Corporate Controller

Overview

Are you a data-driven leader with an eye for detail? As a Corporate Controller, you will lead a team in managing financial operations, ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and IFRS, and overseeing the integrity of financial reporting, consolidations, and project accounting.

• Manages monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes and related reporting, including financial statements, audit schedules, cost reports, reconciliations, and management reports.

• Oversees budgets, cost control procedures, and allocation of costs between departments, divisions, and projects.

• Maintains compliance with U.S. GAAP and IFRS and ensures appropriate and consistent revenue recognition for complex and long‑term construction projects, including ASC 606.

• Oversees construction and project accounting activities, including WIP schedules, job cost accounting, EAC/project forecasting, over/under billings, project margin analysis, and related controls.

• Reviews project Estimates at Completion (EAC), including forecasted and committed costs, contingencies, productivity assumptions, and expected project margins, and ensures timely identification of changes in project profitability and anticipated losses.

• Partners with Project Managers, Operations, and Division leadership to review project financial performance, risks, opportunities, change orders, claims, contingencies, and margin changes.

• Provides oversight of accounts receivable, accounts payable, project billing, collections, retention, unbilled amounts, and other working capital activities to support cash conversion and working capital performance.

• Provides oversight of cash management activities, including cash forecasting, bank reconciliations, payment processes, banking controls, and liquidity requirements.

• Manages complex financial statement consolidations and validates balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring appropriate action is taken to maintain a healthy balance sheet.

• Analyzes, monitors, and ensures data integrity across financial and operational systems and owns financial reporting and analysis accuracy between company systems and financial administration departments.

• Maintains strong knowledge of construction ERP systems, including JD Edwards, financial reporting tools, and project accounting systems; drives improvements in reporting, automation, processes, and controls.

• Develops, maintains, and continuously improves accounting policies, procedures, segregation of duties, and internal controls; identifies control deficiencies and ensures timely corrective action.

• Acts as a financial liaison between Corporate and Division Finance teams and serves as a key financial partner to the CFO, proactively identifying accounting, financial, operational, project, and control risks and recommending corrective actions.

• Supports the CFO with financial analysis and strategic and operational decision-making.

• Manages the accounting team for the corporate office, building, developing, and retaining a high‑performing organization with appropriate backup responsibilities, cross‑training, and succession planning.

• Identifies and implements opportunities to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of accounting and financial reporting processes, including automation and standardization initiatives across Corporate and Division Finance.

• Proactively identifies accounting and financial risks, including project margin deterioration, balance sheet exposures, collection risks, control weaknesses, and unusual transactions, and escalates material matters to the CFO.

• Manages all external and internal audits; acts as a liaison between auditors and divisional finance teams to coordinate and prepare audit documentation and respond to audit inquiries or issues…