Assistant Corporate Controller

Is technology your passion? Do you want to work with smart, forward-thinking individuals? Do you want to grow in a career you love?

At Align, our professionals are the key to our success. We don’t just hire talent, we invest in exceptional people who are forward-thinking, results-driven, and passionate about what they do. We’re a group of tech-savvy professionals who are motivated by making an impact. Our culture is one of unbounded opportunity that celebrates the passions, skills and ideas of our team—work hard, play hard, be smart!

We believe great communities lead to great companies. That’s why we offer a dynamic workplace where you feel inspired, engaged and innovative. We offer professionals opportunities to train in the leading technologies, make an impact within the industry and acquire valuable new skills whether on client sites or in one of our regional offices.

The Assistant Corporate Controller will play a critical leadership role within the Finance organization, supporting the Corporate Controller in managing the accounting operations, financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance functions of a rapidly growing construction company specializing in hyperscale data center white space fit-out projects.

This position will oversee the monthly close process, financial statement preparation, consolidation of project financial results, revenue recognition, audit support, treasury coordination, and corporate accounting functions. The Assistant Corporate Controller will serve as a key business partner to Finance, Operations, Project Management, Procurement, and Executive Leadership to ensure the company's financial reporting is accurate, timely, compliant, and scalable.

The ideal candidate brings a combination of strong corporate accounting expertise and some project accounting experience with multi-state project operations.

• This is a full-time salaried role offering $145,000-$160,000 (commensurate with experience) full benefits, paid travel, and advanced training.
• This is hybrid role working out of our Woodbridge, NJ office 2 days per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in leading the weekly reporting, monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
• Prepare and review consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of balance sheet reconciliations and general ledger activity.
• Manage revenue recognition and construction contract accounting.
• Oversee month-end accruals, allocations, and journal entries.
• Support board reporting, lender reporting, and executive financial packages.
• Maintain accounting policies, procedures, and documentation.

Construction Accounting Oversight

• Review project accounting activities including:
  • Job costing
  • WIP schedules
  • Cost-to-complete estimates
  • Percentage-of-completion calculations
  • Change order accounting
  • Retainage tracking
• Partner with Operations and Project Management to validate project financial performance.
• Analyze project profitability, margin trends, and cost variances.
• Ensure consistency of project accounting practices across the organization.
• Monitor project revenue recognition and billing compliance.

Internal Controls & Compliance

• Assist in designing and maintaining internal control frameworks.
• Develop financial and operational process improvements.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax regulations, and company policies.
• Coordinate annual financial audits and tax engagements.
• Support insurance audits, labor audits, and bonding requirements.
• Maintain documentation supporting lender, banking, and compliance requests.

Cash Management & Treasury Support

• Assist with cash forecasting and liquidity management.
• Monitor working capital and project cash flow trends.
• Support banking relationships and treasury functions.
• Coordinate construction draw schedules and lender reporting requirements.
• Oversee payment approvals and cash disbursement controls.
• Assist in managing and mentoring accounting staff.
• Support professional development and succession planning within the Finance team.
• Establish department performance standards and best practices.
• Foster a culture of accountability, accuracy, and continuous improvement.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Drive automation and efficiency initiatives within accounting and finance processes.
• Optimize utilization of ERP and project management platforms.
• Participate in system implementations, upgrades, and integrations.
• Improve workflows between accounting, procurement, payroll, and project operations.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience.
• Strong knowledge of:
  • U.S. GAAP
  • General Ledger
  • Month/Quarter/Year end close
  • Percentage-of-completion accounting
  • Accruals
  • Revenue recognition
  • Job costing
  • Financial statement preparation
  • Budgeting and Forecasting
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with ERP systems such as Sage Intacct, Sage Construction, Vista, or similar.

Preferred

• Public accounting experience.
• Project Accounting experience.
• Experience supporting multi-state construction operations.
• Working knowledge of multi-state sales and use tax requirements.
• Experience with Procore or comparable construction management software.
• Familiarity with project controls, construction lending, and bonding requirements.
• Experience working in rapidly growing organizations.

To support a fair, consistent, and high-quality hiring experience, some interviews may be recorded. These recordings help our team focus fully on the conversation at hand, rather than note-taking, and allow us to better evaluate and improve our recruitment process. Recordings are used solely for internal purposes such as training, quality assurance, and process improvement. Candidates will be informed in advance and asked to provide consent before any recording takes place.

Benefits and Perks:

At Align, we believe that supporting our employees both personally and professionally is key to our success. We offer a competitive benefits package designed to promote health, wellness, financial security, and work-life balance, including:

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
  • 401(k) plan with a dollar-for-dollar company match at 3% up to an annual maximum of $5k.
• Complimentary ClassPass membership to support your health and wellness goals
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Company-paid holidays
• Cellphone Reimbursement Program
• Floating Holiday to celebrate a day that is meaningful to you
• Pre-tax commuter benefits, where applicable
• Employee wellness programs, events, and team-building activities
• Employee referral program

Align is a premier global provider of technology infrastructure solutions.

Align specializes in designing and deploying technology infrastructure solutions from the data center to the desktop as well as providing managed IT services for clients.

Our professional services team, which includes Data Center Solutions , provide strategic consulting, design, project management, engineering, implementation and support. Our best-in-class Managed Services team provides IT services and cybersecurity advisory for clients within the Alternative Investment industry. Align is a Microsoft Tier 1 Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) and Gold Partner.

Our client centric approach and passion for driving IT innovation has enabled us to provide tailored solutions and business transformations for over three decades. Leading firms have relied on Align to provide forward-thinking technology strategies that support their current and future business needs.

Our teams have flawless track records of delivering technical solutions and have established long-standing relationships with an impressive client list of both Global 1000 and SMB clients. We work across a diverse list of industries including financial services, life sciences (pharmaceutical and health care), retail, technology, media and telecommunications.