Controller

Tradex Holdings; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance (

PTO and other benefits

Growing company with real impact

Job summary

Tradex Holdings is seeking a hands-on Controller to own books, cash, and inventory accounting for a busy wholesale/import operation. You will run month‑end close, manage NetSuite, and provide leadership numbers to guide decisions.

You will lead accounting operations, inventory valuation, cash forecasting, budgeting, and external audit coordination, while improving controls and processes across entities.

Qualifications

• Hands-on controller, assistant controller, or senior accounting manager experience in wholesale distribution, import, or a similar inventory business.
• Oracle NetSuite ERP experience, including close, inventory, AR/AP, and financial reporting.
• Experience building and maintaining cash-flow forecasts, ideally a 13-week working-capital forecast.
• Strong inventory and cost accounting.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day accounting and the month-end close.
• Prepare internal and external financial statements.
• Oversee AR and collections on past-due balances.
• Oversee AP and review incoming/outgoing funds.
• Maintain internal controls over cash and vendor records, including dual control on outbound payments.
• Own inventory and cost accounting, including inventory in transit and 3PL/warehouse reconciliation.
• Own a rolling 13-week cash forecast tied to factory payments, freight, duties, and inventory.
• Run the budget process with management and P&L forecasts.
• Coordinate the external audit and regulatory reporting.

Skills

Cash flow forecasting

Inventory accounting

Cost accounting

NetSuite

Team leadership

Education

CPA license

Tools

Oracle NetSuite ERP

Job description

Tradex is an importer and wholesale distributor of disposable gloves and other disposable apparel and packaging, including face masks, caps, shoe covers, and similar products.We source from factories in Southeast Asia, pay freight, duties, and tariffs, and sell to distributors and other wholesale customers in the U.S.

The role

We are hiring a Controller to own the books, cash, and inventory accounting.This is a hands-on role with a team that will help you execute.You will close the month, run NetSuite, review incoming and outgoing funds, and give leadership numbers they can use to make decisions.

Responsibilities

Accounting operations

• - Run day-to-day accounting and the month-end close.
• - Prepare internal and external financial statements.
• - Consolidate results so reporting is accurate.
• - Oversee AR, including collections on past-due balances.
• - Oversee AP and review incoming and outgoing funds.
• - Maintain internal controls over cash, vendor records, and wire/ACH payments, including dual control on outbound payments.

Inventory and imports

• - Own inventory and cost accounting, including inventory in transit and 3PL/warehouse inventory reconciliation.
• - Calculate landed cost (product, ocean freight, duties/tariffs, brokerage, and inbound logistics) so COGS and margins are right.
• - Work with customs brokers and operations on duty, tariff, and import cash impact.

Cash, forecasting, and planning

• - Own a rolling 13-week cash forecast tied to factory payments, freight and duties, inventory on the water and in the warehouse, customer terms, and collections.
• - Run the budget process with management, including P&L forecasts.
• - Flag cash issues early.

Reporting

• - Give management timely, accurate financials.
• - Track the metrics that show whether the business is healthy, including working capital, inventory, and margin.

Audit, tax, and compliance

• - Coordinate the external audit.
• - Oversee tax planning, tax filings, and other regulatory reporting.
• - Keep accurate books across related entities.

Systems and process

• - Own Oracle NetSuite for accounting, inventory, AR/AP, and reporting.
• - Improve the close, controls, and workflows rather than working around the system in Excel.

Team

• - Lead the accounting function, including hiring, training, and developing staff as needed.

Qualifications

Required

• - Hands-on controller, assistant controller, or senior accounting manager experience in wholesale distribution, import, or a similar inventory business.
• - Oracle NetSuite ERP experience, including close, inventory, AR/AP, and financial reporting.
• - Experience building and maintaining cash-flow forecasts, ideally a 13-week working-capital forecast.
• - Strong inventory and cost accounting.

Preferred

• - CPA license.
• - Import experience, including landed cost, duties/tariffs, and inventory in transit.
• - Wholesale product distribution (customer terms, rebates, inventory turns).
• - Manufacturing experience is a plus.This role is built around import and wholesale distribution.

• - Health, dental, and vision insurance, 100% paid by the employer.
• -PTO and other benefits offered.
• - Growing company, and a chance to have a real impact on the numbers.

Compensation

• $80,000 to $105,000+ per year depending on experience