Controller

ABOUT THE JOB 

This is not a role for someone who closes the books and calls it a month. At Korpack, we're looking for a Controller who treats the close as a product with a shipping date, costing as the source of truth the whole company runs on, and manual processes as problems to be automated out of existence. Korpack is a food-grade (SQF) co-packer for leading consumer brands — doubling into 350,000 sq ft, running high-mix production where scrap varies, weights convert to quantities, and margin lives or dies on BOM and routing accuracy in Acumatica. 

Our CFO is building the financial engine that scales this company, and this seat is its foundation: accurate, fast, GAAP-compliant financials; costing the leadership team never has to second-guess; and controls that make growth safe. If you've owned a close and made it faster, and you get genuinely annoyed watching someone re-key data a system should have handled — keep reading. 

THE JOURNEY 

1. Own the Monthly Close 

• Cut close time to 6 business days — accurate, GAAP-compliant, every month. The close has an owner now: you. 

2. Own Costing & Inventory Valuation 

• Reliable COGS and margin data through BOM and routing accuracy in Acumatica, with variance analysis that explains — not just reports — what moved. 
• Our world includes catch-weight conversions, reason-coded scrap, and per-work-order costing for brand customers. Costing here is a craft, not a rollforward. 

3. Build Internal Controls & Scalable Process 

• Documented procedures, segregation of duties, audit-readiness — the control environment of the company Korpack is becoming, built inside the company it is today. 

4. Develop the Team 

• Manage and grow a Senior Accountant and an Intern from day one — rigor, ownership, and a bench that scales with the function. 

5. Support the CFO 

• Reporting, forecasting, cash flow visibility, and budget-to-actual analysis that make leadership faster — the CFO's analytical partner, not a report generator. 

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE 

• Close lands in 6 business days and nobody breaks a sweat getting there 
• Leadership quotes your margin numbers in decisions without a second source 
• Variances come with causes attached; surprises get rarer every quarter 
• An auditor could walk in any month and find documented, followed processes 
• Your Senior Accountant is visibly better every quarter — and the manual work list keeps shrinking 

THE REQUIREMENTS 

Required 

• Hands-on manufacturing cost accounting experience — standard costs, BOMs, routings, variances — not just general accounting at a manufacturing company 
• A proven track record OWNING monthly close (not participating in it), with a history of shortening close timelines you can walk us through 
• Strong ERP implementation/optimization background (NetSuite, Sage, Epicor, or similar — we run Acumatica) 
• Fluency and comfort with AI tools and automation — you question manual processes by reflex and use technology to work smarter, not just harder. We use AI daily at Korpack and expect you to 
• People management and mentorship experience — you'll supervise a Senior Accountant and an Intern from day one 

Preferred 

• CPA, CMA, and/or MBA 

This is a full-time, on-site position based in Bloomingdale, IL. 

THE CHALLENGES 

• Shortening the close while simultaneously building the controls — the plane gets faster while you're rebuilding the engine 
• Costing a high-mix co-packing operation where scrap varies, weights convert to quantities, and every customer's product runs differently 
• Inheriting manual processes in a fast-moving, founder-led company — and having the judgment to fix the right ones first 

THE REWARD 

$130,000–$150,000 plus performance bonus. Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life, and LTD benefits; 401(k) with company match; generous PTO. A CFO who is building — not maintaining — and wants a Controller who builds with him; real budget for tools and automation; and the foundation seat of a finance function scaling into a national platform. 

OUR CORE VALUES 

We're looking for someone who lives these every day: D – Determined · I – Innovative · S – Smile · R – Responsive · U – Understanding · P – Proactive · T – Teamwork. DISRUPT isn't a poster in our lobby — it's the bar. 

FOR THOSE WHO WANT MORE THAN JUST A JOB 

Korpack is on a mission to become North America's premier packaging solutions provider — and every decision on that path runs on numbers this seat produces. If you're a builder with an accountant's discipline and an engineer's impatience for manual work — we want to hear from you.