Seeking Financial Controller

Primary Responsibilities

• Subcontractor Management: Oversee the full lifecycle of sub-contracts. Ensure all insurance (COIs), workers' comp, W-9s and master service agreements are current before a single dollar is paid.
• Lien Waiver Oversight: Implement a strict process for collecting conditional and unconditional lien waivers from lower-tier subs and suppliers to protect the company from Texas lien claims and to provide to General Contractors / Builders in order to collect Accounts Receivable.
• Margin Analysis & WIP: Maintain the monthly WIP schedule. You must be able to identify "fading margins" early by comparing actual labor/material costs against original estimates.
• Cash Flow & Pay Apps: Manage the AIA billing process (G702/G703). You will ensure pay applications are submitted accurately and on time to General Contractors to maintain a healthy cash cycle.
• Job Costing Mastery: Verify that all field hours and material deliveries (brick, block, stone, sand) are coded correctly to specific jobs.
• Financial Reporting: Perform full-cycle month-end close. WIP Schedules, Percent of Completion Revenue recognition. Provide Stakeholders with clear "KPIs" highlighting job profitability, overhead burn rates, and cash forecasts.
• Payroll and Certified Payroll: Ensure compliance across the board between Contractors and Employees and report weekly certified payroll.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years of accounting experience in Construction (Masonry, Concrete, or Structural experience is a significant plus).
• Software: Expert-level proficiency in QuickBooks Online and advanced Excel (must be able to build formulas for WIP and cash forecasting).
• The "Texas Factor": Deep understanding of Texas Lien Laws and sales tax exemptions for capital improvement projects.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred.

Attributes

• You must be comfortable telling a Project Manager "no" when documentation is missing and comfortable presenting "hard truths" about project performance to ownership.

Compensation

$110,000-$120,000

Additional Benefits

• Health/Dental/Vision (Employer-sponsored).