Oversee the accounting department, personnel, policies, internal controls, financial close, reconciliations, journal entries, inventory accounting, fixed assets, leases, commissions, and financial reporting. Manage project WIP processes, including cost updates, change orders, deposits, cash collections, margin variance analysis, and monthly reporting to leadership.
This role handles the daily operations of the Accounting Department. The Controller will assist in establishing proper accounting procedures and help our department reach financial reporting objectives.
People & Leadership:
- Oversee the operations and personnel of the accounting department
- Setup recurring touch points to meet with each accounting member (monthly or quarterly)
- Participation in Quarterly Managers Meetings
Accounting policies and procedures:
- Maintaining and improving internal financial controls and procedures
- Establish cross training within the accounting department so all roles and tasks have a backup
- Oversee the processes of the Accounting Department and document procedures to be electronically stored.
- Ensuring day to day accounting functions are carried out accurately and efficiently
Financial Reporting:
- Meeting the financial close deadline (currently a 5 day close)
- Calculate monthly service and construction sales commissions and prepare statements
- Prepare and enter monthly journal entries and reconcile various accounts
- Perform Work in Process reporting, related journal entries and reconciliations
- Prepare and manage Fixed Asset depreciation calculations and quarterly disposal determinations
- Track new vehicles and update leases
Inventory Management:
- Establish, document and store process & procedures
- Reconciliation to the general ledger
- Coordinate annual physical count and rotating truck counts
Reporting & KPIs:
- Attend and contribute to the Quarterly Managers Meetings
- Review of account Recons vs Budget
- Produce and provide monthly reporting to leadership on Gross Margin analysis
Project WIP Management:
- Attend project meetings bi-monthly
- Push estimated cost updates and track causes
- Push Change Order execution
- Push deposits for equipment
- Provide cost incurred vs cash collections tracking
- Margin variance analysis
- Produce and distribute monthly Project WIP drivers
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