VP, Corporate Controller

Description

Join us in Telling the Stories of Santa’s North Pole!

The Lumistella Company is a global intellectual property company dedicated to bringing Santa’s North Pole to life for children around the world through consumer products, original entertainment and brand experiences. We are home to the most iconic and beloved Christmas brands of this generation including The Elf on the Shelf, Elf Pets, and Elf Mates.

The VP, Corporate Controller is responsible for strengthening the Company’s financial governance, treasury capabilities, control environment, and accounting infrastructure. This role is designed to help protect and scale the organization by establishing the frameworks, processes, and financial architecture necessary to support increasing business complexity, multiple entities, international operations, evolving business models, and diverse revenue streams.

Reporting to the SVP of Finance, the VP, Corporate Controller partners closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to strengthen financial discipline, improve operational effectiveness, and proactively identify and manage risk.

This role plays a critical part in ensuring financial operations are structured to support informed decision-making, regulatory compliance, and long-term scalability.

Unlike a traditional Controller role focused primarily on accounting operations, this position is responsible for building the financial governance, treasury, control, and reporting infrastructure required to support a sophisticated, multi-entity global organization. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner, helping to mature the Finance and Accounting function while preserving the agility necessary to support a dynamic, entrepreneurial business.

The VP, Corporate Controller will:

Financial Governance & Control Environment

• Design, implement, and continuously enhance a scalable financial governance framework that supports organizational growth and increasing complexity.
• Establish and maintain strong internal controls, policies, procedures, and accountability mechanisms across the Finance and Accounting organization.
• Evaluate and strengthen segregation of duties, risk mitigation practices, and financial compliance processes.
• Partner with Accounting leadership to ensure consistency, integrity, and reliability across financial operations.
• Enhance audit readiness and strengthen overall financial stewardship.

Treasury & Cash Management

• Establish and lead the Company's treasury function and governance framework.
• Develop and implement processes that improve cash visibility, liquidity management, and working capital optimization.
• Partner with FP&A to improve cash forecasting methodologies, accuracy, and reporting.
• Evaluate banking structures, cash management practices, and treasury-related risks and opportunities.
• Develop recommendations that support effective capital deployment and liquidity management.

Multi-Entity & International Readiness

• Lead the development and implementation of financial infrastructure required to support a multi-entity operating structure.
• Design frameworks for intercompany accounting, consolidations, governance, and reporting.
• Support leadership in evaluating and implementing entity structures that align with strategic business objectives.
• Establish accounting and reporting processes capable of supporting future international operations and expansion.
• Partner with Legal, Tax, and external advisors to ensure appropriate financial governance across entities.

Financial Infrastructure & Operational Excellence

• Evaluate and enhance the Company's accounting architecture, reporting frameworks, and financial processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, accuracy, and timeliness across Finance and Accounting.
• Champion process improvement initiatives that reduce manual effort and improve data accessibility and decision-making.
• Influence the effective use of technology, automation, and reporting tools to support operational excellence.
• Ensure financial infrastructure evolves in accordance with the Company's strategic growth plans.

Strategic Partnership & Organizational Development

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the SVP, Finance, Fractional CFO, and executive leadership team.
• Proactively identify emerging risks, operational challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide thought leadership regarding governance, scalability, treasury, and financial infrastructure.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Help elevate the sophistication and capabilities of the Finance and Accounting organization.

Leadership

• Initially lead through influence, expertise, and cross-functional partnership rather than direct organizational hierarchy.
• Develop recommendations regarding future organizational capabilities, resources, and structure.
• Assume increasing leadership responsibility as the organization evolves and business needs expand.

If you want to be one of us...  

The ideal candidate will bring:

Required Qualifications

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
• Progressive leadership experience within accounting and finance organizations.
• Experience operating in complex and/or multi-entity business environments.
• Demonstrated success designing and implementing financial controls, governance frameworks, and scalable financial processes.
• Treasury, cash management, or liquidity planning experience.  
• Proven ability to drive operational improvements, organizational maturity, and finance transformation initiatives.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to influence and partner effectively with senior leadership.

Strongly Preferred

• Experience within consumer products, licensing, intellectual property, entertainment, or similarly complex revenue environments.
• Experience supporting international operations and global business expansion.
• Experience within privately held, founder-led, family-owned, or entrepreneurial organizations.
• Experience leading financial transformation, organizational scaling, or infrastructure development initiatives.
• Experience implementing process improvement, automation, and financial systems enhancements.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, or related field.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of essential functions, responsibilities or requirements. A full and complete copy of the Job Description is available upon request. 

Want to Know More? 

To learn more about our company, check out our web site at: www.Lumistella.com.

The Lumistella Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.