financial controller.

This is a hands-on leadership role for a finance professional who can seamlessly shift between reviewing complex reconciliations, analyzing job-cost or route-level variances, coaching staff, and presenting clear financial insights to executive leadership. You will play a vital role in connecting financial data with field operations to drive discipline, strengthen internal controls, and support scalable, profitable growth across all service lines. Reporting directly to the CFO, you will own the integrity of consolidated, branch-level, divisional, and job-level financial reporting, drive operational accounting efficiency, and mentor a high-performing accounting team.

Responsibilities:
-Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close, ensuring accurate, complete, and GAAP-compliant financial statements on a consistent schedule.
-Oversee general ledger accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, accruals, intercompany activity, and payroll accounting.
-Establish robust standards for account reconciliations, journal entries, supporting documentation, and balance sheet integrity.
-Deliver consolidated and divisional reporting packages for the CFO, executive leadership, board members, lenders, and key financial partners
-Partner with branch managers, division leaders, and project managers to improve margin visibility across labor, materials, equipment, subcontractors, and overhead.
-Lead monthly financial reviews linking operational performance (crew productivity, utilization, production schedules, change orders) to financial outcomes.
-Oversee job-cost accounting, work-in-progress (WIP) reporting, percentage-of-completion revenue recognition, backlog tracking, and over/underbillings for installation and hardscape projects.
-Partner with the CFO to maintain reliable cash-flow forecasts and monitor near-term cash requirements.
-Manage receivables, collections, payables, retainage, and billing issue resolutions. Design, document, and enforce practical internal controls, approval thresholds, standard operating procedures, and segregation of duties.
Lead external audit preparations and oversee tracking of Notices to Owner, lien waivers, and releases.
-Coordinate tax filings with external advisers and support lender reporting/covenant monitoring.
-Drive process automation and system integrations between estimating, operations, timekeeping, payroll, purchasing, billing, and accounting systems.
-Standardize the chart of accounts, branch/division codes, and cost categories to ensure consistent operational reporting.
-Lead, coach, and develop accounting staff, fostering a culture of accuracy, accountability, and continuous improvement.
-Establish route and contract profitability reporting for recurring landscape maintenance and environmental accounts, tracking customer margin trends and price adjustments.
-Maintain inventory, purchasing, fleet, and equipment cost controls in coordination with operational leadership

Working hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Skills:
-Active CPA designation.
-Direct experience in a multi-branch landscaping, construction, or specialty contracting business supporting both project-based construction and recurring service models.
-Background in construction accounting practices (retainage, equipment costing, inventory management, WIP schedules).
-Hands-on experience implementing or upgrading an ERP, field-service platform, or financial reporting system.
-Prior experience operating in a private equity-backed environment or managing lender/board reporting.
-Public accounting background combined with operational accounting leadership

Education:
Bachelors

Experience:
4-7 years

Qualifications

Spherion has helped thousands of people just like you find work happiness! Our experienced staff will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temp-to-perm or direct hire opportunities, no one works harder for you than Spherion.

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At Spherion, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact Callcenter@spherion.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Spherion offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).