Controller

Job Description

Job Description

Growing construction company with multiple related entities, is seeking a hands-on Controller to lead accounting operations, strengthen financial reporting, and support strategic decision-making across the organization. This role will oversee the monthly close process, multi-entity accounting, construction and real estate reporting, cash management, and compliance, while partnering closely with executive leadership, project teams, and operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the month-end and year-end close process across multiple entities, ensuring timely and accurate journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Oversee the general ledger, account reconciliations, and review of accounting activity to ensure accuracy, consistency, and adherence to internal controls.
• Prepare, review, and distribute monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and management reports for leadership.
• Direct cash management and treasury activity, including daily cash positioning, transfers, cash receipts, and bank reconciliations.
• Own and review percentage-of-completion accounting and WIP reporting, partnering with operations to ensure accurate project forecasting and revenue recognition.
• Collaborate with Accounts Payable and project teams to ensure accurate job costing, contract coding, and allocation of project expenses.
• Oversee project closeout accounting, ensuring all financial, contractual, and compliance documentation is completed and properly retained.
• Coordinate and serve as key contact for external audits, reviews, tax support, and other third-party financial requests.
• Manage multi-entity accounting, including consolidations, intercompany transactions, eliminations, and reconciliation of related-party activity.
• Evaluate and improve accounting systems, ERP workflows, internal controls, and reporting processes to support scalability and efficiency.
• Develop, document, and enforce accounting policies and procedures that support a controlled and scalable finance function.
• Supervise and mentor accounting staff, fostering accountability, development, and continuous process improvement.

Perks of the job- beautiful office, newly renovated space, growth opportunities to an executive role, ability to build out an accounting team to support continuous growth, flexible hours for families that supports work life balance, and a tight knit team culture. Fantastic benefits, auto contribution to 401k, and much more!

To be considered, please apply today or send your resume in confidence to Kelsey.Ryan@roberthalf(.com)