Controller

Controller Position in Mesa, Arizona

Looking to join a growing company? Are you a hands-on manager comfortable working in a fast-paced growth environment? If so…read on…

Based in the greater Phoenix area, and due to continued growth, our client seeks a Controller who will handle all cycles of accounting for their award-winning design firm.

Reporting to the company’s partners, this financial Controller will be required to work on location in their beautiful Mesa office. We seek a collaborative team player with strong intellectual skills and a great attention to detail. This individual will be professional, extremely organized, and a dependable member to their growing team. Due to the nature of our client’s business, we seek candidates coming from construction or design industry.

As the Controller you will:

• Manage implementation of new accounting processes and make suggestions regarding process improvements and implementation of new systems
• Oversee 2 people in the department
• Coordinate operational and project budgets, weekly forecasts and analyze variances against budget and prior month’s forecast
• Analyze current accounting system and determination of how to proceed to accomplish goals
• Profit margin analysis for overall company on regular basis and for jobs at closing
• Reconcile job cost and general ledger accounts
• Ongoing maintenance of the Work-In-Process (“WIP”) schedule and resolving job billings
• Prepare monthly financial statements
• Forecast cost analysis
• Develop expense budgets
• Reconcile balance sheet and income accounts
• Assist in preparation of income tax returns
• Communicate ways to cut costs and reduce overages
• Monitor cash flow of the construction entities
• Prepare weekly cash flow forecasts

What you will bring:

• Bachelor’s of Accounting
• CPA and/or Master’s preferred
• 5 years accounting experience in residential construction, design, building
• Comfort working with various technologies
• A strong understanding debits and credits, budgeting and profit margin analysis
• Exceptional Leadership skills
• Self-directed
• High degree of Integrity
• Solid understanding of Management Accounting
• Nonsmoker

What you get in return:

• Salary (varies DOE)
• Health Insurance
• 2 weeks paid vacation
• 5 sick days
• Paid major holidays
• Short- and Long-Term Disability

Our award-winning client takes extreme pride in and is passionate about what they do every single day. They are experts in evidence-based design, creating comfortable, functional, and innovative environments for the aging.