Controller - Construction

Job description

**Role Summary** Owns financial reporting, cash management, and job cost accuracy across two markets. Maintains the thirteen-week cash forecast, the monthly reporting package, job costing, and the loaded rates that hold quoted work above the cost recovery floor. Leads the Purchasing Specialist and the Bookkeeper. ### Core Responsibilities - **Own the thirteen-week cash forecast.** Update it weekly, publish days of cash on hand every Monday, and tell the CEO which week the plan breaks before it breaks rather than after - **Deliver the monthly reporting package:** financial statements, margin by job, and budget against actual by department, built on the close the Accounting Manager certifies and in the CEO’s hands within two business days of it - **Make job costing run.** Own processes end to end so every job closed in the month carries its labor, material, and subcontractor cost against the estimate, and margin per job becomes a reported number rather than a guess - **Maintain the loaded labor burden and the overhead absorption rate,** refresh both at least annually and whenever the cost base moves materially, and reissue the pricing calculator within ten business days of any change - **Hold quoted and won work to the cost recovery floor.** Review margin on every quote above the threshold agreed with the CEO, and escalate any job proposed below the floor before it is signed rather than reporting the loss afterwards - **Take the three company financial numbers to the weekly leadership meeting** with the variance explained, and answer for the number rather than for the spreadsheet it came from - **Lead and develop the finance team**, the Purchasing Specialist and the Bookkeeper, and own the cutoff calendar that the rest of the business works to - **Own the working relationships with the external CPA** and the lenders, and make sure no filing date or scheduled obligation is missed ### Qualifications - Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance - CPA or CMA preferred - 7–10 years in accounting, including 5+ years in construction or project-based industries - Proficiency with Sage 50 advanced Excel - Deep knowledge of construction accounting, WIP reporting, lien waivers, AIA billing, and certified payroll - Track record of improving processes, reducing errors, and driving operational finance performance