Assistant Controller

Overview

This role is a hands-on accounting leadership position responsible for the full accounting cycle for two entities, along with management of the accounting staff who report to this role. Responsibilities include monthly close, financial statement preparation, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany billing and consolidation, fixed asset maintenance, and staying current on tax and licensing filings. The position also serves as the Controller’s second-in-command and a primary point of contact for accounting questions from operations and project management.

Responsibilities

Close and Financial Reporting

• Run the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close, including maintaining the close calendar, assigning and tracking tasks, and delivering draft financial statements for both entities on schedule.
• Prepare consolidated financial statements, including intercompany eliminations, with variance analysis explaining significant changes.
• Load the approved annual budget and monthly forecast into the accounting system and prepare monthly budget-to-actual reporting for Controller and Operations review.
• Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, and expense allocations, ensuring support, correct coding, and compliance with US GAAP.

Reconciliations and Internal Controls

• Perform and oversee monthly reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts, including bank, AR, AP subledger to GL, job cost to GL, intercompany, fixed assets, lease, and accrual accounts; resolve differences promptly.
• Maintain written accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls, including appropriate segregation of duties.
• Serve as the primary liaison for external auditors by coordinating annual audit and interim requests, preparing supporting schedules, and resolving findings.
• Respond to corporate reporting requests.

Intercompany, Fixed Assets, and Cash

• Prepare monthly intercompany billing between Gregg Drilling and Pitcher Services and keep intercompany balances reconciled.
• Manage daily banking activities and cash receipts application.

Tax, Licensing, and Compliance

• Perform city, county, state, sales/use, and property tax filings in every state where the companies work.
• Manage contractor licenses and third-party licensing for business registrations.
• Work with payroll on prevailing wage and union-related items that affect job cost and billing.

Team and Systems

• Supervise the accounting staff (Project Accounting, AP, and AR): assign and review work, train, set expectations, and complete performance reviews.
• Serve as accounting lead for month-end processes, user support, and process improvements.
• Answer accounting questions from project managers and operations, including helping them understand job cost results.

Required Qualifications

• Experience running a month-end close, including reconciliations and journal entries, and producing financial statements with limited supervision.
• Strong knowledge of job costing, WIP schedules, and percentage-of-completion revenue recognition (ASC 606).
• Experience with multi-entity accounting, intercompany transactions, and consolidation.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP.
• Advanced Excel and ERP experience.
• Clear communicator who can explain financial results to non-accountants.

Preferred Qualifications

• Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate.
• Fixed asset accounting in an equipment-intensive business.
• Multi-state tax compliance, contractor licensing, and prevailing wage/union labor cost experience.
• Experience leading external audits.
• CPA.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• 3+ years of supervisory or management experience.
• Construction, drilling, equipment-intensive field services, or another project-based industry experience is strongly preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

Benefits are available and associated with this position.

Location

• Remote.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

• Office environment with prolonged sitting and computer work; occasionally lifts up to 15 pounds.
• Extended hours may be required during month-end, year-end, and audit periods.
• Physical demands include walking; using hands to finger, handle objects, tools, or controls; reaching with hands and arms; balancing; stooping; bending or crouching; and talking or hearing. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Some lifting of files and opening cabinets.
• Bending or standing as necessary.
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
• Occasional travel as needed.

Equal Opportunity

This role is an equal opportunity position. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Preference may be extended to an enrolled member of a federally-recognized Indian Tribe.*

*“Indian Tribe” means an Indian Tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 668; 43 U.S.C. 1601) which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.