Corporate Controller

Job Description

Job #:

86943

Job Category:

Management

Position Type:

Direct

Duration:

direct

Shift:

1

Reports To: Chief Financial Officer
Location: Covina, CA - Hybrid
Travel: Approximately once per quarter
Employment Type: Full-Time, Exempt
Direct / Indirect Reports: Corporate accounting team and offshore consultants

A fast-growing, private equity-backed platform of residential and commercial plumbing and HVAC service companies is seeking a Corporate Controller to join its leadership team. The organization currently operates several
business units and continues to grow through an active acquisition strategy.

The company combines established local operating businesses with centralized back-office infrastructure, systems, and best practices. As the organization continues to scale, it is building a finance function capable of providing investors, lenders, executives, and operating leaders with timely, accurate, and decision-ready financial information.

The Corporate Controller will own the accounting and financial reporting function across the entire organization. This leader will drive a fast and accurate monthly close and consolidation process across business units, deliver monthly reporting to executive leadership, the company's private equity sponsor, and lenders, integrate newly acquired businesses, and develop the processes, controls, systems, and accounting team required to support continued growth.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on, multi-entity accounting leader who is equally comfortable working through the details of job costing and WIP schedules as they are presenting consolidated financial results to senior leadership.

Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for all business units and the holding company, targeting completion within 7-10 business days.

Prepare consolidated financial statements, including intercompany eliminations, management fee allocations, and shared-service cost allocations.

Standardize the chart of accounts, close calendar, accounting checklists, and reconciliation processes across business units.

Review and approve journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, and reserves.

Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll accounting, fixed assets, and inventory/truck stock accounting.

Partner directly with FP&A to deliver monthly financial reporting packages to executive leadership, investors, and lenders.

Prepare and review P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and KPI reporting by business unit.

Calculate and document Adjusted EBITDA, including applicable pro forma adjustments for acquired businesses.

Produce business-unit performance reporting highlighting gross margins across service lines, including service, maintenance agreements, replacement/install work, and new construction.

Support board materials and ad hoc financial analysis.

Ensure proper revenue recognition under ASC 606
, including over-time recognition for construction and installation projects and deferred revenue for maintenance/service agreements.

Oversee monthly WIP schedules, percentage-of-completion calculations, and over/under billings for project-based work.

Partner with operations to improve job-costing accuracy across labor, materials, equipment, and subcontractors.

Lead accounting diligence support for add-on acquisitions in partnership with executive leadership, investors, and third-party quality-of-earnings providers.

Apply purchase accounting under ASC 805
, including opening balance sheets, working-capital true-ups, and earn-out tracking.

Own the finance integration process for acquired businesses, including migration to standardized charts of accounts, systems, close processes, and internal controls.

Convert acquired companies from cash or tax-basis accounting to GAAP accrual accounting.

Establish a repeatable integration process capable of bringing newly acquired businesses onto standardized financial processes within established timelines.

Serve as the primary contact for the annual external financial statement audit and maintain audit readiness throughout the year.

Design and maintain a scalable internal-control framework across decentralized operations.

Establish appropriate segregation of duties, approval matrices, and cash controls.

Coordinate with external tax advisors regarding federal, state, and multi-state income taxes, sales and…