Construction Controller, Multi-Company Process Improvement

Advance Concrete, LLC.; Garner (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Performance-based bonus opportunity

Job summary

Advance Concrete, Garner, NC, is seeking an experienced Controller to partner with the CAO and lead a modernized, scalable accounting operation across multiple entities. You will own month-end close, job cost, cash forecasting, and internal controls in a hands-on construction environment.

Responsibilities include consolidating multi-company closes, maintaining intercompany reconciliations, and driving process improvements using Foundation tools.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field preferred.
• CPA or CMA is a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Own and coordinate month-end close across multiple operating companies.
• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, prepaids, amortizations, and other closing adjustments.
• Timely completion of balance sheet reconciliations.
• Maintain accurate intercompany accounting and reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly financial statements and supporting schedules for CAO review.
• Research unusual activity and resolve accounting discrepancies.
• Identify trends, variances, and financial issues requiring management attention.
• Maintain the integrity of job cost accounting.
• Prepare and review WIP schedules.
• Monitor project profitability, margins, costs, and billing activity.
• Review under/over billings and revenue recognition.
• Identify unusual job cost activity and work with operations to resolve issues.
• Support analysis of company, division, and project performance.
• Prepare weekly cash position and cash forecast reporting.
• Monitor upcoming cash requirements and significant inflows and outflows.
• Maintain oversight of bank reconciliations and banking activity.
• Identify cash flow concerns and communicate them proactively.
• Partner with the CAO on working capital improvement initiatives.
• Provide oversight and review of AP processing.
• Ensure invoices have appropriate documentation, coding, and approvals.
• Review proposed payment batches and investigate unusual or duplicate activity.
• Review AP reconciliations and resolve complex vendor issues.
• Work closely with AR to ensure accurate month-end reporting and reconciliations.
• Develop working knowledge of AP, AR, cash application, banking, and payroll processes to provide oversight, troubleshooting, and backup when necessary.
• Serve as backup for payroll processing when needed.
• Strengthen segregation of duties and eliminate single points of failure.
• Help maximize the capabilities of Foundation construction accounting software.
• Identify opportunities to move manual and paper-based processes into Foundation.
• Improve electronic document management, invoice imaging, approvals, and supporting documentation.
• Identify unnecessary spreadsheets, duplicate data entry, and inefficient workflows.
• Develop and maintain accounting SOPs.
• Improve cross-training and backup procedures throughout the accounting function.
• Partner with the CAO on accounting automation, process improvement, and systems initiatives.
• Help build a more efficient, standardized, and scalable accounting environment.

Skills

Excel

Financial analysis

GAAP knowledge

Internal controls

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

CPA or CMA (bonus)

Tools

Foundation GL

Foundation AP

Foundation AR

Foundation job costing

Foundation payroll

Job description

Advance Concrete, Garner, NC, is seeking an experienced Controller to partner with the CAO and lead a modernized, scalable accounting operation across multiple entities. You will own month-end close, job cost, cash forecasting, and internal controls in a hands-on construction environment.

Responsibilities include consolidating multi-company closes, maintaining intercompany reconciliations, and driving process improvements using Foundation tools.