Controller - Financial Operations & Multi-Entity Accounting

Thomas, Edwards Group; Kennedale (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Thomas, Edwards Group seeks a hands-on Controller – Financial Operations to own the monthly close, consolidate multi-entity financials, and drive strong internal controls. You will oversee general ledger, AP/AR, payroll, and cash, while partnering with operations to surface reliable financial insights.

The role leads the accounting department, designs scalable processes, and ensures audit-ready documentation to support growth and strategic decision-making within a complex business portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the monthly close process for all entities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and GAAP compliance
• Prepare and review monthly financial statements, balance sheet schedules, and supporting documentation
• Establish and enforce close calendars, deadlines, and accountability
• Continuously improve close efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness
• Oversee the build-out and ongoing management of multi-entity consolidations, including intercompany transactions, eliminations, and reconciliations
• Maintain clean intercompany balances with documented reconciliation support
• Ensure consistent accounting policies and treatment across all entities
• Build out and implement parent entity corporate structure.
• Oversee daily accounting operations including general ledger management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll coordination, and cash postings
• Perform and review account reconciliations, variance analysis, and balance sheet integrity reviews
• Design, implement, and enforce internal controls, accounting policies, and procedures
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and schedules at all times
• Design, document, and maintain standardized accounting processes and procedures across all entities
• Build and scale the accounting department structure, including role definition, staffing recommendations, and delegation of responsibilities
• Establish repeatable workflows for close, reconciliations, AP, AR, payroll coordination, and reporting
• Reduce reliance on individual knowledge by creating documented, auditable, and trainable accounting processes
• Continuously assess accounting function maturity and implement improvements aligned with company growth
• Partner with operations leadership to ensure alignment between job cost, billing, and revenue data
• Support WIP, percent-complete, or other applicable revenue recognition methodologies
• Provide financial insight and clarity without owning project management or estimating functions
• Support cash forecasting and short-term liquidity visibility through timely and accurate reporting
• Monitor cash balances and assist leadership with working capital awareness
• Act as the accounting owner of Acumatica, including multi-company setup, financial reporting, and accounting workflows
• Identify system gaps, data integrity issues, and inefficiencies, and design standardized workflows and procedures within the ERP to support consistent execution across entities
• Support system enhancements and process improvements; major ERP redesigns or implementations are assigned separately
• Supervise, develop, and hold accountable accounting staff responsible for journal entries, reconciliations, AP/AR, and month-end close
• Establish clear roles, expectations, and performance standards within the accounting function
• Serve as a member of the management team, participating in leadership meetings, planning sessions, and performance reviews to provide financial insight and accountability

Job description

Thomas, Edwards Group seeks a hands-on Controller – Financial Operations to own the monthly close, consolidate multi-entity financials, and drive strong internal controls. You will oversee general ledger, AP/AR, payroll, and cash, while partnering with operations to surface reliable financial insights.

The role leads the accounting department, designs scalable processes, and ensures audit-ready documentation to support growth and strategic decision-making within a complex business portfolio.