CFO: Build & Lead Multi‑Entity Finance & Compliance

GOEBEL FIXTURE COMPANY; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

HR MGMT 10, LLC is seeking a high‑level Finance leader to build and run the in‑house accounting function for a multi‑entity cannabis operator. The CFO will design the organization, establish controls, and own reporting cadence, tax strategy, and intercompany architecture to support audits and future capital events.

The role requires extensive experience in consolidated financial reporting, 280E exposure management, and working with legal to maintain compliant financing and equity structures

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive finance and accounting leadership experience, including time as a CFO, VP Finance, or Corporate Controller at a multi-entity company.
• Direct, hands-on experience with Section 280E and cannabis tax positioning.
• Demonstrated experience building an accounting department from a thin or outsourced starting point, including hiring, defining roles, and documenting process.
• Experience with consolidated financial reporting across multiple legal entities, and preparing a company for and through an external audit.
• Working knowledge of inventory and cost accounting in a manufacturing or production environment.
• Comfort with intercompany structures and transfer pricing, and the coordination with legal that they require.
• Experience with debt covenants, lender reporting, and cap-table administration.
• Prior M&A involvement, including diligence, integration, and purchase price allocation.
• Familiarity with seed-to-sale systems and multi-state payroll tax compliance.

Responsibilities

• Supervise day-to-day accounting across all entities, including AR, AP, inventory, payroll coordination, reconciliations, and period-end close.
• Build the accounting organization with defined roles, reporting lines, and documented processes.
• Lead the transition of the accounting function away from the interim CFO and outside tax firm.
• Bring each revenue stream and business unit under accounting department ownership.
• Deliver clear, accurate, and timely reporting to managers responsible for those businesses.
• Coordinate and supervise federal, state, and local tax planning and compliance across all applicable jurisdictions and entities.
• Manage 280E exposure, entity-level filings, and the tax provision supporting the audit.
• Work with outside tax advisors and other professionals to execute tax strategy.
• Design, implement, and maintain internal controls over financial reporting and intercompany framework.

Skills

Finance leadership

CFO experience

Cannabis tax knowledge

Building finance dept

Consolidated reporting

Inventory & cost accounting

Intercompany structures

Debt covenants & lender reporting

M&A involvement

METRC familiarity

Education

4 year degree

Tools

METRC

Job description

HR MGMT 10, LLC is seeking a high‑level Finance leader to build and run the in‑house accounting function for a multi‑entity cannabis operator. The CFO will design the organization, establish controls, and own reporting cadence, tax strategy, and intercompany architecture to support audits and future capital events.

The role requires extensive experience in consolidated financial reporting, 280E exposure management, and working with legal to maintain compliant financing and equity structures