Controller

Essential Functions

• Financial Leadership and Business Partnership:
  • Serve as the primary finance leader for the assigned OpCo.
  • Partner with the OpCo President, operations leaders, and corporate finance team to support business decisions.
  • Provide clear financial insight into revenue, margin, job performance, overhead, cash flow, and working capital.
  • Help translate financial results into actionable operating priorities.
  • Support the OpCo leadership team with financial analysis, reporting, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Accounting and Month-End Close:
  • Lead the monthly close process for the assigned OpCo.
  • Ensure accurate and timely preparation of financial results in accordance with company policies and accounting standards.
  • Review journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, reserves, and supporting schedules.
  • Analyze monthly financial results and explain variances to budget, forecast, and prior periods.
  • Partner with corporate accounting to ensure consistency, accuracy, and completeness of financial reporting.
• Job Costing, WIP, and Operational Finance:
  • Oversee job cost reporting, margin analysis, and project-level financial performance.
  • Partner with operations to review job profitability, cost trends, production performance, and billing status.
  • Monitor work-in-progress, earned revenue, over and under billings, change orders, and project closeout activity.
  • Identify risks related to job margins, revenue recognition, cost overruns, and billing delays.
  • Support operational leaders in understanding financial drivers and improving project performance.
• Budgeting, Forecasting, and Reporting:
  • Lead the OpCo budgeting and forecasting process in partnership with the OpCo President and corporate finance.
  • Prepare financial reports, dashboards, and analysis for OpCo and corporate leadership.
  • Track performance against budget, forecast, and key operating metrics.
  • Provide forward-looking financial insight to support decision-making and resource planning.
  • Absorb monthly, quarterly, and annual business reviews.
• Cash Flow, Billing, and Working Capital:
  • Maintain accounts receivable, billing progress, collections, and cash flow performance.
  • Partner with operations and billing teams to ensure timely and accurate customer invoicing.
  • Support collection efforts and identify issues impacting cash conversion.
  • Review customer billing, retainage, unbilled revenue, and aging reports.
  • Help drive discipline around working capital management.
• Internal Controls and Compliance:
  • Maintain strong financial controls across accounting, reporting, billing, purchasing, and job costing processes.
  • Ensure compliance with company policies, approval limits, and documentation standards.
  • Support internal and external audit requests, as needed.
  • Identify process gaps and recommend improvements to strengthen controls and financial discipline.
  • Ensure financial records are complete, accurate, and properly supported.
• Systems, Process Improvement, and Integration:
  • Use ERP and reporting systems to improve visibility into financial and operational performance.
  • Support process improvements related to accounting, reporting, job costing, billing, and forecasting.
  • Partner with corporate finance and IT on system enhancements, integrations, and data accuracy.
  • Help standardize financial processes across the OpCo while supporting broader Peak initiatives.
• Team Leadership:
  • Lead, develop, and support assigned accounting and finance team members.
  • Establish clear expectations, deadlines, and accountability within the OpCo finance function.
  • Foster a culture of accuracy, responsiveness, operational partnership, and continuous improvement.
  • Provide coaching and development to strengthen team capability and succession readiness.

Success Factors

• Operational finance partnership
• Accounting accuracy and discipline
• Job costing and margin analysis
• Business judgment
• Process improvement mindset
• Strong communication skills
• Leadership and team development
• Sense of urgency
• Integrity and confidentiality
• Ability to influence across functions

Experience and Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• CPA or MBA preferred, but not required.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience.
• Prior controller, assistant controller, accounting manager, or operational finance leadership experience preferred.
• Construction, utility, infrastructure, field services, or project-based business experience strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of job costing, WIP reporting, revenue recognition, accrual accounting, and month-end close.
• Experience with ERP systems required; Viewpoint Vista experience preferred.
• Strong Excel and financial reporting skills.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with operations and explain financial information to non-finance leaders.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to operate hands-on while also thinking strategically.
• High attention to detail, sound judgment, and strong sense of accountability.

Additional Requirements/Licenses/Certifications

• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid State of Residence Driver’s License is required within two weeks of employment.
• Candidates must pass criminal and Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) background checks and pass a pre-employment drug screen.