Corporate Controller

About The Job:

Lead the accounting function across 4CE Engineering Group and its operating companies, including ELEMENT Engineering, MDG, Benchmark, and future acquisitions. Own day-to-day accounting operations, consolidated financial reporting, financial controls, and consistent accounting policies across the platform. Report to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and serve as the CFO’s primary partner for accounting execution, audit readiness, and integration of acquired businesses.

Why Choose Us?

Its More Than Engineering. It’s a Place to Grow.

Our comprehensive services include transportation engineering, surveying, subsurface utility engineering (SUE), and utility coordination. We also provide expertise in transportation design, traffic engineering and operations, stormwater systems, civil and site design, structural design, survey and mapping, and aviation engineering.

• Make a Lasting Impact : Help create safer, stronger, and more connected communities.
• Join a Collaborative Culture : Work alongside a supportive team that values innovation, teamwork, and your unique perspective.
• Advance Your Career : Gain hands on experience, mentorship from industry experts, and opportunities for professional development.
• Do Meaningful Work : Contribute to projects that improve infrastructure and enhance the quality of life in the communities we serve.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and work-life balance:

• 100% company paid medical plan option, plus dental and vision coverage
• Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with employer contributions
• Generous paid time off, company holidays, plus a floating holiday
• Flexible spending account (FSA) and health saving account (HSA) options
• Employee engagement events, team building activities, and company celebrations

Essential Responsibilities:

• Financial Reporting & Close: Direct monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting closes across all 4CE entities; ensure timely, accurate U.S. GAAP financial statements, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting schedules; prepare consolidated financial reporting and supporting information for CFO-led board and lender reporting.
• Multi-Entity Consolidation: Own the consolidation process across 4CE and its operating companies, including intercompany transactions, reconciliations, eliminations, consistent accounting policies, chart-of-accounts governance, and consolidated financial reporting.
• AEC Project Accounting: Oversee project-level financial accounting, labor and subconsultant costs, work in progress (WIP), unbilled receivables, write-offs, and project profitability reporting.
• Revenue Recognition & Contracts: Apply ASC 606 to project-based professional services contracts, including time-and-materials, lump-sum, and cost-plus arrangements, and review related estimates and accruals.
• Accounting Systems & Integration: Own accounting workflows and data integrity across the platform’s ERP environments, including Deltek Ajera and Deltek Vantagepoint; lead standardization, automation, data conversion, and accounting workstreams for acquisitions and future ERP enhancements or migration.
• Internal Controls & Audit: Design, document, and maintain appropriate internal controls, including approval authority, reconciliations, and segregation of duties; coordinate external audits and ensure U.S. GAAP compliance.
• Cash & Working Capital: Oversee platform-wide cash accounting, bank reconciliations, accounts receivable and payable, collections coordination, and working capital reporting; support CFO-led liquidity planning and cash forecasting.
• Payroll Accounting: Coordinate with HR and payroll providers across operating companies to ensure accurate payroll entries, labor allocations, benefit accruals, and payroll-related reconciliations.
• Acquisition Integration & Value Creation: Lead post-acquisition accounting integration, including opening balance sheets, chart-of-accounts mapping, accounting policy alignment, intercompany setup, reporting conversion, and controls; support CFO-led due diligence, margin analysis, and cost initiatives.
• Tax Compliance: Coordinate platform-wide tax information and compliance with external tax advisors and operating company personnel to support timely and accurate federal, state, and local filings.
• Government Contract Accounting: Support compliant indirect cost allocations and overhead reporting, including FAR Part 31 requirements where applicable to public-sector contracts.
• Platform Governance: Establish and enforce common accounting policies, reporting calendars, approval controls, and consistent entity-level reporting across all operating companies while maintaining appropriate legal-entity records.

Competencies:

• Budgeting and Forecasting: Support CFO-led budgeting and forecasting by providing accurate historical results, project accounting inputs, accruals, and variance explanations.
• Analyzing Data or Information: Evaluates financial and operational data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Integrity and Ethical Judgement: Maintains confidentiality, demonstrates professionalism, and upholds ethical financial practices.
• Organizational and Project Management: Effectively prioritizes tasks, manages deadlines, and oversees multiple projects simultaneously.
• Regulatory Compliance: Clearly communicates financial information and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders.

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the accounting organization across 4CE and its operating companies, including corporate and OpCo accounting personnel; define reporting relationships, accountability, review standards, staffing needs, and scalable procedures.
• Partner with the CFO and OpCo leaders by providing accurate consolidated and entity-level accounting information, explaining results, and supporting operational improvement; support CFO-led budgeting and forecasting rather than owning strategic FP&A.
• Build effective relationships with OpCo leadership, project managers, HR/payroll, and accounting teams; establish consistent accounting practices and coordinate cross-company execution.
• Establish and monitor platform-wide close, reconciliation, audit-readiness, consolidation, integration, and process-improvement objectives with the CFO.
• Evaluates financial and operational data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Maintains confidentiality, demonstrates professionalism, and upholds ethical financial practices.
• Effectively prioritizes tasks, manages deadlines, and oversees multiple projects simultaneously.
• Clearly communicates financial information and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders.

Required Education and Experience:

• 8–10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 3 years of accounting management or Controller-level responsibility.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, month-end close, financial statement preparation, advanced Excel, and ERP systems; demonstrated experience with multi-entity accounting, intercompany reconciliations, or consolidations.
• Demonstrated experience with project-based accounting, revenue recognition, and supervision of accounting personnel.

Preferred Education and Training:

• Experience in a private equity-backed or high-growth operating company.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification preferred.
• Experience with Deltek Ajera, Deltek Vantagepoint, or comparable project-based ERP systems preferred.
• Experience in architecture, engineering, construction consulting, or another project-based professional services environment preferred.
• Experience with acquisition accounting integration, private equity-backed businesses, and government-contract indirect cost accounting preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

• High resilience, roll-up-your-sleeves execution style, and comfort operating with lean teams under strict PE timelines.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local financial regulations and reporting requirements.
• Ability to develop, implement, and maintain effective internal controls and financial processes.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience preparing and analyzing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
• Deep focus on detailed, day-to-day, operations of all accounting functions.
• Experience with financial system implementations, upgrades, or process automation.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including financial modeling, pivot tables, and data analysis.
• Experience with data warehouse concepts and business intelligence reporting tools, including Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, to support financial data integration, reporting, dashboards, and analytics.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English proficiently.

Other Duties:

• Assist with special projects, financial analyses, and process improvement initiatives as needed.
• Participate in professional development activities to maintain current knowledge of accounting standards, regulations, and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with departments across the organization to support business operations and achieve organizational goals.

4CE is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.