Primary Responsibilities

• Close Execution & Financial Reporting: lead monthly financial close from kickoff through finalized, GAAP-compliant financial statements across all COLAS entities; prepare additional financial reports and clearly communicate financial information synthesized for comprehension by financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• WIP Integrity & Construction Revenue Recognition: maintain the WIP schedule as a current operational document, actively monitoring job cost entry and commitment tracking, validating percent-complete estimates with project teams, and incorporating defensible cost-to-complete assumptions.
• General Ledger & Balance Sheet Governance: maintain reconciled balance sheets across all entities in accordance with GAAP and accounting best practices ; govern journal entry preparation and intercompany eliminations with clear supporting calculations.
• Procure-to-Pay & Vendor Governance: govern the full AP cycle, vendor management, and corporate card spending, maintaining audit trail standards across all payment methods and treating the vendor master as a fraud control point.
• Fixed Assets, Leases & Specialized Accounting: maintain audit-ready fixed asset subledger-to-GL reconciliation, administer ASC 842 lease accounting across all equipment and facility leases, ensure adequate burden allocation and internal equipment rate structures, and oversee equity-method accounting positions where applicable.
• Technical Authority & Staff Development: serve as the primary technical resource for direct-report staff and identify and address the root cause of recurring escalation patterns that signal training needs, process gaps, or system interventions.
• Internal Controls & Audit Coordination: maintain audit readiness as a continuous state, proactively coordinating and preparing prepared-by-client documentation and identifying and promptly escalating control deficiencies to the Controller with proposed remediation.
• Team Leadership & Bench Development: evaluate and develop direct-report staff across transactional and technical accounting functions with visible growth pathways, setting role-level expectations and building bench depth against single-point-of-failure risk.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or closely related field required.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive accounting experience in the construction industry environment, preferably general contracting with design-build and CM/GC contract types.
• AP cycle management, including commitment matching and vendor master governance.
• Applied ASC 606 revenue recognition in a construction WIP accounting context.
• Multi-entity monthly close management, including intercompany eliminations and consolidation financial statement preparation, and preferably with equity-method JV/consortium accounting.
• Advanced knowledge of GAAP, financial controls, fraud prevention practices, tax regulations, and construction industry accounting standards.
• Experience managing and developing accounting staff, with demonstrated capacity to provide transactional and technical accounting guidance beyond review of outputs.
• Foundation, Viewpoint, Sage, Acumatica Construction, or comparable construction ERP proficiency.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Construction Cost Intelligence
• Technical Authority & Judgment
• Decision Quality Under Ambiguity
• Analytical Rigor & Investigative Discipline
• Close Design & Scalable Process Thinking
• Execution Reliability & Operational Discipline
• Control Environment Ownership
• Proactive Risk Communication
• Cross-Functional Partnership
• Organizational Influence
• Continuous Improvement Orientation
• Team Development & Succession Readiness

Environment & Physical Activities

ABOUT US

• Health Insurance: 100% employer-paid employee coverage for robust medical, dental, and vision insurance with multiple plan options
• Retirement: 401(k) plan with employer match
• Paid Time Off: generously paid sick, vacation, personal, and holiday days off
• Professional Development: annual allowance for continued education and training
• Additional Perks: Benefit from various additional perks, such as company vehicles for certain roles, travel allowances, and flexible working hours to help balance life and work commitments.