Controller (Construction & Real Estate Industries)

1 day, 4 hours ago
Full-time
Lead
Finance and Accounting
Vessel Advisors

Vessel Advisors

Vessel Advisors is a CFO services company that empowers business owners to lead with confidence by providing financial visibility, consistency in reporting, and actionable insights. They offer CFO, Controller, and Accounting services, along with fracti...

Diversified Financial Services
1-10
Founded 2016

Description

  • Direct accounting, financial reporting, cash management, budgeting, tax coordination, and internal controls across multiple entities.
  • Review and approve client credit card transactions, vendor invoices, and outside accounting firm deliverables.
  • Oversee monthly close packages, work papers, consolidated reporting, audits, and tax workflows.
  • Lead Sage Intacct setup modifications, optimization, and custom financial and operational reporting.
  • Manage job costs, development capitalization, WIP schedules, committed costs, and percentage-of-completion revenue recognition.
  • Oversee progress billings, subcontractor pay applications, retainage, change orders, lender draws, loan requisitions, reconciliations, and capital calls.
  • Prepare cash-flow projections, liquidity plans, debt covenant monitoring, budgets, forecasts, project pro formas, and sources-and-uses schedules.
  • Supervise internal, client, and third-party staff while deploying AI-enabled workflows to streamline deliverables.
  • Track KPIs and establish controls across fractional client engagements.

Requirements

  • 8–10+ years of progressive accounting leadership experience as a Controller, Director of Accounting, or CAO.
  • Significant experience with commercial or industrial real estate development, construction, project capitalization, land acquisition, and vertically integrated entities.
  • Mastery of GAAP, multi-entity consolidations, job-cost accounting, debt/equity waterfall allocations, and joint venture structures.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required; CPA, CCIFP, or master’s degree strongly preferred.
  • Deep Sage Intacct expertise, including system setup, modifications, and customized reporting.
  • Hands-on experience with Claude Artifacts, custom GPTs, tailored AI projects, prompt skills, and automated workflows.
  • Ability to orchestrate multiple AI agents and reduce manual work through AI-enabled processes.
  • Strong Excel and Google Workspace skills; experience with MRI, Nexus AP, ADP, Procore, Yardi, QBO, BILL, or Textura preferred.
  • Highly organized, proactive, detail-oriented, and able to manage deadlines across fractional engagements.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for frequent remote client collaboration.

Benefits

  • Starting compensation of $95,000+ annually, depending on experience.
  • Fully remote, USA-only work arrangement with standard local-time-zone hours.
  • 120 hours of PTO annually, plus sick time.
  • Health stipend.
  • 10 company-paid holidays.
  • Performance bonus.
  • Infrequent travel, generally no more than once monthly, plus a required annual team retreat.

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