Controller / Senior Financial Analyst

Hitt Brands; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitt Brands in Bentonville, AR is seeking a senior accounting leader to own the financial engine for a multi-brand consumer products company. You will manage the full accounting cycle and deliver timely statements to empower decision-making.

You will integrate QuickBooks with our WMS and product database, drive landed cost accuracy, and lead budgeting, forecasting, and variance analyses. On-site, hands-on leadership is essential to our lean, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience in consumer products, manufacturing, or wholesale distribution.
• Ownership of a monthly close and preparation of full financial statements.
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to model complex data.
• Proven ability to pull and reconcile data from multiple systems for decision making.
• On-site work requirement in Bentonville, AR.

Responsibilities

• Full accounting cycle in QuickBooks: AP, AR, GL, reconciliations, and close.
• Prepare timely, accurate financial statements for leadership.
• Manage inventory costing, landed cost, and reconciliations.
• Oversee cash management, forecasting, and working capital planning.
• Coordinate with CPAs on tax and banking reporting; liaise with lenders.
• Drive SKU- and customer-level P&Ls and monthly/rolling forecasts.
• Lead systems integration between QuickBooks, WMS, and product database.

Skills

Accounting & finance

Close processes

Excel proficiency

Data reconciliation

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance

Tools

QuickBooks

ERP systems

Job description

Tenacious Grit— Punch above our weight, always find a way, and finish strong.

Character Counts— With a family mentality, we lead with our heart and show up for each other.

Earn It Every Day— No ego and never satisfied with “good enough”.

Our Customers' First Call— Exceed expectations, protect their trust, and never take our relationships for granted.

THE OPPORTUNITY

This is a newly created seat on our leadership team.You'll own the financial engine of a multi-brand consumer products company and sit at the table where pricing, item, partner, and customer decisions get made. The mandate is straightforward:know what drives profitability and lead us to more of it.In a lean organization like ours, that influence is immediate — your recommendations become decisions the same week, not the same fiscal year.

WHAT YOU`LL OWNAccounting & Close

• Full accounting cycle in QuickBooks: AP, AR, GL, reconciliations, and monthly/quarterly/annual close
• Timely, accurate financial statements the owner can actually run the business from
• Inventory accounting: landed cost, COGS accuracy, physical/cycle count reconciliation, obsolescence reserves
• Cash management, forecasting, and working capital planning
• Outside CPAs on tax; banking, insurance, and lender reporting relationships

Profitability & Analysis

• Build and maintain SKU-level and customer-level P&Ls— true landed cost including freight, duties, tariffs, packaging, and allowances
• Quantify the margin leaks specific to our business: retailer deductions and chargebacks, OTIF and compliance fines, co-op and markdown allowances, freight variances, returns, and licensing royalties
• Model pricing, quoting, and new item decisions — tell us the margin before we commit to the program
• Annual budget and rolling forecast; actual vs. plan with an explanation, not just a variance column
• Recurring management reporting: margin by brand, customer, channel, and item

Systems & Integration

• Serve as the connective tissue between QuickBooks, our WMS, and our product database — establish the item master as the single source of truth and drive toward automated data flow
• Scope and help implement middleware, an integration layer, or an ERP path as the business warrants; build the business case and manage the vendors
• Eliminate manual re-keying and spreadsheet workarounds; establish internal controls and documented processes

WHAT WE`RE LOOKING FORRequired

• 5+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience, with meaningful time inconsumer products, manufacturing, or wholesale distribution— you understand inventory, COGS, and landed cost in your bones
• Hands-on ownership of a monthly close and full financial statement preparation
• Strong QuickBooks (or comparable) and expert-level Excel — modeling, pivots, large data sets
• Proven ability to pull data from disconnected systems, reconcile it, and turn it into a decision
• Comfortable in a lean, fast-moving environment: strategic on Monday, coding invoices on Tuesday
• On-site in Bentonville, AR

Strongly Preferred

• Experience with Walmart, Sam\'s Club, and/or Amazon as a supplier— Retail Link, EDI, deduction and dispute recovery, OTIF, and supplier scorecard economics
• Systems integration or implementation: ERP, WMS, PIM, or middleware (Celigo, Boomi, or similar)
• Import and domestic manufacturing — POs, landed cost build-up, duty and tariff treatment
• Licensing and royalty reporting; multi-brand or multi-entity consolidations

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

First 90 Days— You own the close and it lands on time. You\'ve mapped how data moves (and doesn\'t) between our three systems and delivered a written plan to connect them.

First 6 Months— SKU- and customer-level margin reporting is live and trusted. Deduction exposure is quantified with a recovery process running. Budget and rolling forecast in place.

First Year— Integrated systems have replaced the manual workarounds, leadership makes pricing and customer decisions off your numbers, and profitability is measurably better because you\'re in the seat.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

•Base salary of $90,000 – $120,000, depending on experience