Financial Controller

American Rooter & Drain; Caldwell (ID); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

PTO

Equity conversation (possible)?

Direct access to founders

Job summary

American Rooter & Drain seeks a Controller to lead accounting services for a multi-trade contractor portfolio. You will own the monthly close, reconcile GL to subledgers, and ensure balance-sheet integrity across multiple entities.

You will correct prior-period errors with documented root-cause analyses and controls, handling depreciation and loan splits as needed. You will review bookkeeper output, write clear procedural documentation, and report movements with explanations.

Qualifications

• Have owned a monthly close by yourself.
• Able to clean up books someone else broke and explain how you found the problem.
• Resolved subledger vs GL mismatches with meaningful detail.
• Documented work as you go and explained root causes.
• Comfortable with software; run reports and learn new systems without a training department.
• Able to communicate findings clearly to business owners.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close from start to finish with a documented process.
• Reconcile the general ledger to the ServiceTitan subledger every month with an explained variance.
• Maintain balance-sheet integrity across multiple entities and trades.
• Correct prior-period errors with documentation, root-cause analysis, and controls.
• Handle loan principal/interest splits, fixed assets, and depreciation.
• Prepare the monthly reporting package with explanations of movements.
• Review the bookkeeper's work and provide feedback.
• Document processes so others can run the books.

Skills

Monthly close ownership

GL reconciliation

Multi-entity experience

ServiceTitan knowledge

Trades background

Process documentation

Financial reporting

Communication with owners

CPA not required

Tools

ServiceTitan

Job description

Controller - Accounting Services

We're building an accounting services group for a plumbing, HVAC, electrical, drain, and septic contractor. We're hiring our first Controller.

What you'd own

• The monthly close, start to finish - a documented checklist in software we build in-house
• Reconciling the general ledger to the ServiceTitan subledger every month, down to an explained variance
• Balance-sheet integrity across multiple entities and business units (trades) - no unreconciled accounts, no plugs
• Correcting prior-period errors properly: documented entries, root cause, controls so it doesn't recur
• Loan principal/interest splitting, fixed assets, depreciation
• The monthly reporting package, including a written explanation of what moved and why
• Reviewing our bookkeeper's work - you're the review layer, not the data-entry layer
• Writing it all down well enough that someone else could run it

What we're looking for

• You've owned a monthly close by yourself. Not assisted with one - owned it.
• You've cleaned up books someone else broke, and you can walk us through how you found the problem
• You've had a subledger and a GL disagree by a number that mattered, and you tracked it down
• You document as you go, because you've been on the other side of someone who didn't
• You're comfortable in software - you pull your own reports, learn new systems without a training department, and would rather report a bug than build a workaround
• You can sit across from a business owner and tell him something he doesn't want to hear, pleasantly
• Multi-entity experience
• ServiceTitan or similar field-service software is a real plus
• Trades, construction or home services background is a real plus
• CPA is welcome and not required

What we're not looking for

• Big-ERP specialists. Different job, different instincts.
• Anyone comfortable posting a plug and truing it up later.

Benefits

• $90,000–$120,000 base, depending on experience
• Target annual bonus, tied to a written scorecard - not opinion
• Health benefits, PTO
• Possible equity conversation for the right person.
• Direct access to the founders. No layers.

Schedule

Monday to Friday
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Why this is worth a conversation

Most controller jobs are one company, forever, and the ceiling is visible on day one. This is a company we're building. Near term you clean up and run the books of a real business heading toward a real transaction - where clean books aren't housekeeping, they're the whole valuation. Longer term, the process you build is how we onboard everyone after this, and you lead that team.

If you want to be the finance function rather than a part of one, this is that job.