Construction Financial Controller | WIP & Cash Flow Lead

Kasper Electrical Inc; Florida; On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with 4% company match

Health, dental, vision, and life

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Kasper Electric is seeking a Financial Controller to own financial operations in South Florida. This hands-on, high-visibility role reports to the CFO and partners with ownership.

The ideal candidate combines construction accounting expertise with leadership, scrolling through month-end close, WIP, cash forecasting, and year-end tax support. This position is on-site and offers attractive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 2 years in a controller or senior accounting role.
• Construction accounting experience is required — specifically WIP schedules, percentage-of-completion revenue recognition, job cost analysis, and retainage.
• Proficiency in QuickBooks Desktop (class-based structure) and advanced Excel.
• Demonstrated ability to close books, prepare financial statements, and write financial narrative independently.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple entities simultaneously.
• Preferred CPA license or CPA candidate.

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end close process across Kasper Electric and related entities, delivering financials within 5 business days of month-end.
• Prepare monthly P&L, balance sheet, and division-level gross margin reports with written narrative — flag anomalies, variances to budget, and items requiring management attention.
• Maintain and reconcile all balance sheet accounts monthly, including accrued expenses, retainage, overbillings/underbillings, prepaid, and payroll liabilities.
• Produce and present monthly executive metrics package to ownership and senior leadership.
• Own the monthly WIP schedule — prepare, review, and reconcile percentage-of-completion calculations, overbillings, and underbillings across all active jobs.
• Review job cost reports for variances; flag jobs running over budget in labor, materials, or subcontract and communicate findings to project management.
• Run accruals for large billings pre-billed or for jobs with significant costs where billing hasn't gone out yet.
• Manage job closeout reporting and financial reconciliation.
• Maintain a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast, updated weekly.
• Prepare P&L and cash flow projections to support strategic decisions, distribution planning, and capital allocation.
• Lead the annual budgeting process — build the budget model, coordinate inputs from division managers, and present the final budget to ownership.
• Maintain a monthly budget-to-actual analysis by division; identify and explain material variances.
• Manage the line of credit — monitor availability, prepare draws when needed, and support annual LOC renewal with required financial packages.
• Support surety bond submissions — prepare WIP schedules, financial summaries, and narratives for bonding underwriters.
• Manage construction prequalification’s for GCs and owners.
• Support year-end tax preparation — coordinate with CPA, prepare support schedules, and ensure timely delivery of required documents.
• Handle year-end W-2 and 1099 processing for all entities.
• Oversee insurance renewals and verify proper accounting treatment of workers' comp, general liability, and health insurance premiums.
• Oversee the monthly AP aging — ensure non-job-related or closed-job balances are cleared within established terms; approve check runs and ACH payments.
• Review and approve monthly commercial and residential billing; verify billings are sufficient to cover cost and profit for the period.
• Oversee biweekly construction manpower reporting and sub-labor billing.
• Manage vendor statement reconciliations for shop/service accounts.
• Directly supervise the bookkeeper/accounting coordinator — assign daily and weekly tasks, review work product, and develop their skills.
• Identify and implement process improvements to reduce close time, improve accuracy, and reduce manual effort.
• Serve as backup to the CFO for time-sensitive financial decisions and banking matters.

Skills

Financial reporting

Variance analysis

Attention to detail

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

Tools

QuickBooks Desktop

Excel (Advanced)

Job description

Kasper Electric is seeking a Financial Controller to own financial operations in South Florida. This hands-on, high-visibility role reports to the CFO and partners with ownership.

The ideal candidate combines construction accounting expertise with leadership, scrolling through month-end close, WIP, cash forecasting, and year-end tax support. This position is on-site and offers attractive benefits.