Controller - Construction
Shaw -Lundquist Associates
- Saint Paul, MN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead, manage and hold accountable accounting assistants.
- Manage our accounting system attributes and access.
- Develop, implement, and maintain job cost management system, including setting up projects (jobs), estimated job costs, cost codes, contracts, change orders, purchase orders, and, when needed, customizing construction progress reports.
- Review construction contract documents including change orders and lien
- Review and analyze capitalization of costs to ensure compliance with revenue recognition standards and company policies.
- Manage process for proper and timely coding of construction invoices (payment applications)
- Periodically review and analyze project financial status with Project Managers and Project Superintendents.
- Oversee project billings and lien releases for customer
- Oversee disbursements and lien releases for vendor
- Facilitate project reporting needs of operational personnel
- Maintain general ledger and complete month-end close procedures.
- Prepare periodic financial statements for management
- Prepare/gather materials for external auditors (financial, insurance, tax).
- Coordinate/interface with the company’s project management software
- Manage company and project cash flows
- Four‐year business accounting/finance degree and a minimum of 5 years’ construction/job cost accounting
- CPA, MBA, or CCIFP preferred
- Understanding of construction cost accounting principles and revenue recognition
- Advanced skills for MS Excel, Intermediate skills for MS Outlook, and
- Ability to analyze and interpret accounting data and perform quantitative
- Experience structuring and applying Microsoft Excel solutions to accounting and reporting
- Adept in responding to common business inquiries from customers, regulatory agencies, vendors, employees, and management.
- Experience reading and/or interpreting construction contracts, lien releases, and other pertinent construction documents.
- Experience developing and writing accounting policies, processes, and
- Computer Guidance eCMS experience
- Procore experience