Corporate Controller

Overview

Remote position with travel as needed.

This role involves owning accounting and the financial close across a newly combined, private equity-backed utility infrastructure services platform. The organization provides construction and maintenance services across electric distribution, transmission, substation, and communications infrastructure throughout the Pacific Northwest and Western US.

Reporting to the CFO, this Controller position is a key addition to the finance leadership team. The successful candidate will be hands-on—building and establishing processes while supporting near-term execution for a scaling organization.

Responsibilities

Financial Close and Reporting

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close across combined entities, including the close calendar, task ownership, and timeline.
• Drive the close operationally, working directly with accounting teams to set discipline and timelines, including on-site presence through close.
• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations; maintain a supported balance sheet.
• Prepare accurate, timely financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
• Own intercompany accounting, including monthly reconciliation of intercompany balances.
• Maintain fixed asset and equipment ledgers, including additions, disposals, depreciation, and equipment cost allocation to jobs.
• Deliver a complete and accurate trial balance to FP&A on a fixed monthly schedule.

Job Cost and Work-in-Process (WIP)

• Own work-in-process accounting, including percentage-of-completion revenue recognition under ASC 606, estimated cost to complete, and over- and under-billings.
• Partner with project management and operations to validate job cost, change orders, and cost-to-complete estimates feeding revenue recognition.
• Own retainage, unbilled receivables, and related project balance sheet accounts.
• Monitor project costs against budget and support project-level margin reviews with operations.

Audit and Compliance

• Serve as the primary liaison for external audit, facilitating the organization’s first-year audit and subsequent annual audits.
• Coordinate with external tax advisors on income tax provisions and compliance filings.
• Own sales and use tax determination/filing and maintain business license/registration compliance across the operating footprint.
• Support union, workers’ compensation, benefit plan, and prevailing wage audits.
• Support FP&A on lender compliance reporting, including identifying add-backs and providing supporting detail.

Process, Controls, and Systems

• Establish and document the internal control environment, including segregation of duties, approval thresholds, and cash controls.
• Own accounting process design for A/P, A/R, payroll, and job costing, standardizing workflows across operating entities.
• Own the chart of accounts and drive alignment to a single mapped structure.
• Partner with FP&A and IT on the systems roadmap, representing accounting requirements and supporting ERP optimization or migration.
• Support accounting integration for future acquisitions, including opening balance sheets and purchase accounting.

Team Development

• Build and develop the accounting team, with A/P, A/R, and payroll expected to report into this role over time.
• Define roles, standards, and accountability, developing team capabilities to delegate effectively as the department matures.

Requirements

• CPA preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including time in a Controller or Assistant Controller capacity.
• Direct background in a project- or job-costed business—ideally construction, utility infrastructure, or specialty contracting—including WIP schedules, percentage-of-completion revenue recognition, retainage, and change order accounting.
• Demonstrated experience owning a monthly close end-to-end and delivering GAAP-compliant financial statements.
• Experience across multiple legal entities and multiple accounting systems, including consolidation and intercompany eliminations.
• Comfortable working hands-on (preparing the close directly rather than only reviewing others) while building scalable processes.
• Experience serving as the primary contact for external audits and coordinating tax compliance with outside advisors.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of union payroll, certified payroll, and prevailing wage reporting.
• Private equity-backed or acquisitive environment experience, including purchase accounting and post-close integration.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Experience with construction ERP systems (such as Foundation, Viewpoint, Sage, or Procore).

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary of $160K
• 20% annual target bonus
• Comprehensive benefits package