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We do what we love, and love what we do because we’re passionate. We’re dedicated. We give it all we’ve got and then we get up in the morning and do it all over again. We’re farmers and ranchers. We’re barrel racers and river chasers. We’re honest. We’re helpful. And our families, our friends, and our communities are everything. This is us. This is who we are. It’s what we do every day.\nOur Values:\nEmbrace Authenticity\nEncourage Transparency\nPromote Learning\nBuild Trust\nEarn Respect\nDeliver Value\nServe Our Customers\n North 40 Outfitters is looking for a Controller to join our Home Office team in Great Falls, MT. We believe that each team member plays a vital role in the success of our company. We are looking for authentic and enthusiastic people who love our lifestyle and believe in service before self.\nAs the Controller at North 40 Outfitters, you will lead the day-to-day accounting function and play a key role in maintaining the integrity, accuracy, and effectiveness of our financial operations. You will oversee financial close and reporting, general ledger activity, inventory accounting, cash management, accounts payable and receivable, fixed assets, tax compliance, audits, and internal controls across our multi-location retail organization. This role serves as an important financial partner to company leadership and store operations, requiring strong accounting expertise, sound judgment, and an understanding of the operational realities of a high-volume retail environment.\nThis full-time position requires the ability to work all scheduled shifts between the business hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Schedule flexibility is required based on business needs and may include periodic travel to North 40 locations or other business sites.\n Demonstrated commitment to maintaining accuracy, integrity, confidentiality, and strong financial controls.\nSelf-motivated and dependable leader with the ability to take initiative, manage competing priorities, and make sound decisions.\nStrong understanding of accounting principles, GAAP, financial controls, and sound accounting practices.\nBachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field.\nSignificant progressive accounting experience, including financial close, general ledger, reconciliations, financial reporting, and internal controls.\nExperience leading accounting operations within a retail, multi-location, inventory-intensive, or high-transaction-volume environment strongly preferred.\nExperience overseeing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes and producing accurate, timely financial statements.\nExperience maintaining accounting policies, reconciliations, documentation, approval controls, and segregation of duties.\nStrong understanding of inventory accounting, cost of goods sold, gross margin, and the financial reporting requirements of a retail organization.\nExperience overseeing cash accounting, bank reconciliations, store deposits, ACH transactions, checks, wire transfers, and other disbursements.\nExperience with cash-flow forecasting, treasury management, and monitoring banking activity for unusual or unauthorized transactions.\nExperience maintaining fixed-asset records and ensuring appropriate capitalization and depreciation of buildings, equipment, technology, vehicles, fixtures, and leasehold improvements.\nExperience tracking capital expenditures and projects from approval through completion and reconciling expenditures against approved budgets.\nExperience coordinating sales and use tax preparation, reconciliation, and filing, as well as supporting federal, state, and local tax compliance.\nExperience coordinating financial statement audits and responding to external reviews, tax audits, or governmental inquiries.\nDemonstrated ability to develop, document, implement, and continuously improve internal financial controls, segregation of duties, and approval authorities.\nAbility to establish appropriate financial controls for decentralized, multi-location retail operations and conduct periodic reviews of financial processes.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify trends, variances, anomalies, and potential errors and provide meaningful recommendations to leadership.\nStrong leadership skills with the ability to lead, develop, and hold accounting team members accountable to clear responsibilities, deadlines, controls, and performance expectations.\nAbility to develop cross-training and succession plans for critical accounting functions.\nStrong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to build productive working relationships with store leadership, Operations, Merchandising, Human Resources, IT, Loss Prevention, Supply Chain, and executive leadership.\nExperience with ERP systems; Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience preferred.\nCPA or CMA designation preferred but not required.\nAbility to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when handling proprietary, employee, customer, banking, and financial information.\nAbility to travel periodically to North 40 locations or other business sites as needed.\n BENEFITS & COMPENSATION\nWe offer a competitive wage, a rewarding work environment, and generous benefits and perks such as paid holidays, a 401(k) option, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, and a phenomenal employee discount on all products North 40 sells.\nNorth 40 Outfitters is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5626,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Home office","Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Tools & DIY Supplies","Workwear & Uniforms","Hunting & Fishing Gear"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-05T22:26:14Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":34,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.613,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":32,"expected_fill_days":23,"reasons":["conf:4","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-11-07T05:47:08Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/north-40-outfitters-controller","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/north-40-outfitters-controller.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-08T03:37:49Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":7847,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-09T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4734},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4734"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fnorth-40-outfitters-controller"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fnorth-40-outfitters-controller"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fnorth-40-outfitters-controller"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/north-40-outfitters-controller\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fnorth-40-outfitters-controller"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":1932689}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"north40.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":1932689},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); 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