Controller – Construction Operations & Finance

About Us

We’re a growing commercial electrical subcontractor delivering high-quality work across a variety of projects, from large-scale commercial construction to complex tenant improvements. We are looking for an experienced Controller who can do more than manage the books—we’re looking for someone who understands the construction business and can help oversee the company as a whole.

This position will work closely with ownership and leadership to monitor the financial and operational health of the company, evaluate project performance, identify risks, and help ensure that our projects and overall business remain profitable.

The ideal candidate is someone who understands that successful construction management goes beyond accounting. You should be comfortable looking at a project from start to finish, asking questions, identifying problems early, and working with project managers, field personnel, and leadership to find solutions.

The Controller will oversee the company’s financial and business operations, with a strong focus on project profitability, job costing, cash flow, and overall company performance.

This person will serve as a key member of the leadership team and will be expected to understand what is happening across the business—not just within the accounting department.

You will work closely with ownership and project management to:

• Monitor the profitability of individual projects and the company as a whole
• Identify projects that are performing well, at risk, or trending toward a loss
• Analyze job costs, labor, materials, change orders, billing, and project progress
• Review project performance and help identify areas where the company may be losing money
• Provide leadership with accurate, timely information to make business decisions
• Oversee accounting and financial operations
• Monitor cash flow and the company's overall financial position
• Help establish processes and accountability to improve profitability and efficiency

• Review project budgets, contracts, committed costs, actual costs, and projected final costs
• Monitor job profitability from project start through completion
• Analyze job costing and WIP reports to identify cost overruns and potential losses
• Work closely with Project Managers and leadership to understand project performance
• Identify projects that are trending over budget or below expected margins and communicate concerns to ownership
• Review labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, and other project costs
• Monitor change orders, billings, retainage, and accounts receivable to ensure projects are being properly billed
• Help identify missed billings, unapproved change orders, cost overruns, and other factors affecting profitability
• Evaluate whether projects are meeting expected margins and provide recommendations when they are not
• Help establish and maintain accountability for project budgets and financial performance
• Participate in project reviews and provide financial and operational insight
• Understand the relationship between field operations, project management, estimating, accounting, and profitability

• Work closely with ownership to monitor the overall health and performance of the company
• Analyze revenue, gross profit, overhead, cash flow, and operating expenses
• Help leadership identify opportunities to increase profitability and reduce unnecessary costs
• Develop and monitor budgets and forecasts
• Track company performance against financial and operational goals
• Identify business risks and bring potential problems to leadership's attention before they become larger issues
• Help improve processes, systems, and internal controls throughout the company
• Evaluate operational efficiency and make…