Controller

📍 Raleigh, NC

💼 Full-time 

The Role

ChicknLegs is growing fast, and we’re looking for a Controller to own our accounting operations, financial reporting, and financial controls while helping us build the financial infrastructure needed to support continued growth.

This is a hands-on role. You’ll be responsible for ensuring our financials are accurate, timely, and reliable — but we’re looking for more than someone who can close the books. You’ll dig into the numbers, identify trends and issues, improve our financial processes, and translate financial data into useful insights that help leadership make better business decisions.

The ideal candidate has experience helping small-to-midsize businesses scale, is comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment, and can build structure without adding unnecessary complexity.

What You'll Do

Accounting + Financial Reporting

• Oversee day-to-day accounting operations, including the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll accounting, and expense management
• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes and ensure financial reporting is accurate and timely
• Prepare and review financial statements, management reports, reconciliations, and supporting schedules
• Maintain accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls that support accurate financial reporting and safeguard company assets
• Ensure accounting practices and financial reporting are consistent with GAAP

Inventory + Revenue Accounting

• Own inventory accounting, including inventory valuation, reconciliations, and cost of goods sold (COGS)
• Analyze product margins, COGS, and cost drivers and provide insights to support margin improvement and cost management
• Ensure appropriate revenue recognition across e-commerce, wholesale, and other sales channels
• Oversee reconciliation of Shopify, payment processors, wholesale activity, and other financial systems to the general ledger
• Identify discrepancies, unusual trends, or control gaps and drive issues through resolution

Financial Analysis + Business Support

• Turn financial data into actionable insights for leadership, identifying trends, risks, opportunities, and areas requiring attention
• Partner with leadership on budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning
• Monitor cash flow, working capital, profitability, and other key financial metrics
• Analyze actual performance against budgets, forecasts, and historical results and help leadership understand the drivers behind variances
• Partner cross-functionally to evaluate business decisions and identify opportunities to improve profitability and operational efficiency

Systems + Process Development

• Build and continuously improve scalable accounting processes, reporting systems, controls, and documentation
• Own and optimize the company’s accounting systems and financial workflows
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes, improve reporting accuracy, and increase efficiency
• Evaluate and support implementation of financial tools and systems as the company grows

External Partnerships + Compliance

• Serve as the primary financial point of contact for external CPA firms, tax advisors, auditors, and other financial partners
• Coordinate and support tax filings, audits, financial reviews, and other compliance requirements
• Maintain accurate financial documentation and records to support reporting, tax, audit, and business needs

Ideal Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including experience in a Controller, Assistant Controller, Accounting Manager, Senior Accountant, or similar role with significant ownership of accounting operations
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting
• Demonstrated experience owning month-end close and producing accurate financial statements
• Strong understanding of internal controls, reconciliations, and accounting processes
• Experience with inventory accounting and COGS strongly preferred
• Experience working with multi-channel revenue, including e-commerce and/or wholesale, strongly preferred
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to interpret financial data, investigate variances, identify trends, and translate findings into actionable business insights
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow management, and financial planning
• Experience building or improving accounting systems, processes, controls, and reporting
• Advanced Excel skills and strong proficiency with accounting systems; QuickBooks experience preferred
• Experience supporting a rapidly growing or scaling business strongly preferred
• Experience in e-commerce, apparel, consumer goods, or a related product-based business is a plus
• CPA preferred
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to maintain accuracy while managing multiple priorities
• Strong communicator who can explain financial information clearly to both financial and non-financial stakeholders
• Comfortable being hands-on and solving problems directly in a fast-moving, evolving environment
• Strong judgment, ownership, and follow-through
• Ability to work from our Raleigh, NC office

If you don’t meet every single qualification but are excited about this role, we still encourage you to apply.

Culture + Personality

✔ You're analytical + naturally curious
✔ You want to understand the “why” behind the numbers
✔ You're detail-oriented without losing sight of the bigger picture
✔ You take ownership + follow things through to resolution
✔ You’re adaptable + resourceful
✔ You're proactive about identifying and solving problems
✔ You're comfortable building structure where it doesn't exist yet
✔ You communicate openly + clearly
✔ You're respectful
✔ You're fun + funny
✔ You bring positive energy + care about building a strong workplace culture

Benefits + Perks

✔ Competitive compensation
✔ Medical, dental, and vision benefits for eligible employees
✔ Paid time off: vacation, sick time, and holidays
✔ Paid parental leave
✔ Simple IRA with match
✔ Educational assistance plan
✔ Flexible schedule
✔ Free snacks and bevvies to keep you going
✔ Opportunities for professional growth and development
✔ Company events, team outings, and culture initiatives
✔ A supportive, people-first work environment

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Equal opportunity Employer

ChicknLegs is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.