Controller, Accounting, Accounts Receivable​/ Collections

About Us

Pegasus leads the way in comprehensive cleaning and maintenance solutions. We leverage cutting-edge technology to create and maintain clean, healthy, and safe indoor environments for commercial, industrial, and manufacturing facilities.

Pegasus was named by Inc. Magazine as one of the "Fastest Growing Private Companies in America".

When a customer picks up the phone or sees a Pegasus representative at their facility, they know that they are dealing directly with an owner of the company. Everyone has one overriding goal: do whatever it takes to guarantee our customer’s satisfaction. It is our goal to deliver “WOW” experiences through exceeding our customer’s and employee’s expectations. We are quick to respond with care, compassion, and attention to detail.

Working as a part of a world-class team to achieve great things together, if our customers and employees don’t rave about Pegasus, then we have failed.

Reports To: Chief Executive Officer

Department: Finance & Accounting

Position: Full-Time

Pegasus is seeking an experienced, hands-on Controller to lead the company's accounting and financial operations. Reporting directly to the CEO, the Controller will serve as the senior accounting leader and have responsibility for financial reporting, general ledger accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable and billing, payroll, cash management, banking, retirement plan administration, union payment processing, audit coordination, and internal controls.

This is a working Controller position. The successful candidate will be comfortable leading and developing a team while also working directly in the details when needed—reviewing reconciliations, investigating discrepancies, improving processes, supporting payroll and close activities, and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the company's financial information.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting knowledge with an operational mindset and understands the importance of timely, accurate information in a labor-intensive service organization.

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes.
• Maintain the general ledger and ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial records.
• Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, intercompany transactions, and other accounting schedules.
• Ensure balance sheet accounts are reconciled and reviewed each month.
• Maintain the chart of accounts and appropriate accounting policies and procedures.
• Prepare timely and accurate monthly financial statements and management reporting.
• Maintain an effective close calendar with clearly defined responsibilities and deadlines.
• Research and resolve accounting discrepancies and unusual transactions.

• Oversee customer billing, accounts receivable, cash application, collections, credits, and write-offs.
• Monitor accounts receivable aging and collection activity.
• Ensure new contracts, customer changes, wage increases, scope changes, price adjustments, and contractual pass-through items are accurately reflected in customer billing.
• Maintain controls designed to identify and prevent missed or under-billing.
• Partner with Operations and Sales to ensure customer setup, pricing, contract modifications, and billing changes are communicated and implemented accurately and timely.
• Periodically reconcile contractual billing requirements to amounts invoiced to customers.

• Oversee vendor invoice processing, approvals, coding, payment runs, vendor maintenance, and annual 1099 reporting.
• Maintain appropriate segregation of duties and payment authorization controls.
• Manage payment timing in…