Controller - Accounting Services

Job Description

Job Description

Controller - Accounting ServicesWe're building an accounting services group for a plumbing, HVAC, electrical, drain, and septic contractor. We're hiring our first Controller.What you'd ownThe monthly close, start to finish - a documented checklist in software we build in-houseReconciling the general ledger to the ServiceTitan subledger every month, down to an explained varianceBalance-sheet integrity across multiple entities and business units (trades) - no unreconciled accounts, no plugsCorrecting prior-period errors properly: documented entries, root cause, controls so it doesn't recurLoan principal/interest splitting, fixed assets, depreciationThe monthly reporting package, including a written explanation of what moved and whyReviewing our bookkeeper's work - you're the review layer, not the data-entry layerWriting it all down well enough that someone else could run itWhat we're looking forYou've owned a monthly close by yourself. Not assisted with one - owned it.You've cleaned up books someone else broke, and you can walk us through how you found the problemYou've had a subledger and a GL disagree by a number that mattered, and you tracked it downYou document as you go, because you've been on the other side of someone who didn'tYou're comfortable in software - you pull your own reports, learn new systems without a training department, and would rather report a bug than build a workaroundYou can sit across from a business owner and tell him something he doesn't want to hear, pleasantlyMulti-entity experienceServiceTitan or similar field-service software is a real plusTrades, construction or home services background is a real plusCPA is welcome and not requiredWhat we're not looking forBig-ERP specialists. Different job, different instincts.Anyone comfortable posting a plug and truing it up later.Benefits$90,000–$120,000 base, depending on experienceTarget annual bonus, tied to a written scorecard - not opinionHealth benefits, PTOPossible equity conversation for the right person.Direct access to the founders. No layers.ScheduleMonday to Friday8:00 AM to 5:00 PMWhy this is worth a conversationMost controller jobs are one company, forever, and the ceiling is visible on day one. This is a company we're building. Near term you clean up and run the books of a real business heading toward a real transaction - where clean books aren't housekeeping, they're the whole valuation. Longer term, the process you build is how we onboard everyone after this, and you lead that team.If you want to be the finance function rather than a part of one, this is that job.Apply with a résumé. No cover letter needed - but if you want to stand out, tell us in three sentences about the worst set of books you ever inherited and what you did about it.