Controller - Future Openings | Any U.S. Location

Cobalt Service Partners; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Professional development support

Job summary

Cobalt Service Partners is building a leading commercial access and security integration platform in North America. We hire Controllers to lead accounting operations for operating companies across multiple locations, overseeing monthly close, project revenue, job costing, and financial analysis to inform leadership decisions.

Our roles demand technical accounting expertise, strong GAAP knowledge, and experience with ERP systems in multi-entity environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical accounting, including public accounting, audit/assurance, or complex operational accounting.
• Strong GAAP knowledge, including ASC 606, % of completion, and WIP accounting.
• Experience with ERP systems in multi-entity or growing environments; payroll tools (ADP) valued.

Responsibilities

• Close and reporting: run monthly close and improve speed/accuracy.
• Project revenue: manage ASC 606 revenue recognition for projects & inventory.
• Job costing: own cost visibility and margin analysis with operations.
• Analysis & forecasting: prepare EBITDA, cash flow, and relevant analyses.
• Accounting maturity: assist in moving from cash to accrual accounting and data transition.
• Transactional finance: oversee payroll, AR, AP, and expenses; delegate where needed.
• GAAP discipline: reinforce GAAP across the accounting function.

Skills

Technical accounting

GAAP knowledge

Excel & data modeling

Self-starter

Communication skills

Education

CPA certification

Tools

ADP Payroll

ERP platforms

Job description

Cobalt Service Partners

Cobalt Service Partners is building a leading commercial access and security integration platform in North America, backed by Alpine Investors. We are growing through acquisition across the country, and we hire Controllers on an ongoing basis to lead accounting operations at our operating companies. Because our businesses vary in size and stage, the exact scope, team, and reporting line for a given Controller seat differ by location. This posting builds our national pipeline; when a specific opening matches your background, our recruiting team will reach out to discuss the particular business, market, and scope.

The Role

In-Person

• Multiple U.S. Locations

Our Controllers own accounting operations for a single operating company: the financial close, payroll, internal and external reporting, the annual audit, and the financial analysis that informs operating decisions. Our companies are project-based, so revenue recognition, job costing, and cash discipline sit at the center of the work.

What You'll Own

• Close & reporting. Run the monthly close and continuously improve its speed and accuracy.
• Project revenue. Calculate and manage revenue recognition for projects and inventory, including percentage-of-completion and work-in-process, in line with ASC 606.
• Job costing. Own job costing and margin visibility, partnering with operations on how jobs are performing.
• Analysis & forecasting. Prepare financial reports and forecasts covering EBITDA, cash flow, and the analysis that highlights where leadership should focus.
• Accounting maturity. Where applicable, help move a business from cash to accrual accounting and ensure a clean data transition.
• Transactional finance. Ensure accurate payroll, AR, AP, and expense processing, delegating and overseeing the team where one exists.
• GAAP discipline. Apply and reinforce GAAP across the accounting function.

What We're Looking For

• Technical accounting experience, whether through public accounting, audit/assurance, or complex operational accounting.
• Strong command of GAAP, including project revenue recognition (ASC 606), percentage-of-completion, and work-in-process accounting.
• Experience across ERP and accounting platforms in a multi-entity or growing environment, with the ability to learn and work in new systems. Fluency in payroll and accounting tools (e.g., ADP-class payroll, mid-market ERPs) is valued.
• Strong Excel and data-modeling skills (lookups, pivot tables, and comparable techniques).
• Self-managing, well-organized, and a genuine self-starter who brings structure to ambiguity.
• Clear written and verbal communication.

Preferred: direct experience at a construction or project-based company (100–200 employees) with complex inventory considerations; prior experience supervising others; CPA.

Why Cobalt

• A high-growth, PE-backed platform where finance is close to the business and your work drives real operating decisions.
• The chance to build and strengthen finance processes as we scale across a growing set of companies.
• Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus, benchmarked to your market and the scope of the seat.
• Full health benefits, 401(k) with match, paid time off, life and disability coverage, and professional development support.

Cobalt Service Partners and its operating companies are equal opportunity employers. Employment is at-will.