Controller

Position Overview: The Controller is a senior finance and accounting leader responsible for the integrity, discipline, and scalability of GCS-SIGAL's accounting operations. This role owns the monthly close, financial reporting, job cost accounting, WIP support, accounting controls, cash reporting, and day-to-day finance operations while developing the accounting team and strengthening the company's financial infrastructure. The Controller is expected to operate with a high degree of business judgment, proactively identify risks and process gaps, bring forward solutions, and grow into a broader finance leadership role that supports strategic decision-making, operational performance, and executive-level financial insight. The Controller reports to the Director of Finance or VP of Finance.

Financial Leadership, Reporting & Close Ownership: Own the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes, ensuring timely, accurate, and well-supported financial reporting. Review and approve journal entries, accruals, prepaids, depreciation, fixed asset accounting, and complex accounting adjustments. Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are complete, accurate, timely, and supported by appropriate documentation. Prepare and continuously improve monthly financial statements and reporting packages for review by senior finance leadership. Maintain over/underbilling schedules and support WIP reporting with strong attention to revenue recognition, margin trends, and project risk indicators. Analyze budget variances, financial performance metrics, and close results to identify trends, explain drivers, and recommend corrective actions. Identify opportunities to improve the speed, quality, and usefulness of financial reporting as the company continues to grow. Partner with finance leadership on automation, dashboarding, standard reporting, and process efficiency initiatives that improve the speed, consistency, and usefulness of financial information. Evaluate recurring manual reporting and accounting processes and develop practical solutions that improve accuracy, visibility, controls, and scalability.

Accounting Operations & Payment Controls: Provide leadership over accounts payable, vendor invoice processing, expense reports, payment workflows, and related accounting operations. Review and approve overhead invoices and key disbursements while balancing timeliness, accuracy, vendor relationships, and cash management priorities. Maintain strong payment controls, including appropriate review of compliance requirements, COIs, lien waivers, vendor verification forms, Positive Pay files, ACH activity, and banking transactions. Partner with finance leadership to strengthen segregation of duties, fraud prevention practices, and cash disbursement governance. Monitor retainage releases, project closeout accounting, and payment exceptions to ensure issues are resolved proactively.

Cash Flow, Accounts Receivable & Working Capital: Oversee cash receipts, deposit activity, and cash reporting with a focus on accuracy, timeliness, and visibility. Maintain cash flow reporting and support short-term cash forecasting, including identification of potential constraints, funding needs, and timing risks. Monitor accounts receivable aging, collection activity, and payment status to help drive working capital discipline. Escalate significant collection issues, billing delays, payment disputes, or funding risks with recommended actions. Support leadership in connecting cash flow, receivables, retainage, payables, and project execution trends.

Project Accounting, WIP & Operational Partnership: Provide leadership over project accounting, owner billings, AIA requisitions, job cost adjustments, budget snapshots, and revenue recognition processes. Oversee WIP processing and partner with finance leadership to improve the accuracy, consistency, and usefulness of project financial information. Review job cost data for completeness, coding accuracy, cost-to-complete reasonableness, billing status, and project financial risk indicators. Ensure integrity of project financial data within Sage Intacct, Procore and related systems. Serve as a credible accounting partner to Operations and project teams by answering job cost and billing questions, identifying process gaps, and helping resolve recurring issues. Identify trends in margin movement, billing timing, retainage, change orders, and project accounting exceptions that require leadership attention. Improve workflows involving ERP, project management, payment, compliance, and reporting systems to strengthen controls, reduce manual effort, and support continued company growth.

Internal Controls, Compliance & Risk Management: Maintain and continuously improve accounting policies, financial controls, close procedures, approval workflows, and supporting documentation. Ensure compliance with contractual, banking, insurance, tax, audit, and internal reporting requirements. Support annual audit and financial statement preparation by ensuring schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation are accurate and complete. Identify control gaps, compliance risks, process weaknesses, and reporting issues before they become larger business problems. Bring forward practical recommendations that reduce risk, improve accountability, and increase consistency across the finance function.

Team Leadership & Finance Talent Development: Lead, develop, and hold accountable Project Accountants, Senior Project Accountants, AP personnel, and accounting support staff. Establish clear expectations, priorities, deadlines, and quality standards for the accounting team. Coach team members to improve technical accounting skills, business judgment, communication, ownership, and follow-through. Assess departmental workload, assign responsibilities, remove bottlenecks, and ensure recurring deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule. Build repeatable training, procedures, and review practices that strengthen the finance team's depth and scalability. Model professionalism, responsiveness, attention to detail, and a solutions-oriented approach for the accounting department.

Experience/Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. Master's degree or CPA preferred, but not required.10+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience, including leadership responsibility.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Construction accounting experience strongly preferred. Critical thinking beyond just the task at hand. Strong business judgment, organizational discipline and keen attention to detail. Ability to lead through accountability, clarity, coaching, and follow-through. Ability to communicate clearly with accounting staff, project teams, senior finance leadership, executives, vendors, auditors, and external partners. Proven ability to multi-task in deadline-driven environment. Ability to identify risks, diagnose root causes, and bring forward practical solutions. Proficient with Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel. Proficient with or ability to learn Sage Intacct or similar accounting software. GCS-SIGAL offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive benefits and a 401(k) plan. GCS-SIGAL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment background check.