Financial Controller - Heritage Fencing

Overview

This role involves joining a remote site-level finance team as a Financial Controller for a fencing business platform. The position is fully remote, with candidates located along the West Coast preferred.

The employer is a Boston-based private investment organization focused on acquiring and operating lower middle market businesses generating $2–10 million of EBITDA.

Responsibilities

• Payroll oversight: Process payroll across multiple job sites, wage classifications, and union jurisdictions. Manage union reporting, fringe benefit contributions, and labor compliance documentation, including preparing and submitting certified payroll reporting and prevailing wage documentation as required.
• Financial reporting: Lead the month-end close and prepare financial statements for entities on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, ensuring accuracy and compliance with GAAP.
• Job costing: Manage AP and invoicing for projects. Apply best practices for job costing and WIP accounting.
• Financial analysis: Perform in-depth analysis, including variance analysis, trend analysis, and cost analysis, to inform business performance and support strategic decision-making.
• Cash flow management: Manage cash flows across the organization, ensuring optimal liquidity and forecasting future financial needs.
• Budgeting & forecasting: Oversee budgeting, create detailed budgets, track performance, and provide variance reports to leadership.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with financial regulations, including tax filings, government reporting, and financial disclosures.
• Cost management: Identify cost-saving opportunities and present recommendations to senior management.
• Administrative support: Support day-to-day operations and administrative reporting needs for ownership, including insurance, benefits, and other ad-hoc items.

Requirements

• CPA qualification preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant hands-on financial experience, with a focus on construction accounting including WIP and job costing.
• Strong understanding of percent-of-completion (PoC) and field services/project-based accounting.
• Strong understanding of GAAP principles and financial analysis.
• Excellent proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite.
• QuickBooks experience; experience with ERP systems (Sage, Netsuite, and others) is a plus.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and leadership skills.
• Experience in a high-growth environment, ideally in a private equity-backed company.
• Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial role (willing to roll up sleeves, establish new processes/systems, and navigate evolving team structures).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA qualification.
• ERP experience (Sage, Netsuite, and others).

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary $100,000–$160,000 depending on experience, plus bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and retirement plans.

Reporting Structure

• Reporting directly to the site location CEO and the platform leadership.