Controller - CPG

The opportunity onetwentyfi, a fractional CFO firm, is recruiting a hands-on Controller for one of our clients to own the books for their North American business. The client has outgrown its current accounting processes. This person will start part-time, learn how the books are run today, then clean up and rebuild those processes using modern, best-practice workflows for a multi-channel consumer products business. This is a build-and-fix role, not a maintain-the-machine role. About our client Our client is a consumer products company in the craft and hobby category, selling through its own e-commerce site, national retailers and distributors. Product is sourced from overseas manufacturers, and the catalog runs to several thousand active SKUs. The group operates as a multi-entity structure with companies in North America, Europe and Asia, and the North American entity leads sales for the group. About the role What success looks like: The monthly close finishes on schedule, and leadership trusts the numbers. Inventory on the books matches what is in the warehouse. A 13-week cash forecast is updated every week. Balances between the North American, European and Asian entities reconcile every month. NetSuite shows margin by channel, SKU and customer without manual spreadsheet work. You report to the client's fractional CFO from onetwentyfi and work closely with their CEO, sales and operations. What you'll own Process cleanup and redesign: map how work is done today, then rebuild c