Controller on behalf of BPM client Kermit Lynch - BPM

Summary Job Description:

Serving as liaison b/w company and external CPA on all of the company’s financial matters while formulating and overseeing all internal accounting policies, posting routines, and financial controls for the entire company.

Responsibilities include:

- Full-time office hours at 830 Cedar office location in Berkeley, CA.

- Responsible for maintaining the chart of accounts in Microsoft NAV.

- Responsible for generating financial statements from Microsoft NAV, including income statements and balance sheets by month, quarter, and year, income statements by dimension (department and employee)

- Design and implementation of additional customized reporting for users and owners

- Overseeing and auditing all posting routines in all departments

- Develop a robust internal audit policy to monitor workflows of all departments to make sure all processes (costing, pricing, etc) that affect sales profitability are managed with the proper oversight and control

- Design and implement a report for tracking price overrides in all sales departments

- Ensure the company’s compliance with PCI.

- Audit all retail department activity – retail store (POS), e-commerce, and wine club and insure that all is being imported and posted properly into NAV and gives company adequate reporting from NAV on all retail activity (e-commerce and wine club transactions are processed via a third party, Offset)

- Work closely with company’s IT manager to transition any non-IT oversight tasks from IT department to Controller

- Work closely with accounting manager to update guidelines and posting routines for all daily workflows.

- Audit cash management and reconciliation activities and recommend/implement any improvements.

- Responsible for managing all of the company’s banking relationships (Mechanics Bank, BMO, BNP Paribas)

- Thoroughly document all activities handled on behalf of the corporation and for the owners personally by external accountant or CPA.

- Available to the owners for accounting work involving both their ownership in the company and other non-related personal expenses

- Audit of foreign exchange procedures and controls, must have a clear understanding of company’s hedging strategy

- Worker’s Compensation Audit

- Annual Insurance Renewal with broker, Jeff Stephens

- Co-fiduciary and lead administrator for 401k Plan

- Coordinate with external HR firm BPM on payroll activities bi-weekly

- Help coordinate year-end bonuses and any commission payments with President and BPM

- Oversee all sales and use tax return filings

- Oversee and document all business registrations and recommend any changes to current management (currently use Incorp as agent of process)

- Develop clear understanding of corporate nexus and tax liability nationally and update continuously with input from CPA

- Monitor effectiveness of CPA and possibly conduct RFP for new CPA