Controller

Vaco by Highspring; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) is seeking a hands-on Controller to lead the accounting and finance function for a growing commercial construction company. This role emphasizes building structure, processes, and controls in a lean environment to support ongoing growth and profitability.

You will own accounting operations, enhance reporting, manage WIP and percent-of-completion revenue, and partner with leadership to provide timely insights into project performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with construction industry experience.
• Hands-on WIP accounting and percentage-of-completion revenue recognition.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and financial reporting experience.
• Experience improving a small or midmarket accounting function.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day accounting and financial reporting in a lean environment.
• Professionalize and enhance the accounting function historically led by a bookkeeper.
• Establish and improve policies, procedures, controls, and workflows.
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and year-end close and ensure accurate statements.
• Manage WIP schedules and percentage-of-completion revenue recognition.
• Partner with project managers to reflect job costing and forecasts in financials.
• Analyze project profitability, variances, risks.
• Oversee AP, AR, billing, cash management, and GL activity.
• Improve accuracy and consistency of job costing and project accounting.
• Develop financial reporting and dashboards for leadership.
• Establish internal controls and segregation of duties.
• Coordinate tax, audit, banking, insurance relationships.
• Assist budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and financial planning.
• Identify opportunities to automate accounting processes.
• Serve as financial business partner to leadership and operations.
• Build the accounting function over time as needs grow.

Skills

WIP accounting

POC revenue recognition

GAAP knowledge

Financial reporting

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Job description

Compensation: $150-175K

We are seeking a hands‑on Controller to lead the accounting and finance function for a growing commercial construction company. This is a highly visible opportunity for an accounting professional who enjoys operating in a lean, entrepreneurial environment and has the ability to bring structure, process, and discipline to an organization that has historically relied heavily on a bookkeeper‑led accounting function.

The Controller will take ownership of the company's accounting operations, strengthen financial reporting and internal controls, and establish scalable processes that support continued growth. This individual will work closely with company leadership and operational teams to provide accurate, timely financial information and improve visibility into project performance and profitability.

The ideal candidate is comfortable rolling up their sleeves and doing the work, while simultaneously building processes and systems that allow the company to grow beyond its current accounting infrastructure.

Construction industry experience and hands‑on WIP accounting / percentage‑of‑completion experience are required.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the company's day‑to‑day accounting and financial reporting functions in a lean environment.
• Professionalize and enhance an accounting function that has historically been managed primarily by a bookkeeper.
• Establish and improve accounting policies, procedures, controls, and workflows.
• Oversee the monthly, quarterly, and year‑end close process and ensure financial statements are accurate and timely.
• Manage Work-in-Progress (WIP) schedules and percentage-of-completion accounting, including project-level revenue recognition, cost-to-complete estimates, job profitability, and under/over-billings.
• Partner closely with project managers and operations to ensure job costing, budgets, change orders, committed costs, and project forecasts are accurately reflected in the financials.
• Analyze project financial performance and identify variances, margin issues, and potential risks.
• Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, cash management, and general ledger activity.
• Improve the accuracy and consistency of job costing and project accounting.
• Develop meaningful financial reporting and dashboards for company leadership.
• Establish appropriate internal controls and segregation of duties as the organization grows.
• Coordinate tax, audit, banking, insurance, and other external financial relationships as needed.
• Assist leadership with budgeting, forecasting, cash‑flow management, and financial planning.
• Identify opportunities to automate and streamline accounting processes and systems.
• Serve as a financial business partner to leadership and operations, providing insight rather than simply reporting historical results.
• Build and develop the accounting function over time as the company's needs and transaction volume increase.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with significant experience in the construction industry.
• Required: Hands‑on experience with WIP accounting and percentage‑of‑completion revenue recognition.
• Strong understanding of construction accounting, including job costing, billings, retainage, change orders, committed costs, and project profitability.
• Experience managing or significantly improving an accounting function in a small or midmarket company.
• Strong understanding of GAAP and financial statement preparation.
• Experience with month‑end close and financial reporting.

Equal Opportunity Notice

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [e-mail].

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada only: to the extent the position for employment is not with Highspring or not otherwise noted as vacant above, candidate should be informed that this role is to replace a presently employed person at Vaco by Highspring's client.

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• California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations; and
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).