- A leading Southeast-based infrastructure and construction organization celebrating over 100 years of success, supporting transportation projects across multiple states
- A collaborative Payroll, HR, and Finance team responsible for supporting 500+ employees across three operating companies
- A performance-driven culture that values safety, accountability, quality, innovation, and continuous improvement
- Leadership committed to developing employees, improving processes, and investing in long-term organizational growth
- A stable organization experiencing continued expansion across the Southeast with a strong reputation in the construction industry
WHAT THEY OFFER YOU:
- Opportunity to own the financial and operational back-office function while playing a key role in the firm's transition to Deltek Ajera (consulting firm doing the heavy lifting!)
- High-visibility position working directly with company leadership while partnering across accounting, project management, and operations
- Ability to build and improve project accounting processes, including job costing, WIP tracking, project setup, billing, and financial reporting
- Significant autonomy to establish financial controls, SOPs, workflows, and best practices across the organization
- Opportunity to become the organization's Deltek Ajera subject matter expert, leading implementation, system optimization, and user training
- Stable, long-term opportunity with an organization that values operational efficiency, employee development, and continued growth
WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT:
- Serves as the financial and operational owner of the firm's back-office functions, overseeing accounting, project accounting, billing, AP, AR, payroll, and financial reporting
- Plays a critical role in the implementation and optimization of Deltek Ajera, including project setup, rate tables, billing terms, workflows, reporting, and user training
- Provides leadership with visibility into project profitability, WIP, labor utilization, job costing, cash flow, and overall financial performance
- Oversees the complete month-end and year-end close process, including reconciliations, journal entries, financial statements, and cash flow reporting
- Partners closely with project managers to ensure accurate time and expense reporting, project budgets, job costing, and timely progress billing
- Establishes and maintains strong financial controls and accounting processes while identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and reporting
- Serves as a key connection between finance, project management, and operations, ensuring financial information supports better business decisions
- Helps build the infrastructure necessary to support the firm's continued growth and operational scalability
THE BACKGROUND THAT FITS:
- 5+ years of progressive full-charge accounting or Controller-level experience, preferably within architecture, engineering, construction, or professional services
- Hands-on experience with project-based accounting, job costing, WIP management, project billing, and project profitability analysis
- Direct experience with Deltek Ajera strongly preferred, particularly implementation, system setup, administration, optimization, or power-user experience
- Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, month-end/year-end close, reconciliations, financial reporting, and cash flow management
- Experience managing or overseeing full-cycle AP and AR, including client invoicing, collections, vendor invoices, subcontractor payments, and expense coding
- Working knowledge of AEC industry accounting and revenue recognition, including WIP and project-based revenue considerations
- Experience managing payroll administration, payroll reconciliations, employee benefits, tax withholdings, and statutory compliance
- Strong systems aptitude with the ability to implement, configure, troubleshoot, and optimize ERP/accounting systems
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered
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