Controller

Monmouth Trading Cards

$120K — $150K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-8 years in accounting or finance, with Controller or Assistant Controller experience preferred.
  • Experience in inventory-heavy retail or e-commerce settings.
  • Multi-entity accounting and consolidation experience is crucial.
  • Proficiency in NetSuite or similar ERP, plus advanced Excel skills.
  • Knowledge of multi-state sales tax regulations is beneficial.
  • Self-motivated with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, founder-led environment.
  • CPA preferred, but not mandatory for the right candidate.

Responsibilities

  • Lead month-end close and reporting for multiple entities, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
  • Manage complex inventory accounting and valuation processes.
  • Reconcile revenue across diverse channels including retail and online sales.
  • Conduct gross margin analysis to assess performance by store and category.
  • Oversee cash management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll functions.
  • Ensure compliance with multi-state sales tax regulations as the company expands.
  • Drive budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) initiatives.

Benefits

  • Performance-based bonus structure to reward financial discipline and operational effectiveness.
  • Company parties to foster team spirit and camaraderie.
  • Comprehensive dental insurance for employee health.
  • Employee discounts on company products.
  • Health insurance coverage for employees.
  • Career advancement opportunities as the company grows.
  • Generous paid time off to promote work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Benefits:
  • Bonus based on performance
  • Company parties
  • Competitive salary
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee discounts
  • Health insurance
  • Opportunity for advancement
  • Paid time off


Company: Monmouth Cards
Location: On-site • New Jersey HQ (Monmouth County)
Type: Full-time • Reports to the CFO
Compensation: $120,000-$150,000 base + performance bonus + benefits

The Role

This is the senior finance hire for Monmouth Cards. Reporting to the CEO, you'll own the entire accounting and finance function - the books, the close, the cash, and the numbers leadership decides on. It's a hands-on, build-it role for someone who likes turning a fast, messy operation into something clean and scalable.

What You'll Own

  • Month-end close and reporting across multiple entities, including consolidations.
  • Inventory accounting and valuation - our hardest, most important number (high velocity, fluctuating values, consignment, grading float).
  • Multi-channel revenue reconciliation across POS, Shopify, live selling, marketplaces, and vending.
  • Gross margin analysis by store, channel, and category.
  • Cash management and treasury (Mercury, Ramp); AP, AR, and payroll.
  • Multi-state sales tax and nexus (NJ, CT, MA, and growing).
  • Budgeting, forecasting, and FP&A - the models the business runs on.
  • NetSuite as the financial system of record - lead its rollout and Shopify POS integration, and build scalable processes and controls.
  • Investor and strategic support for financing, M&A, and other initiatives.

What You Bring

  • 5-8 years in accounting/finance, including time as a Controller or Assistant Controller (or a strong Accounting Manager ready to step up).
  • Inventory-heavy retail or e-commerce experience - COGS, inventory valuation, channel reconciliation.
  • Multi-entity accounting and consolidation experience.
  • NetSuite (or a comparable ERP, with the ability to ramp on NetSuite) and advanced Excel.
  • Multi-state sales tax familiarity and a systems-and-automation mindset.
  • Comfort as a self-directed owner in a fast-moving, founder-led environment.
  • CPA preferred (not required for the right candidate).
  • Bonus: trading cards/collectibles, NetSuite implementation, Shopify POS, or M&A/diligence experience.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Base: $120,000-$150,000, depending on experience, plus a performance bonus tied to close discipline, margin, and cash/inventory targets.
  • On-site at our NJ headquarters, working directly with the CEO and operations team.
  • Health benefits, paid time off, and meaningful upside as we scale.

Compensation: $120,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Monmouth Cards is one of the fastest-growing names in trading cards and collectibles. We sell across multiple retail locations in NJ, CT, and MA, online through our own store and major marketplaces, and live every week through streaming - meeting collectors wherever they are in the hobby, from first packs to high-end slabs.

What sets us apart is how we operate. We move fast, sweat the details, and treat product knowledge and customer experience as the whole job, not an afterthought. Our team is made up of people who actually care about the hobby and bring real energy to every break, sale, and store visit.

We're at a stage where the work is varied, the pace is quick, and the people who lean in get to grow with us. If you want to be part of building something real in the card space - not just clock in - you'll fit right in here.

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