Controller

📍 East Bay
🏢 100% Onsite
💰 $180,000 Base + Discretionary Bonus

Established and growing commercial construction and project services organization with a strong reputation and decades of industry presence across the West Coast. The company specializes in commercial construction, tenant improvements, remodels, maintenance services, and custom fixture/millwork solutions supporting a diverse portfolio of clients across retail, hospitality, healthcare, financial services, and corporate environments.

The organization is known for its relationship-driven culture, operational excellence, and hands-on leadership approach. This opportunity offers strong executive visibility, long-term stability, and the ability to make a meaningful impact within a collaborative and growing environment.

The Controller will serve as a key accounting and finance leader within the organization, overseeing day-to-day accounting operations in a fast-paced, project-driven construction environment. This individual will manage the accounting team, maintain accurate financial reporting, strengthen internal controls, and drive process improvement initiatives across multiple entities and active construction projects.

This role requires a hands-on accounting leader who can operate both strategically and tactically while partnering closely with executive leadership and operational teams.

• Oversee all accounting operations including AP, AR, Payroll, GL, and month-end close
• Manage and monitor WIP schedules across approximately 50 active projects/jobs
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial reporting processes
• Maintain oversight of income tax, sales tax, bank reconciliations, and compliance-related reporting
• Partner with external CPA firm on year-end financials and audit support
• Oversee accounting for multiple entities/subsidiaries with separate P&Ls
• Improve accounting workflows, automate manual processes, and strengthen internal controls
• Clean up backlogged accounting activity and establish scalable accounting procedures
• Support operational leadership with project financial oversight and reporting
• Mentor, develop, and manage accounting staff within a collaborative environment
• Ensure accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of financial data and reporting
  
  

• Controller experience within a General Contractor or construction environment required
• Strong WIP and project accounting experience required
• Experience overseeing AP, Payroll, and AR teams
• Strong understanding of construction accounting and internal controls
• Experience managing multi-entity or subsidiary accounting environments preferred
• Ability to operate in both strategic and hands-on capacities
• Experience improving and automating accounting processes
• Sage 100 experience preferred
• CPA or CPA-track highly preferred
  
  

• Base salary of approximately $180,000 plus discretionary bonus
• 100% onsite opportunity located in the East Bay
• High-visibility leadership role with direct impact across accounting and operations
• Stable and growing organization with long-term career potential
  

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

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Company Profile:

Founded by industry leaders to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing, we deliver coordinated staffing solutions with unparalleled service, a commitment to project completion and success and a passion for innovation, creativity and continuous improvement.

Our niche brands offer a complete suite of staffing services to emerging growth companies and the Fortune 500 across market sectors, career specialties/disciplines and industries. Over time, office locations, specialty practice areas and service offerings will be added to address ever changing constituent needs.

Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com.

Benefits Information:

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.

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