Company Overview – Outward Farms
Outward Farms is a third-generation, family-owned egg farm reimagining classic agriculture through innovation, education, sustainability, and total transparency. Founded and led by a sister-and-brother team, the farm reflects their socially conscious values, delivering high‑welfare, USDA‑certified organic, cage-free eggs while operating as a living model for consumer education and responsible food production.
Position
SVP of Finance / Controller
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Location: Raymond, Ohio (on‑site at least four days per week)
Compensation: $150,000–$170,000 base salary plus stock appreciation rights (SAR’s) and competitive benefits package
Role Description
Outward Farms seeks a strategic, hands-on SVP of Finance/Controller to partner closely with the CEO in guiding growth, strengthening financial operations, and scaling the business while preserving the farm’s mission and values. This leader will anticipate evolving needs, design scalable financial systems, own internal controls, manage banking relationships, and ensure operational integrity in a transparent, values-driven setting.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to the CEO, driving financial insights, modeling, and scalability strategies
- Lead all financial and accounting functions, including reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and controls
- Establish and improve internal control processes, systems, and efficiencies
- Manage banking and capital relationships aligned with growth plans
- Ensure risk management, regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and transparent stakeholder reporting
Qualifications
- CPA certification required
- Experience in agriculture or food-production finance, ideally with operational knowledge of farm-based enterprises
- Strategic and innovative thinker with a growth mindset
- Proven ability to lead financial process improvements and system optimizations
- Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
- Demonstrated success managing banking and financing relationships
- Based in Ohio, willing to be on-site at least four days per week
Why Outward Farms?
At Outward Farms, you will join a values-driven agriculture enterprise that is shaping ethical food production. The farm operates with full transparency and consumer engagement, integrating sustainable infrastructure and educational outreach. This role offers the opportunity to lead financial strategy at an organization redefining the future of ethical, publicly visible farming.
