Senior Controller — Project-Based Construction Finance

Cobalt Service Partners, LLC; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Life and disability insurance

Professional development support

Job summary

Cobalt Service Partners, a PE-backed platform, seeks an experienced Controller to own accounting for a single operating company, including GAAP close, payroll, reporting, and annual audit. You’ll tighten controls as acquisitions expand, with focus on revenue recognition, job costing, and cash discipline across a project-based environment.

The role emphasizes leading close cycles, improving processes, and building budgets/forecasts for multiple entities, while partnering with the broader finance

Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical accounting in public accounting, audit/assurance, or complex operational accounting, including inventory and job costing.
• Strong command of GAAP, including project revenue recognition (ASC 606), percentage-of-completion, and work-in-process accounting.
• Experience building budgets and forecasts and reporting EBITDA to ownership, lenders, or a parent company.
• Experience with construction or mid-market ERPs and payroll platforms, plus the ability to learn new systems quickly.
• Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, pivots, and building models from messy data.

Responsibilities

• Close & reporting: monthly close delivering GAAP statements and reporting package within 7 business days.
• Project revenue & WIP: manage ASC 606, prepare WIP schedules, and review change orders and margins.
• Job costing: maintain margin visibility and compare against estimates to sharpen pricing.
• Billing, collections & cash: ensure timely billings, manage AR, and 13-week cash forecast.
• Planning & analysis: lead annual budgets and monthly forecasts; track covenants.
• Inventory: control transfers, cycle counts, and physical inventories.
• Controls & compliance: enforce three-way match, segregation of duties, payroll compliance.
• Audit & tax: support year-end close and consolidated return with tax advisors.
• Team: oversee payroll, AP, AR; develop staff and drive process improvements.

Skills

GAAP mastery

ASC 606

Budgets & forecasts

Excel modeling

Communication

Job costing

Inventory accounting

Payroll controls

Education

CPA

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Cobalt Service Partners, a PE-backed platform, seeks an experienced Controller to own accounting for a single operating company, including GAAP close, payroll, reporting, and annual audit. You’ll tighten controls as acquisitions expand, with focus on revenue recognition, job costing, and cash discipline across a project-based environment.

The role emphasizes leading close cycles, improving processes, and building budgets/forecasts for multiple entities, while partnering with the broader finance