Assistant Controller

Hoxton Circle; Seacliff (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Hoxton Circle is seeking a hands-on Assistant Controller to own accounting across the company and its related entities, reporting to the CFO and leading a small finance team. This role focuses on improving or rebuilding systems as the business scales and requires deep experience in construction accounting, systems implementation, and vendor management.

You will manage month-end close, job cost, WIP, ASC 606 revenue recognition, and multi‑entity intercompany accounting while ensuring payroll

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership at a Controller level or above.

Responsibilities

• Own the full month-end close, financial statements, and management reporting.

Skills

Accounting leadership

Excel & reporting

Internal controls

Financial analysis

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Jonas Premier

Sage 300 CRE

Foundation

Viewpoint

Job description

Hoxton Circle is partnering with a growing, vertically integrated clean energy company that engineers, builds, and operates distributed energy infrastructure. They need a hands‑on Assistant Controller to own accounting across the company and its related entities, and to improve or rebuild the systems behind it as the business scales. You’ll report to the CFO and lead a small finance team.

What You’ll Own

• The full month-end close, financial statements, and management reporting on a set close calendar, including earned revenue reporting for management and billed basis reporting for lenders and bonding
• Job cost and construction accounting in Jonas Premier, including WIP schedules, over/under billings, backlog analysis, and ASC 606 percent-complete revenue recognition
• Project and business unit margin analysis and KPIs that give leadership something to act on, not just accurate numbers
• Oversight of AP, AR, subcontractor payments, and lien waiver compliance
• Final accountability for payroll accuracy, including field payroll, prevailing wage, certified payroll, and union fringe benefit remittance, working with an outsourced payroll provider and compliance firm
• Incentive and grant revenue recognition, warranty reserves, fixed assets, and multi-entity intercompany accounting
• Internal controls, written accounting policies, and financial packages for banking, bonding, lender, and insurance relationships
• Regular evaluation of accounting systems and processes, and leading the transition when something needs replacing, not just fixing
• Management of external finance vendors, including reviewing their work before it goes out

Required

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 2 years as a Controller or in senior accounting leadership
• Construction accounting experience: job costing, WIP, and percent-complete revenue recognition under ASC 606
• A construction ERP such as Jonas Premier, Sage 300 CRE, Foundation, or Viewpoint
• Working knowledge of California prevailing wage and certified payroll
• A track record of improving or replacing accounting systems and processes
• Experience holding external service providers accountable for quality and scope
• Strong Excel, including building reconciliation and reporting models

Preferred

• IBEW or other union payroll and benefit fund reporting
• Multi-entity accounting and intercompany eliminations
• Solar, electrical contracting, or renewable energy EPC experience
• Bonding and lender reporting