Assistant Controller

Pay: $100,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Step into a high-impact accounting leadership role with visibility to the Controller and CFO
• Join a well-established electrical construction company with complex projects and a strong reputation in the region
• Play a key role in monthly close, financial reporting, internal controls, job costing, and WIP reporting
• Work in a stable, growth-oriented environment where strong accounting talent is valued
• Gain broad exposure across accounting operations, reporting, banking activity, and process improvement
• Bonus-eligible role with strong benefits and long-term upside

Location: This is an on-site role based in Edison, New Jersey, with required travel between the New Jersey and NYC offices.

Note: Must have strong accounting experience with construction exposure, including job costing and WIP reporting. CPA or CPA-eligible is preferred.

About Us

We are a leading electrical construction and communications infrastructure company delivering complex, high-performance projects across mission-critical, commercial, and large-scale environments. Our team is known for quality, reliability, and long-term client relationships, and we take pride in building careers where people can grow and make an impact. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Support the Controller and CFO with core finance and accounting operations
• Help drive the monthly close process, including review of journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting schedules
• Assist with timely monthly financial statements and reporting in accordance with GAAP
• Own reconciliation of key accounts, document findings, and escalate exceptions as needed
• Help strengthen accounting processes, internal controls, and documentation of work product
• Support internal audit activity and external documentation requests
• Oversee banking activity, including preparation and release of approved payment files
• Monitor and resolve open accounting and operational issues
• Contribute to job costing, WIP reporting, and broader project financial analysis
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting, workpapers, and system visibility
• Partner closely with the accounting team and project operations on financial reporting and issue resolution
• Support special projects assigned by leadership

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Accounting or Finance
• CPA or CPA-eligible preferred
• 5+ years of accounting experience, ideally with construction industry exposure
• Experience with job costing and WIP reporting
• Strong monthly close and account reconciliation experience
• Strong Excel skills, including lookups, index/match, pivot tables, and financial modeling
• ERP experience required; Vista Viewpoint preferred
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and process orientation
• Able to collaborate effectively with accounting leadership and operations teams

Why You Will Love Working Here

• High-visibility role with direct exposure to senior leadership
• Stable company with major projects and long-term client relationships
• Strong opportunity to grow within construction finance and accounting leadership
• Broad, meaningful responsibilities beyond basic transactional accounting
• Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, disability, and additional support resources

JPC-913

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must-haves: **Hiring for very similar accountant role with lesser qualifications** Must have 5+ years  of construction accounting experience, including job costing and WIP reporting experience

• Nice to haves: Preferred CPA or CPA-eligible, Vista/Viewpoint, monthly close leadership, and internal controls experience.

• Additional context: Relocation- [no]. Packages - [no]

• Salary Bands:

  • 5 to 7 years: $100,000 - $108,000

  • 8 to 10 years: $108,000 - $117,000

  • 10+ years: $117,000 - $125,000

Submission Email: Name /  Donna - DonnaLucas@forestelectric.net

Quick Recruiter Reference

 Assistant Controller role for a large electrical construction company in Edison, NJ. Needs someone with accounting leadership ability plus construction exposure, especially job costing and WIP. Best fit is a senior accountant, accounting manager, assistant controller, or construction accountant ready to level up.

Recruiters Submission: To submit, cancel - Assistant Controller  - Forest Electric New Jersey  -  JPC 913 -  Source

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• Client job title:  Assistant Controller 

• Location: Edison, NJ

• On-site, hybrid, remote: On-site

• Experience: 5

• Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates:       Assistant Controller, Senior Accountant, Accounting Manager, Construction Accountant, Project Accountant, Cost Accountant, Job Cost Accountant, Controller, Assistant Controller Construction, WIP Reporting, Job Costing, Monthly Close, Account Reconciliations, GAAP, Internal Controls, Vista, Viewpoint, Construction Finance

•     # of hires needed: 1

• Open or not to recruiters on TE: NO

• Job posting strategy (bottom of package details):  Unsure about this. 5+ yrs Construction Accounting exp, decent edison market near newark but around 500k pop together