Full Time Winery Controller

$110,000 - $120,000/Yr

Bwise Vineyards - Sonoma, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Sonoma, CA

About the position

The Winery Controller at BWise Vineyards is responsible for overseeing strategic financial management and accounting operations. This role involves establishing financial policies, maintaining accurate reporting systems, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The controller will lead the accounting department, manage financial systems, and provide insights to enhance the company's growth and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the accounting department staff and outside vendors to ensure financial accuracy, cost control and reporting.
• Develop, implement and maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures.
• Ensure all financial winery information remains confidential and secure.
• Effectively manage and control accounting department operational functions to deliver timely, accurate and effective information.
• Manage all aspects of financial and accounting systems and processes including compliance, A/P, A/R and revenue accounting, payroll, fixed assets and general ledger functions and internal financial reporting.
• Ensure daily, monthly, quarterly and annual subsidiary ledgers are accurately maintained.
• Manage and correspond with outsourced functions ensuring performance is achieved according to company standards.
• Develop and maintain systems of control for accounting transactions.
• Create, audit and maintain an effective chart of accounts and ensure costs are coded accurately.
• Perform monthly closing of all accounts ensuring detailed and accurate reconciliations are documented and filed for all balance sheet and income statement accounts.
• Manage expense allocations from various departments and ensure accurate account coding.
• Manage, track, reconcile and record all inventory movements and ensure month-end inventory physical counts and reconciliations are accurately recorded.
• Prepare harvest analysis by vineyard, annually.
• Prepare bottling analysis as bottlings are completed.
• Ensure timely bank reconciliations are completed on a monthly basis.
• Maintain an orderly accounting filing system.
• Maintain fixed asset lists and related depreciation schedules.
• Deliver monthly sales and financial reports, providing an executive summary, analysis and recommendations.
• Lead the annual budgeting process, preparation and presentation for approval.
• Calculate variances from prior & current year budget and relay significant issues to department managers.
• Provide financial analysis and recommendations as needed for capital investments, pricing and costing decisions, and contract negotiations.
• Oversee and prepare all winery compliance reporting to meet regulations.
• Ensure all licenses and permits remain valid and apply for new permits as required for business operation.
• Comply with all workers compensation reporting requirements, filings and audits.
• Manage and ensure winery production compliance reporting is completed and filed.
• Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings such as sales tax, property tax, and excise tax.

Requirements

• BS degree in Accounting or Finance
• Ten years of experience in all aspects of accounting in the wine industry
• Proven ability to enhance business results
• Proven ability to build and work as a team player
• High standards of confidentiality
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to demonstrate discretion, good judgment, tactfulness and diplomacy
• Ability to produce results with minimal supervision
• Ability to work in fast paced environment and effectively manage time
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize key business needs
• Ability to solve problems in a creative and innovative manner
• Strong organizational, problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong attention to detail, producing a high level of accurate results
• Strong working knowledge of Quickbooks Online, Excel and Outlook
• Versatility, flexibility and the ability to adapt to changes with enthusiasm
• Outstanding interpersonal skills to build and enhance internal and external relationships.

Benefits

• Health care
• 401K