Financial Controller

Knaughty Log; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer match

PTO

Health Insurance Stipend

Job summary

A growing multi-state specialty contractor is seeking a Financial Controller to lead financial clarity and support the company's rapid growth. This role involves building financial systems, improving profitability, and providing actionable insights to the CEO and leadership. Ideal candidates will have 3–7+ years in a financial leadership role, deep proficiency in QuickBooks Online, and strong experience in job costing. The position offers a dynamic work environment focused on preserving historic log homes across America.

Qualifications

• Experience with multi-state payroll is essential.
• Ability to work directly with CEO and leadership.
• Strong construction/job-costing experience.
• Familiarity with multi-state payroll.
• Ability to work directly with CEO & leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own financial clarity and systems required for growth.
• Improve accuracy, profitability, and cash flow.
• Design financial dashboards for leadership.
• Support strategic decisions with financial visibility.
• Track job profitability, crew performance, margins
• Build automated KPI reporting
• Create simple, accurate visuals for leadership
• Maintain accurate job costing
• Work with Operations to fix overruns
• Improve margin consistency
• Manage multi-state payroll
• Handle unemployment, workers comp, and state filings
• Ensure accuracy across crews and states
• Timely reconciliations
• AP/AR oversight
• Reporting to CPA
• Maintain QBO structure
• Improve financial workflows
• Automate where possible
• Protect accuracy and integrity of the financials

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Financial leadership

Job costing experience

Education

3–7+ years in a financial leadership role

Proficiency in QuickBooks Online

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Excel

Cash flow modelling

Job description

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Knaughty Log Restoration is a fast-growing, multi-state specialty contractor preserving historic log homes across America. We’ve been featured on national television, built a recognizable brand, and deliver top-tier craftsmanship with in-house crews — never subcontractors.

We operate with a culture rooted in:

• Relentless excellence
• Extreme ownership
• Resourcefulness (no unsolvable problems)
• One team — one mission
• Preserving American history through log homes

As we grow our company, we need a Financial Controller who can build the financial discipline, clarity, and systems required to support that growth.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is not a bookkeeper position.

This is not a passive role.

This is the financial engine of a fast-scaling company.

We are hiring a Financial Controller who will:

• Own the numbers
• Improve accuracy, profitability, and cash flow
• Build financial dashboards that leadership runs the company from
• Ensure job costing and GP% reporting reflects reality in the field
• Spot issues before leadership does
• Help design incentive structures that influence behavior and margins
• Support strategic decisions with real financial visibility

This role reports directly to the CEO and works closely with Operations.

THE PROBLEMS YOU’RE HERE TO SOLVE

1. Build financial clarity where there’s currently not

We need a financial system that gives clean, trusted numbers every week.

2. Fix and elevate job costing & project profitability

We need:

• Real GP%
• Job velocity reporting
• Spotting overruns early

3. Build dashboards for leadership to use weekly

You will build dashboards for:

• Job profitability
• Cash flow forecasting
• Ad spend ROI & attribution
• Weekly KPI reporting

4. Design the GP/Day incentive program

Work with the CEO to create a performance-pay system that:

• Rewards profitable, timely work
• Improves crew behavior
• Aligns incentives with business goals
• Strengthens margins across the board

5. Build a budgeting & forecasting system

Annual budgets aren’t enough — we want:

• Rolling forecasts
• Cash flow modeling
• Crew capacity modeling
• Profitability projections

6. Strengthen multi-state financial compliance

We operate in OR, KY, and TN — you will manage:

• Payroll requirements
• Unemployment insurance
• Workers comp
• Contractor tax rules
• State tax accounts

7. Own month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

Within 90 days you will:

• Build ample context around our niche and business model
• Review and revise our current financial systems and processes
• Map out and start developing accurate weekly dashboards for leadership to use
• Implement clear month-end processes
• Map spending leaks & inefficiencies
• Deliver consistent GP% and job velocity reports
• Create early versions of budgets & projections

Within 12 months you will:

• Raise overall profitability through insights and accountability
• Build incentive systems tied to measurable outcomes
• Create a financial operating system that scales
• Become a key strategic partner in the company’s growth

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Present proactive financial insights
• Support CEO in strategic decisions
• Improve financial performance & discipline
• Build dashboards (weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly)
• Track job profitability, crew performance, margins
• Build automated KPI reporting
• Create simple, accurate visuals for leadership

Job Costing & Profitability

• Maintain accurate job costing
• Work with Operations to fix overruns
• Improve margin consistency

Payroll & Compliance

• Manage multi-state payroll
• Handle unemployment, workers comp, and state filings
• Ensure accuracy across crews and states

Month-End/Year-End Close

• Timely reconciliations
• AP/AR oversight
• Reporting to CPA

Accounting & Systems

• Maintain QBO structure
• Improve financial workflows
• Automate where possible
• Protect accuracy and integrity of the financials

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3–7+ years in Controller, Senior Accountant, or similar financial leadership role
• Deep proficiency with QuickBooks Online
• Strong construction/job-costing experience
• Familiarity with multi-state payroll
• Strong analytical, organization and communication skills
• Ability to work directly with CEO & leadership
• High accuracy and attention to detail

COMPENSATION

• 401(k) with employer match
• PTO
• Health Insurance Stipend