The Divisional Controller provides accounting leadership and oversight across subsidiary locations. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, consistent application of accounting policies, strong internal controls, and timely month-end close across multiple business units.
The Divisional Controller acts as the bridge between corporate accounting and the 4-5+ subsidiary offices, partnering closely with office managers, project managers, and the CFO. This role also plays a key role in Sage Intacct implementation, training, and adoption, ensuring all entities follow standardized workflows and reporting processes. This individual needs to have a heavy understanding of Percent of Completion and WIP scheduling/reporting.
This is a hands-on, individual contributor role with no direct reports, focused on oversight, standardization, and cross-entity support rather than people management. This position is critical to supporting a growing $100M+ multi-entity general contractor.
Travel Requirement:
30-40% travel heavy in the first couple of months to the different subsidiary offices.
must be located in the South east (ATL, NC, FL)
Key Responsibilities
Oversee accounting accuracy across Divisional offices, including billing, AP intake, job cost coding, and revenue recognition inputs.
Verify completeness and accuracy of local close packages before submission to corporate accounting.
Ensure all Divisional offices meet deadlines to support a Day-7 corporate close.
Validate journal entries, accruals, AP postings, billings, and job cost adjustments before uploading.
Provide financial variance explanations to the CFO.
Review WIP schedules and ensure accuracy of estimated costs, percent-complete calculations, and revenue recognition.
Act as Divisional champion and super-user for Sage Intacct.
Train and support office managers and field administrators on Intacct processes.
Ensure consistent use of dimensions, approval flows, and project accounting modules.
Assist the CFO with audit requirements and documentation.
Support onboarding for new acquisitions, including COA alignment, process training, and data migration.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration required.
6–10 years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in construction or project-based industries.
Strong understanding of job cost accounting, WIP schedules, and percentage-of-completion revenue recognition.