Regional Controller, Mid-Atlantic Division

About the role

The Regional Controller of Singer Mid-Atlantic will oversee the financial operations of Singer EVI and Singer MD, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial records. This role will also involve leading the budgeting and forecasting processes, providing financial insights, and partnering with operational leaders.

Responsibilities

• Own the books and records for Singer EVI and Singer MD, ensuring financial results are accurate, complete, and prepared in accordance with company policies and applicable accounting standards.
• Lead the monthly close process for both divisions, including review of journal entries, account reconciliations, revenue recognition, job cost activity, accruals, reserves, and financial statement preparation.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of monthly financial results, including income statement, balance sheet, backlog, job cost, and other key financial metrics.
• Prepare and present financial results, trends, risks, and opportunities to divisional leadership and corporate finance leadership.
• Maintain strong control over balance sheet accounts, reconciliations, intercompany activity, reserves, accruals, and other key financial areas.
• Lead the annual budgeting process for Singer EVI and Singer MD in partnership with divisional leadership and the VP of Finance — Contract.
• Support recurring forecasts, reforecasts, and financial projections, with a focus on revenue, gross profit, backlog, cash flow, and operating expenses.
• Provide meaningful variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior year results.
• Develop financial insights that help leadership understand business performance, project profitability, margin trends, cost structure, backlog conversion, and operational risks.
• Partner with Divisional Presidents and operational leaders to identify opportunities to improve profitability, working capital management, process efficiency, and overall financial performance.
• Oversee project accounting and job cost reporting for contract-related activity. Support revenue recognition in accordance with ASC 606, including percentage-of-completion accounting, cost-to-complete estimates, over/under billings, margin analysis, and project-level financial review.
• Ensure proper accounting treatment for change orders, retainage, stored materials, customer deposits, earned revenue, earned billings, job costs, and backlog.
• Work closely with operations, project management, and divisional leadership to ensure financial reporting accurately reflects project status and expected performance.
• Monitor project profitability and partner with leadership to address margin deterioration, cost overruns, billing issues, or other project-related financial risks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Strong accounting and financial reporting background, with experience leading month-end close, reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Prior leadership experience managing finance and accounting staff.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with operational leadership and communicate financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and business drivers.
• High degree of accuracy, professionalism, accountability, and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, teams, and locations.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and financial reporting tools.
• Experience supporting ERP transitions, process improvements, system implementations, or acquisition integrations.
• Knowledge of ASC 606 revenue recognition, percentage-of-completion accounting, over/under billings, and cost-to-complete analysis.
• Experience overseeing finance and accounting functions for multiple divisions, branches, or operating locations.
• Experience with Sage 100 Contractor.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in accounting/finance, familiarity with US GAAP.
• CPA, CMA, MBA, or advanced degree preferred but not required.
• Experience in a construction, project-based, contract, or job cost accounting environment.
• Experience with Sage 100 Contractor.
• CPA, CMA, MBA, or advanced degree preferred but not required.
• Experience supporting ERP transitions, process improvements, system implementations, or acquisition integrations.
• Strong understanding of working capital management, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, deposits, retainage, and billing practices.

Skills

• Financial leadership and technical accounting strength.
• Business partnership and strategic thinking.
• Construction/job cost accounting knowledge.
• Team leadership and staff development.
• Clear communication and executive presence.
• Process improvement mindset.
• Strong internal controls orientation.
• High ownership and accountability.
• Ability to influence without relying solely on authority.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, multi-division environment.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental, vision, short term and long-term disability, 401K with company match, group life insurance, flexible spending, paid time off, and paid holidays.

Pay

Competitive starting wage.

Schedule

This role will support two Maryland-based divisions: Singer EVI — Glenelg, Maryland and Singer MD — Belcamp, Maryland. The successful candidate should be located within reasonable commuting distance of both offices and must be able to spend regular time at each location.

Reporting Relationship

This position reports directly to the Vice President of Finance, Contract and will work closely with the Divisional Presidents of Singer EVI and Singer MD, as well as other members of Singer’s Contract Finance leadership team.