Controller Job at The Quest Organization, Essex County, NJ

  • The Quest Organization
  • Essex County, NJ

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead accounting operations, month-end close, financial reporting, and GAAP-compliant accounting for the company’s Construction and Service divisions.
  • Manage construction accounting, including percentage-of-completion, WIP reporting, job costing, cost-to-complete forecasting, AIA billing, change orders, retainage, and project profitability.
  • Oversee Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, purchasing controls, inventory accounting, payroll, and collections.
  • Prepare and manage 13-week cash-flow forecasts, daily cash reporting, banking activity, debt, and working-capital management.
  • Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and departmental reporting.
  • Establish and enforce strong internal controls, accounting policies, compliance procedures, and fraud-prevention measures.
  • Supervise, develop, and hold the accounting team accountable while partnering closely with Project Management, Estimating, Purchasing, Warehouse, Service Operations, HR, and executive leadership.
  • Oversee financial systems, including Sage 300 CRE, ServiceTrade, Procore, Paylocity, Microsoft 365, and Excel, and improve system integration and reporting accuracy.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
  • 7–10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3–5+ years as a Controller, Assistant Controller, or senior construction-accounting leader.
  • Strong construction accounting experience, including percentage-of-completion, WIP, job costing, AIA billing, retainage, change orders, and cost-to-complete forecasting.
  • Strong knowledge of AR, AP, purchasing, inventory, payroll, cash management, budgeting, and financial reporting.
  • Advanced Excel and financial-reporting skills.
  • Proven experience leading, supervising, and developing accounting teams.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills with the ability to enforce controls and drive accountability.
  • Sage 300 CRE experience is mandatory; ServiceTrade, Procore, and Paylocity experience preferred.
  • CPA or CMA preferred.
  • Experience in fire protection, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, specialty contracting, or commercial construction preferred.

Job Tags

Full time

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