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ABOUT RAW SUGAR LIVING  Raw Sugar Living is a personal care brand on a mission to promote clean and healthy living through products that are good for the body and nourish the soul. Since 2014, we have mainstreamed premium-quality and vegan-friendly personal and hair care products, recognized by our signature ‘Bamboo Tops & White Bottles.’ We continue to innovate new and eco-friendly clean products because everyone has the right to feel beautiful and love the skin they are in. Learn more at rawsugarliving.com.    THE POSITION  The Controller will lead Raw Sugar’s accounting operations, financial reporting, internal controls, compliance, and key financial processes. This individual will serve as a strategic partner to the General Manager and executive leadership team, ensuring the company has accurate financial reporting, disciplined controls, meaningful insights, and scalable processes to support continued growth.  This is a hands-on leadership role for a thoughtful, operationally minded finance executive who understands consumer products, mass retail, ecommerce, Amazon, inventory, trade spend, and the pace of a high-growth environment. The ideal candidate brings strong technical accounting expertise, a continuous-improvement mindset, and the ability to develop people, systems, and processes that create clarity, accountability, and better decision-making across the business.    WHAT YOU WILL DO  Accounting Leadership & Financial Reporting  Lead all accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll accounting, inventory accounting, and financial reporting.  Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, with a focus on accuracy, timeliness, efficiency, and continuous improvement.  Prepare and present financial statements, reporting packages, and business insights for internal leadership, investors, lenders, and other key stakeholders.  Ensure accounting records, policies, and reporting practices are maintained in accordance with GAAP and company requirements.  Partner with external auditors and tax advisors to ensure successful audits, reviews, and compliance processes.  Strategic Finance Partnership  Serve as a key partner to the CFO and executive leadership team, providing financial insights, recommendations, and analysis to support strategic decision-making.  Support budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial modeling across channels, customers, brands, products, and major business initiatives.  Lead analysis related to channel profitability, customer margins, product margins, trade spend, inventory performance, working capital, and cash flow.  Provide financial leadership for new business opportunities, operational initiatives, capital projects, and potential M&A or integration activities.  CPG, Retail & Ecommerce Excellence  Bring strong financial discipline and insight to a multi-channel CPG business, including mass retail, digital commerce, DTC, and Amazon.  Improve measurement and reporting around trade spend, customer deductions, accruals, promotions, chargebacks, and retailer-related financial activity.  Develop better visibility into multi-location inventory, cost of goods sold, gross margin, and supply chain-related financial performance.  Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Ecommerce to strengthen financial behaviors, accountability, and transparency across the company.  Controls, Compliance & Risk Management  Develop, implement, and maintain strong financial controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards.  Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, local, payroll, sales, property, and corporate tax requirements.