About the role
A growing project-based contractor serving the South Bay and Central Coast is seeking an experienced Controller to lead its accounting and financial operations. This role calls for a strong construction accounting background, hands-on union and prevailing-wage payroll compliance experience, and a proven track record leading ERP implementations and building scalable financial processes.
The ideal candidate is comfortable owning a broad range of accounting functions, strengthening financial controls, and partnering with project managers and executive leadership to drive profitability and growth. Clean energy or renewable energy experience is a plus but not required.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead core accounting operations, including general ledger, AP/AR, project billing, reconciliations, month-end close, and financial reporting. - Oversee construction accounting, including job costing, WIP schedules, percentage-of-completion accounting, cost-to-complete analysis, and margin tracking. - Manage union and prevailing-wage payroll compliance, including certified payroll, fringe benefit reporting, and multi-union wage requirements. - Analyze financial statements, investigate variances, identify financial risks, and communicate findings to leadership. - Manage intercompany accounting across affiliated entities, including transaction tracking, reconciliations, and eliminations. - Lead ERP implementations and system transitions, including migration planning, data conversion, testing, integration, and post-launch improvements. - Establish accounting policies, internal controls, reporting standards, and efficient workflows. - Prepare budgets, forecasts, cash-flow projections, and financial models to support planning and decision-making. - Partner with project managers and operations leaders to monitor project costs, billing, cash flow, margins, and profitability. - Deliver financial analysis and recommendations that inform operational and strategic decisions. - Identify opportunities to improve reporting accuracy, internal controls, and accounting efficiency. - Build scalable accounting systems and processes to support continued growth while owning core financial functions.
Requirements
- 5+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience as a Controller, Assistant Controller, or in a comparable senior accounting role. - Required: direct accounting experience with a construction company or contractor. - Strong knowledge of construction job costing, WIP reporting, and percentage-of-completion accounting. - Hands-on experience with union and prevailing-wage payroll compliance, including certified payroll, fringe benefit reporting, and multi-local wage requirements. - Proven experience leading an ERP implementation, accounting system migration, conversion, or consolidation. - Experience developing or improving accounting processes, financial controls, and reporting systems. - Demonstrated ability to manage intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and eliminations. - Strong financial statement analysis skills, including identifying discrepancies, investigating variances, and explaining performance. - Experience in a small-to-midsized business and the ability to work independently across a broad range of finance responsibilities. - Excellent analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills. - Ability to collaborate effectively with project managers, operations teams, and executive leadership.
Preferred Experience
- Clean energy or related infrastructure experience (beneficial but not required).
Benefits
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience. - Health insurance and retirement plan options. - Paid time off and company-sponsored benefits. - The opportunity to build, improve, and lead a growing finance function. - Direct involvement in strategic financial planning and operational decisions. - Exposure to complex construction, infrastructure, and clean-energy projects. - Professional development and long-term career advancement. - A collaborative environment within a growing clean-energy and infrastructure business.
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