Financial Controller

The Controller oversees our Client’s financial operations and ensures compliance with accounting standards. This individual plays a critical role in managing work-in-progress (WIP) schedules, calculating estimated costs of completion, ensuring compliance with sales and use tax requirements, cash forecasting, budgeting, and leveraging software tools such as NetSuite, SmartSheet, and Navan. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller serves as a key leader within the finance team, develops, implements, and ensures adherence to financial policies and provides financial data and insight to support strategic decision making for the organization.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Prepare and analyze monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements maintaining accuracy and adherence to regulatory requirements and best practices
• Manage WIP schedules, ensuring timely and accurate tracking of project progress, costs and revenues
• Analyze and reconcile WIP and job costing data in line with GAAP and industry standards
• Lead the annual budgeting process, participate and support project leaders when bidding and budgeting projects and develop financial forecasts to guide strategic planning
• Conduct financial analysis to identify trends, variances and opportunities for cost savings
• Develop, maintain and improve internal controls to safeguard company assets and ensure the integrity of financial information
• Collaborate with project leadership to ensure accurate cost-tracking and forecasting
• Partner with HR and Payroll teams to set up and maintain payroll and accounting software to process, capture and report on payroll and job costing allocations
• Establish and maintain relationships with banking partners and complete monthly banking borrowing certificate reporting
• Understand and ensure company compliance with federal, state and local financial regulations and requirements, including those specific to the construction industry such as certified payroll and inflation reduction act requirements
• Oversee the timely preparation and filing of sales and use tax returns compliant with all state and local tax requirements
• Document and assess processes, identifying opportunities to streamline accounting processes and maintain
• Assist with hiring decisions. Supervise, train, mentor and develop the finance team, fostering growth and a collaborative environment
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or a related field
• CPA, CMA or equivalent certification preferred
• 5 years of accounting experience, with 3 years in a construction or project-based industry

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong understanding of construction accounting principles including WIP schedules, cost of completion calculations and job cost accounting
• Proficiency in financial/project management software and Microsoft Excel; experience with ERP systems is a plus
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Proven experience in cash forecasting and budgeting in a project-focused environment
• Experience managing sales and use tax filings across multiple jurisdictions
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment with specific deadlines
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate across departments