support, and internal controls to strengthen and institutionalize accrual-based accounting and financial reporting
• Ownership of cash forecasting and liquidity management, including implementation and maintenance of a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast.
• Creating greater visibility into where the company generates economic value and where margin is being lost.
• Leading the annual budgeting process and establishing a disciplined rolling forecasting process that appropriately reflect the highly seasonal nature of the greenhouse business.
• Supporting commercial and operational decisions by partnering closely with sales, production, growing, purchasing, logistics, and operations to improve profitability.
• Evaluating existing accounting and operating systems and identify opportunities to improve financial data integrity, reporting, and automation.

• Seeking $115k-$125k salary with 20% bonus target
• Experience as hands-on Controller or VP Finance or as direct report to Controller or VP Finance
• Experience evaluating/strengthening processes and internal controls in accounting and finance (monthly financial reporting on an accrual basis, accounting research, account reconciliations, inventory/cost accounting, audit/review prep, financial analysis, working capital management, budgeting, 13-week cash flow forecasting)
• Comfortable as the senior financial leader reporting to the President/CEO (the company does not have a CFO), cross-functional partnering/collaboration (e.g., improving financial performance, preparing/analyzing customer/SKU profitability, assisting in capital-allocation decisions) and the primary go-to person for key third parties (e.g., audit/review, tax)
• Experience leveraging productivity-enhancing technology in accounting/finance to improve the timeliness, accuracy and automation of financial reporting and data for decision making
• Able to work onsite five days/week in SW Illinois (working in Randolph, Monroe, St. Clair, Madison or Washington County)

• Experience at seasonal, inventory-intensive and/or entrepreneurial companies
• Food manufacturing or agricultural industry experience in accounting/finance