Controller

Financial Controller

Location: Miami–Dade / South Florida — Hybrid (on\-site during ramp; 1–3 remote days thereafter)

Reports To: Chief Executive Officer \& Executive Suite

Employment Type: Full\-Time, W\-2, Exempt

Compensation: $110,000–$130,000 base, commensurate with experience, plus performance\-based step\-ups at 6 and 12 months and a defined path to CFO

Relocation: Assistance available for qualified candidates

About Us

We are a fast\-growing, vertically integrated hemp, CBD, and alternative wellness operator running across several entities — plus our newest THC beverage brand Amigos. Our business spans direct\-to\-consumer e\-commerce (CBD.co, DestinoFarms.com), wholesale distribution (WholesaleCBD.co, HighestGoods.com), brick\-and\-mortar retail (Canna Ocho 1 \& 2, Canna Like This), and in\-house manufacturing including white\-label and contract work. We also hold majority or full equity positions in several brands.

We employ roughly 150 team members across retail, e\-commerce / fulfillment, wholesale / sales, operations, and manufacturing — approximately 3\.5X our headcount from 2 years ago. Structurally we operate like a family office: a management company running multiple entities, multiple brands, and multiple go\-to\-market channels, each with its own P\&L dynamics.

Why This Role, Why Now

Our business complexity has outgrown fractional bookkeeping support. We need a dedicated, executive\-track Controller who can step into a turnaround situation, stabilize the books, build reporting and cash flow visibility from the ground up, and partner directly with the CEO and COO. This is effectively our first senior executive hire with reach beyond a single department, and we are setting the bar accordingly.

This is not a close\-the\-books\-and\-go\-home role. You will walk into a partial handoff, a backdated general ledger, and a leadership team that needs clean numbers quickly. If you are energized by that, keep reading.

Position Summary

The Controller will own the complete accounting, reporting, cash management, and financial planning function across all four entities and every business segment. You will consolidate entities, build segment\-level visibility, advise on corporate structure and equity arrangements, and establish the systems, processes, and AI\-driven workflows that turn our data into decisions.

This is a direct\-to\-CEO, executive\-track role with a stated growth path to CFO over the next 18–36 months as the business continues to scale.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting \& Multi\-Entity Financial Operations

• Own month\-end, quarter\-end, and year\-end close across all four entities (MIA, MLT, HG, Amigos), including the management\-company structure that operates them.
• Maintain the general ledger, chart of accounts, inter\-company transactions, and consolidation / elimination entries across entities.
• Oversee all accounts payable (Bill.com), accounts receivable, payroll reconciliation (ADP), bank and credit\-card reconciliations, and merchant processor settlements.
• Manage multi\-state sales tax compliance across e\-commerce, retail POS, and wholesale channels.
• Coordinate with our external CPA firm on annual tax filings, K\-1s, 1099s, audits, and any regulatory or banking reporting.
• Ensure proper revenue recognition across DTC e\-commerce (Shopify, WooCommerce), retail POS (Lightspeed), wholesale, manufacturing, and white\-label / contract work.
• Partner with legal on corporate structure, operating agreements, equity arrangements, distributions, and any employee equity or profit\-sharing programs.

Financial Reporting, FP\&A, and Cash Flow

• Produce timely, accurate monthly financial statements (P\&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) at the entity, segment, and consolidated level.
• Build and own a driver\-based 13\-week cash flow forecast and a rolling 12\-month cash flow model.
• Develop segment\-level P\&Ls (Retail, E\-Commerce, Wholesale, Manufacturing, Beverage / Amigos) that roll up into a consolidated enterprise view.
• Track the metrics that drive decisions: gross margin by channel and brand, CAC and blended ad ROI, fulfillment cost per order, wholesale margin by account, manufacturing COGS, labor\-cost ratios, and four\-wall store contribution.
• Deliver weekly and monthly variance analysis (budget vs. actual, period\-over\-period) with written commentary leadership can act on.
• Build departmental scorecards aligned with an EOS / Level 10 reporting cadence.
• Support capital and strategic decisions with clear financial modeling — new store openings, SKU expansions, line closures, acquisitions, divestitures.

Turnaround, Systems \& AI

• Diagnose the current state of the books in the first 30 days, document the gaps, and present a prioritized remediation plan.
• Evaluate and harden the finance tech stack: QuickBooks Online, Bill.com, Lightspeed, Argyle / Shopify, Woocommerce, ADP Run \& Workforce Now, and integrations with merchant processors, 3PLs, and marketplaces.
• Identify where automation and AI should replace manual accounting work. We expect this role to materially leverage AI tools (categorization, reconciliations, close automation, cash flow forecasting, variance commentary, SOP generation) and continuously raise the bar on productivity.
• Author the SOPs for every recurring financial process so the function is auditable, teachable, and not dependent on any single person.
• Design and lead the hire of a part\-time bookkeeper to support the day\-to\-day once the Controller function is stabilized.

