Lovingly

Controller

• Own the accuracy, integrity, controls, timeliness, continuity, and daily operation of the finance function.
• Lead and complete monthly and annual close; deliver a reliable monthly soft close within five business days.
• Produce accurate, timely management financial statements.
• Review journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, prepaids, fixed assets, and financial reports.
• Maintain general-ledger and entity-level integrity; reconcile intercompany activity and balances.
• Control and document all post-close adjustments.
• Maintain current cash visibility; govern banking access and payment controls.
• Review payroll execution and accounting; coordinate tax filings and payments.
• Develop and govern Claire's finance workflows; define source of truth, accounting rule, required evidence, approval boundary, completion criteria, accuracy standard, audit requirement, and failure response.
• Continuously identify recurring work to eliminate, simplify, standardize, and automate.
• Maintain a current workload tracker; escalate before deadlines are missed.
• Set responsibilities and maintain a role-based responsibility matrix for the Senior Accountant.
• Provide a full handoff before planned time away to ensure operability during reasonable absences.

Controller, AI-Enabled Finance Operations