About SkipChips
SkipChips is a growing Automotive Protection Products company specializing in protecting new, luxury, performance, and high-end vehicles.
Our team works with individual vehicle owners as well as many of the area's leading automotive dealerships to provide professional Paint Protection Film (PPF), Window Tint, Ceramic Coatings, Paint & Interior Protection, and other automotive protection services.
SkipChips has experienced consistent growth and is entering another significant stage of expansion. We are adding locations, expanding existing facilities, introducing additional services, and continuing to grow our team and dealership partner network throughout the Twin Cities and surrounding markets.
As our company becomes larger and more complex, we're looking for an experienced Controller to join our leadership team and take ownership of our internal accounting and financial reporting functions.
This is an opportunity for the right person to help build the financial infrastructure and processes needed to support the next stage of a growing, multi-location automotive services company.
The Position
The Controller will be the primary internal leader responsible for the accuracy, organization, timeliness, and continued development of SkipChips' accounting and financial reporting.
This is a hands-on Controller position.
We're looking for someone who is equally comfortable reviewing financial statements with company leadership and digging into the accounting system to understand why a number doesn't look right.
The Controller will work directly with our Managing Director and leadership team while also working closely with our existing fractional CFO partner, outside accounting professionals, banking partners, and other financial resources.
The goal is to develop a strong internal finance function that provides leadership with accurate, timely, and increasingly sophisticated financial information as the company grows.
Key Responsibilities
Accounting & Financial Reporting
The Controller will take ownership of the company's day-to-day accounting function, including:
- Managing and overseeing the monthly financial close process
- Preparing accurate and timely monthly financial statements
- Maintaining the general ledger and chart of accounts
- Reviewing balance sheet reconciliations
- Managing bank and credit card reconciliations
- Overseeing accounts payable and accounts receivable
- Monitoring customer and dealership receivables and collections
- Reviewing payroll reporting and payroll accounting
- Maintaining fixed-asset schedules
- Managing accruals, prepaid expenses, and other accounting adjustments
- Maintaining accurate financial records across multiple locations
- Coordinating with outside tax and accounting professionals
- Supporting year-end tax preparation, reviews, and other financial reporting requirements
Multi-Location Financial Management
As SkipChips expands, understanding the performance of each location will become increasingly important.
The Controller will help develop and maintain financial reporting that allows leadership to understand:
- Revenue and profitability by location
- Labor costs by location
- Material and product costs
- Gross margins
- Operating expenses
- Location-level profitability
- Service and product-line profitability
- Budget versus actual performance
- Financial trends and opportunities for improvement
Our goal is to move beyond simply understanding how the company performed overall and develop better visibility into where we're making money, where we're spending money, and where opportunities exist within the business.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Planning
The Controller will work with company leadership and our CFO to help develop:
- Annual operating budgets
- Department and location budgets
- Budget-versus-actual reporting
- Cash-flow reporting
- Financial forecasts
- Capital expenditure tracking
- New-location financial tracking
- Financial KPIs and management reporting
- Labor and staffing analysis
- Margin and profitability analysis
The Controller will be responsible for ensuring that the underlying financial information used for strategic planning is accurate, organized, timely, and actionable.
Internal Controls & Process Development
We're not simply looking for someone to maintain the accounting processes that exist today.
We want someone who can help us build better ones.
As SkipChips grows, this person will help develop scalable financial processes and internal controls around:
- Invoicing
- Accounts receivable
- Accounts payable
- Purchasing
- Expense approvals
- Credit card usage
- Payroll
- Inventory and materials
- Cash management
- Financial reporting
- Location-level accountability
- Separation of financial responsibilities
- Fraud and error prevention
The Controller should continually look for opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, automation, and visibility throughout the financial side of the organization.
Leadership & Collaboration
This position will work closely with our Managing Director, Operations Manager, General Managers, sales leadership, and other members of the SkipChips management team.
You should be comfortable explaining financial information to leaders who may not have an accounting background.
We don't want financial information to live only within the accounting department.
We want our Controller to help management understand what the numbers mean and how those numbers relate to the decisions we're making throughout the company.
The Controller will also work closely with our CFO on higher-level financial strategy, forecasting, expansion planning, banking relationships, capital decisions, and other strategic initiatives.
