Controller - Farming

Key Responsibilities: • Lead and develop the farm accounting team, ensuring timely and accurate accounting and financial reporting across a multi-entity environment.

• Oversee crop and farm cost accounting, including cost accumulation, allocations, standard rates, raw product entries, inventory tracking, and planting/listing activities.

• Oversee and review inventory accounting and reconciliations, ensuring accurate tracking, valuation, balance sheet reporting, and financial integrity.

• Monitor and analyze financial information related to harvesting and packout operations to ensure accurate cost allocations.

• Analyze financial and operational results, identify trends, explain variances, and forecast costs.

• Partner with operations and finance leadership on budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and strategic decision support.

• Develop and utilize ERP reports, data queries, dashboards, and reporting tools to improve operational and financial visibility.

• Strengthen internal controls, accounting processes, and procedures while identifying opportunities for greater efficiency.

• Participate in budgeting and planning for farming operations.

• Ensure compliance with GAAP and company accounting policies and support financial audits.

• Lead special projects focused on improving financial reporting, operational transparency, and accounting processes.

• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and staff development.

What They're Looking For: • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.

• 5+ years of directly related accounting or finance experience within agriculture, manufacturing, or another inventory-intensive environment.

• Cost accounting experience is required, including cost accumulation, allocations, and cost forecasting.

• Inventory accounting and tracking experience is required, including reconciliations, valuation, tracking, and related financial reporting.

• Strong understanding of operational accounting and the ability to translate financial information into actionable business insights.

• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, and developing accounting professionals.

• Strong budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting capabilities.

• Experience working with ERP systems and developing reports or data queries for financial and operational analysis.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

• Exposure to data visualization and analytics tools such as Power BI or Tableau is highly desirable.

• Strong knowledge of GAAP, internal controls, and accounting best practices.

• Excellent communication, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

• Ability to succeed in a fast-paced, changing, operationally focused environment.

• Ability to work fully onsite in Shafter, CA and travel to regional facilities as needed.