Controller - Scottsdale, AZ

The role

The Controller owns accounting for a single operating company. This includes GAAP-compliant financial close, payroll, reporting, annual audit, and financial analysis for project-based operations.

What you will do

• Run a monthly close that delivers GAAP financial statements and the Cobalt reporting package within 7 business days
• Maintain the GL and chart of accounts, reconcile all balance sheet accounts, and explain material variances
• Manage revenue recognition under ASC 606, including percentage-of-completion
• Prepare the monthly WIP schedule and lead WIP reviews with project managers and estimators
• Own margin visibility by job and flag erosion, overruns, and projected losses
• Ensure all billable work goes out promptly and correctly
• Manage retainage, unbilled revenue, and AR aging
• Maintain a rolling 13-week cash forecast
• Lead the annual budget and monthly forecast of revenue, gross margin, and EBITDA
• Maintain controls over inventory transfers, job returns, and obsolete material

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of technical accounting experience in public accounting, audit/assurance, or complex operational accounting, including inventory and job costing
• Strong command of GAAP, including project revenue recognition (ASC 606), percentage-of-completion, and work-in-process accounting
• Experience building budgets and forecasts and reporting EBITDA to ownership, lenders, or a parent company
• Experience with construction or mid-market ERPs and payroll platforms
• Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, pivots, and building models from messy data
• A track record of bringing structure to ambiguity and communicating clearly with non-finance operators

Nice to have

• CPA
• Experience at a mid-sized construction or project-based company
• PE-backed or multi-entity experience
• People management experience

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Performance-based bonus
• Full health benefits
• 401(k) with match
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Life and disability coverage
• Professional development support

About the company

Cobalt Service Partners (CSP) is building a commercial access and security integration platform. They grow by acquiring businesses that install, maintain, and repair commercial gates, doors, loading docks, and integrated security systems.