As the company continues to grow, the Controller may also be responsible for building and managing additional accounting and administrative support staff.
Who We're Looking For
We're looking for an experienced accounting and finance professional who has operated in a growing privately held business and understands the realities of a hands-on operating environment.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field
- Significant professional accounting experience
- Minimum 2 Years QuickBooks software experience required
- Previous Controller, Assistant Controller, Accounting Manager, or comparable senior accounting experience
- Strong understanding of GAAP and financial reporting
- Experience managing a monthly close process
- Strong general ledger and balance sheet reconciliation experience
- Experience with accounts payable and accounts receivable oversight
- Experience with payroll accounting and financial controls
- Experience preparing and analyzing financial statements
- Strong budgeting and financial-analysis skills
- Strong Excel and financial-system skills
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly to company leadership
- Ability and willingness to work hands-on within the accounting function
Automotive Experience Preferred
Previous automotive industry experience is strongly preferred but not required.
Experience within any of the following would be particularly valuable:
- Automotive dealerships or dealership groups
- Dealership accounting or Controller functions
- Automotive service organizations
- Automotive aftermarket companies
- Collision or repair organizations
- Multi-location automotive businesses
- Distribution businesses
- Other multi-location service organizations
Someone with dealership experience may be particularly well suited for SkipChips because of our significant relationships with automotive dealer groups and the volume of dealership-related transactions within our business.
The Type of Person Who Will Succeed Here
Technical accounting experience is important, but we're equally focused on finding the right person for our organization.
We're looking for someone who:
- Takes ownership rather than waiting to be told what to do
- Is comfortable building processes instead of simply inheriting them
- Can identify a problem and recommend a solution
- Is organized and highly dependable
- Has strong attention to detail
- Understands the importance of deadlines and accurate reporting
- Can move between detailed accounting work and higher-level financial discussions
- Communicates well with different personalities and departments
- Enjoys working in a growing entrepreneurial company
- Is comfortable with change and continued improvement
- Has a positive, team-focused attitude
- Wants to help build something rather than simply maintain what already exists
We value people who can bring professional experience and structure into the organization without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
Our Team Environment
SkipChips has built its culture around a team-first, all-hands-on-deck mentality.
We work hard, maintain high standards, and expect accountability, but we also want this to be a place where talented people enjoy coming to work.
We value:
- Teamwork over egos
- Positive attitudes
- Accountability and dependability
- Clear communication
- Continuous improvement
- Quality and attention to detail
- Helping other departments succeed
- Building better systems as we grow
- Having fun while getting the job done
The Controller will be an important member of that culture and our growing leadership team.
Growth & Opportunity
This isn't a position we're hiring simply because we need someone to manage today's accounting workload.
We're building the financial function for where SkipChips is going next.
As the company adds locations, services, employees, dealership relationships, and revenue, we expect the financial organization to grow with it.
For the right person, this position offers the opportunity to:
- Build and improve the company's internal finance function
- Help develop financial processes across multiple locations
- Build an accounting support team as needed
- Participate in major expansion and investment decisions
- Work directly with company ownership and senior leadership
- Work alongside experienced fractional CFO resources
- Develop increasingly sophisticated financial reporting and analysis
- Grow into broader financial leadership responsibilities as the company continues to expand
We're looking for someone who wants to be part of that growth.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary: $110,000–$130,000 per year, based on experience
Compensation within the range will be based on previous Controller/accounting leadership experience, automotive or dealership experience, multi-location experience, financial systems knowledge, and overall qualifications.
Position: Full-Time
Benefits include:
- Health benefits
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- 401(k) eligibility
- Professional development opportunities
- Leadership role within a growing organization
- Opportunity for increased responsibility and advancement as the company expands
- Professional, team-oriented work environment
Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota
Apply Today
If you're an experienced accounting professional who enjoys building systems, solving problems, and helping a growing business better understand and manage its financial performance, we'd like to hear from you.
We're particularly interested in candidates who have experience within automotive dealerships, dealership groups, automotive services, or other multi-location operating businesses and are looking for an opportunity to have a meaningful impact on a growing organization.
Please apply with your resume and a brief overview of your accounting leadership, Controller, and relevant automotive or multi-location experience
Pay: $110,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
