Controller

What You Will Own

You will own the integrity, structure, and scalability of our financial operations across multiple entities. This is a hands-on leadership role with direct impact on cash, profitability, capital strategy, and operational decision-making.

Core Responsibilities

• Financial Leadership

• Own FP&A for construction operations (job costing, WIP, margin analysis)

• Provide clear day/week/month financial snapshots to partners

• Lead annual budgeting and quarterly reforecasting

• Ensure capital and liquidity planning aligns with project pipeline

• Construction Accounting Mastery

• Deeply understand percentage-of-completion accounting

• WIP schedules and margin fade/gain analysis

• Retainage tracking

• Draw schedules and lien waiver management

• Multi-entity and intercompany accounting

• Development and partnership structures

• Operational Rigor

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual closes

• Ensure all bank reconciliations are completed monthly

• Oversee AP, AR, payroll, and subcontractor payments

• Implement daily cash reporting

• Maintain GAAP compliance

• Lead audit and tax coordination

• Systems & Scalability

• Evaluate QuickBooks and current software stack

• Recommend and lead ERP upgrades if needed

• Improve reporting automation and data reliability

• Build processes that reduce dependency on individual heroics

Required Experience

• 10+ years progressive accounting experience

• Minimum 5 years as Controller (or equivalent senior finance leader) in residential or multi-family construction

• Proven experience scaling accounting operations

• Expertise in job costing and WIP reporting

• Experience managing multiple entities

• Experience working directly with ownership

• Experience with Quickbooks

• Experience with BuilderTrend, Sage 300, Procore, or similar

Preferred

• CPA strongly preferred

• Experience with development capital structures and joint ventures

• ERP implementation leadership experience

Who Thrives Here

• You have built accounting departments before

• You move fast and don’t wait to be told

• You think like an owner

• You are comfortable being measured

• You communicate clearly and directly

• You care about precision

• You can operate strategically and still dive into detail

• You are technology-focused

Who Should Not Apply

• Controllers who only manage existing systems

• Accountants uncomfortable with growth-stage ambiguity

• Candidates without real construction accounting depth

• Leaders who avoid accountability