Corporate Controller | Birmingham AL | Engineering Services Company

Corporate Controller | Birmingham, AL | Engineering Services Company

Our team is working with a leading engineering services & utility contracting company looking to hire a Corporate Controller for their growing team. This role will oversee the day-to-day accounting operations for a project-based business, managing the general ledger, payroll, AR, cash flow forecasting, and monthly close to ensure accurate financial reporting and strong internal controls. Responsibilities include leading job cost and WIP reporting, supporting revenue recognition, managing treasury activities, and partnering with operations to monitor project performance and profitability. The position also prepares financial reporting for executive leadership and private equity stakeholders, supports lender compliance and covenant reporting, and serves as the primary liaison for external audits.

This role is a full-time hybrid (3 days in 2 at home) position that will offer between $140K-160K on a base salary, bonus, & strong benefits. If you are interested in this opportunity, please reach out to Vincenzo Kulturides directly at vkulturides@daleyaa.com   

Responsibilities:

• Review and post AP, AR, payroll, and operations batches in Viewpoint Vista

• Review and execute weekly payroll uploads, maintain payroll-to-GL reconciliation, and own PTO liability tracking and transmittal approvals.

• Build and maintain the rolling 13-week cash flow projection that supports liquidity planning and lender reporting.

• Lead weekly job cost production reporting and partner with Project Management & Operations on production review meetings to drive accountability across crews.

• Own the AR aging cadence, partner with Billing on collections and projected payment dates, and manage new customer setup and ACH authorization.

• Drive the monthly close checklist end-to-end, ensure entries supporting bank reconciliation are recorded on time, and deliver a clean close package to the CFO on schedule.

• Build the monthly WIP report and coordinate change order accounting, lump-sum job setup, and T&E / unit-distribution revenue recognition with project managers and the Accounting Manager.

• Produce the monthly internal financial reporting package and support the VP Finance on PE sponsor reporting, quarterly covenant compliance, and lender deliverables.

• Serve as primary day-to-day contact for our external auditors on PBC items, walkthroughs, and testing; maintain control narratives across the accounting cycles and drive remediation of any deficiencies.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of accounting experience, with at least 2 years in a Controller or Assistant Controller role

• Construction, utility contracting, or other project-based industry experience required — direct exposure to job cost, WIP, progress billing, change order accounting, and revenue recognition on long-cycle projects

• Viewpoint Vista experience preferred; other construction ERPs (Sage 300, JD Edwards, Procore, etc.) considered

• Working knowledge of GAAP, including ASC 606 (revenue recognition) and ASC 842 (leases)

• Comfort running treasury operations in a commercial banking portal

• Hands-on Excel skills — building and maintaining a multi-tab WIP workbook, cash projection, and GL reconciliation files

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

• CPA preferred

• Experience in a PE-backed environment — sponsor reporting, covenant compliance, QoE prep

• Familiarity with equipment finance structures common in fleet-heavy contractors (finance and operating leases)

• Experience leading or supporting a national firm's external audit

• Prior involvement in M&A integration or carve-out accounting