Enterprise Finance Controller: Insight, Control & Strategy

Turner & Townsend; Georgia; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Enterprise Accounts Financial Controller to lead regional financial reporting, accounting, and controls. This senior role partners with leadership to drive performance insights, ensure policy compliance, and maintain rigorous contractual and project accounting across the region.

The role requires strong technical accounting knowledge, cross-functional collaboration, and a proven track record in a large finance team within professional services or project-based

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with significant post-qualification experience, preferably including leadership of a large finance team.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related discipline.
• CPA, CA, ACA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification preferred.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, particularly in revenue recognition, contract accounting, financial reporting, and internal controls.
• Experience preparing, reviewing, and presenting financial analysis, and performance commentary to senior stakeholders.
• Experience working in the professional services, consulting, construction, real estate, infrastructure, or project-based sectors preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 accounting software is preferred.
• Experience operating in a SOX-compliant control environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and reporting of timely, accurate financial information under IFRS, US GAAP, Group accounting policy, and applicable regional requirements.
• Maintain a strong internal financial control environment to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and reliability of financial reporting.
• Support the preparation, review, and presentation of annual budgets, periodic forecasts, and long-range financial plans.
• Review, challenge, and validate assumptions from business units, accounts, and operational teams regarding forecasted performance.
• Oversee measurement of actual performance against budget and forecast, working with operational teams to manage performance challenges.
• Support the financial control team in the production of monthly variance analysis, commentary, and executive-level reporting.
• Ensure accounting standards, financial controls, and company policies are applied consistently across the region.
• Oversee the financial integrity of contracts across the region, ensuring compliance with policies, accounting standards, and commercial requirements.
• Drive standardization and best practice in contract accounting, financial reporting, forecasting, and control processes.
• Coordinate and ensure compliance with all audit, SOX, tax, statutory, and other regulatory requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Financial reporting

IFRS/US GAAP

Contract accounting

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Business

CPA/CA/ACA/ACMA etc.

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Enterprise Accounts Financial Controller to lead regional financial reporting, accounting, and controls. This senior role partners with leadership to drive performance insights, ensure policy compliance, and maintain rigorous contractual and project accounting across the region.

The role requires strong technical accounting knowledge, cross-functional collaboration, and a proven track record in a large finance team within professional services or project-based