Cross\-Functional Partnership

• Serve as the financial point of contact for every department head — Retail, Wholesale, E\-Commerce / Fulfillment, Operations, Manufacturing, Marketing, HR.
• Partner with e\-commerce on platform\-level reporting, blended ad\-spend ROI, affiliate profitability, and subscription economics.
• Support wholesale leadership with account\-level margin, pricing strategy, and AR / credit decisions.
• Work with retail store managers on inventory, shrink, cash handling, and POS reconciliation.
• Collaborate with manufacturing on job costing, BOMs, raw material tracking, and production variance.
• Support HR / Operations with payroll accuracy, benefits cost tracking, 401(k) compliance, and insurance audits (general liability, EPLI, workers’ comp).

Who We’re Looking For

We want a Controller who is early in their Controller arc and on a clear trajectory towards CFO. You have grown quickly because you are exceptional, you are hungry, and you are tired of being stuck beneath layers of bureaucracy. You want direct executive access, authority to make decisions, and a business complex enough to make the next five years interesting.

You should be energized — not rattled — by walking into incomplete books, multiple concurrent priorities, new brands launching or being acquired once or twice a year, and a leadership team that moves quickly. If you need a perfect handoff and stable scope, this is not the role.

Required experience

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field from a strong academic program.
• 2–3 years at a reputable accounting firm (Big 4 or equivalent).
• 2–3 years of subsequent step\-up experience in a family office, holding company, or complex operating company, ideally at the Assistant Controller or Controller level.
• A progression signal on the resume: CPA, CFA, MBA, or a comparable credential earned along the way.
• Demonstrated experience consolidating multiple legal entities, including inter\-company eliminations and segment\-level reporting.
• Multi\-channel operating experience — some meaningful combination of e\-commerce, brick\-and\-mortar retail, wholesale distribution, and ideally manufacturing or CPG / food \& beverage.
• Proven ability to build and maintain driver\-based cash flow models (13\-week and rolling 12\-month).
• Deep working knowledge of GAAP, revenue recognition across channels, inventory accounting, and multi\-state sales\-tax compliance.
• Expert\-level Excel / Google Sheets (financial modeling, pivots, multi\-tab linked workbooks).
• Hands\-on proficiency with QuickBooks Online and Bill.com; comfort integrating with Shopify / WooCommerce, Lightspeed, and ADP.

Hard requirement: AI fluency

Demonstrated experience implementing AI tools in accounting or finance workflows. You should be able to describe specific tools you have deployed and outcomes you have achieved — close acceleration, automated categorization and reconciliations, cash flow forecasting, variance commentary, SOP generation, or similar. Continued self\-directed learning in this area is expected, not optional.

Industry experience we want to see

• Product\-based, multi\-unit operators: CPG, food \& beverage, hospitality, multi\-unit retail, cannabis / hemp / regulated consumer products.
• Family\-office, holding\-company, PE\-backed, or multi\-brand operating environments.
• We are de\-prioritizing candidates whose entire tenure has been services\-only or single\-line\-of\-business (e.g., pure real estate accounting, pure professional services).

Soft skills and mindset

• Hungry, entrepreneurial, “do whatever it takes” work ethic.
• Confident decision\-maker who brings recommendations, not open questions, to the CEO.
• Builder mentality: writes the SOPs, stands up the reporting, and decides where automation belongs.
• Collaborative across non\-finance operators.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, new entity launches, and scope that changes with the business.

What Success Looks Like in the First 90 Days

* Days 1–30: Complete onboarding across all four entities. Map every bank account, credit card, merchant processor, revenue channel, and vendor relationship. Produce a written diagnostic of the current state of the books, including the gaps left by the fractional handoff, and a remediation plan with owners and dates.

* Days 31–60: Take full ownership of the month\-end close. Deliver the first complete set of consolidated and segment\-level financials. Stand up the first weekly departmental scorecard. Publish a 13\-week cash flow forecast.

* Days 61–90: Establish recurring reporting rhythms with each department head. Deliver the first full budget\-vs\-actual variance report with commentary. Present a 6\-month roadmap covering systems, automation / AI, SOPs, reporting upgrades, and the case for the part\-time bookkeeper hire.

Compensation \& Benefits

• Base compensation: $110,000–$130,000, commensurate with experience.
• Performance\-based step\-ups at 6 and 12 months tied to defined KPIs (close quality, cash flow model stood up, consolidated financials delivered, documented cost savings, SOPs published, audit readiness).
• Room for a formal bonus structure post\-ramp tied to finance outcomes.
• Health insurance, paid time off.
• Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates (indicative $4,000–$5,000 plus 2 weeks of temporary lodging to help you land).
• Hybrid flexibility after the initial ramp (primarily on\-site through the first \~90 days while the function is stabilized).
• Direct executive access and a stated growth path: Controller → CFO as the business continues to scale.

Equal Employment Opportunity (Florida)

MIA Retail Systems, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of any legally protected status, and we do not tolerate discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, consistent with applicable law. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please let us know.

Pay: $110,000\.00 \- $130,000\.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) 4% Match
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Language:

• English (Required)

Work Location: In person