Strategic Controller—NetSuite ERP & WIP Lead

ADP, Inc.; Palm Desert (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision benefits

401(k) and benefit programs

Job summary

North Shore Greenhouses, LLC in Thermal / Palm Desert, California, is seeking a hands-on Controller to lead the Accounting Department and partner with the CFO. This role will own NetSuite accounting, inventory costing, and payroll in ADP Workforce Now, while developing a reliable WIP process.

You will collaborate with growing and production teams to capture crop quantities and costs, driving accurate inventory valuation, margins, and timely financial statements with strong internal controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of relevant accounting, controller, or finance-management experience.
• Strong inventory accounting, production costing, and WIP experience.
• NetSuite implementation/ownership experience strongly preferred.
• ADP Workforce Now experience strongly preferred for payroll, GL reconciliation, and labor reporting.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with pivot tables and lookup functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the accounting team, maintain procedures and internal controls, and provide backup coverage for critical functions.
• Own NetSuite accounting, inventory valuation, and costing processes; work on workflows, master data, approvals, testing, and training.
• Build and maintain WIP inventory in NetSuite, including unharvested crops and production-stage cost accumulation.
• Develop crop and product costing using materials, labor, and overhead; explain margins and variances.
• Own month-end close and financial reporting; review reconciliations, journal entries, inventory, COGS, and schedules.
• Lead budgets, cash forecasting, and operational analysis; support pricing and ROI decisions with recommendations.
• Oversee biweekly payroll review and labor-cost reporting in ADP Workforce Now; coordinate payroll taxes and deductions.

Skills

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Project management

Mentoring staff

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or equivalent

Tools

NetSuite

ADP Workforce Now

Microsoft Excel

Job description

North Shore Greenhouses, LLC in Thermal / Palm Desert, California, is seeking a hands-on Controller to lead the Accounting Department and partner with the CFO. This role will own NetSuite accounting, inventory costing, and payroll in ADP Workforce Now, while developing a reliable WIP process.

You will collaborate with growing and production teams to capture crop quantities and costs, driving accurate inventory valuation, margins, and timely financial statements with strong internal controls.