Controller - Electrical Contractor, Small Shop
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Austin, TX, USA
RemoteRemote, with occasional on-site visits in Austin, TX.
AccountingFinancial Accounting, Cost & Management Accounting
About the job
Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent experience.
- Five to seven years of accounting experience, including at least three years in construction or job cost accounting.
- Working knowledge of work-in-progress schedules, percentage-of-completion accounting, retainage, and progress billing.
- Experience running payroll and accounts payable/accounts receivable.
- Proficiency in Excel and construction accounting software.
- Ability to work independently and handle multiple responsibilities.
- Preferred: CPA or CCIFP certification, or progress toward either.
- Preferred: Electrical or specialty trade contractor experience.
- Preferred: Experience with QuickBooks Online.
- Preferred: Experience with prevailing wage and certified payroll.
- Preferred: Experience preparing financial statements for sureties and banks.
- Ability to handle confidential information discreetly.
- Ability to build simple, scalable processes as the company grows.
Responsibilities
- Set up jobs, cost codes, and budgets; track actual versus estimated labor hours and material costs.
- Prepare monthly work-in-progress schedules with costs to complete, over- or under-billings, and projected gross profit.
- Meet monthly with project managers and the owner to review job status, change orders, and margins.
- Flag cost overruns and underbilling early.
- Prepare progress billings, pay applications using AIA G702/G703 as needed, and time-and-material and service invoices.
- Track retainage, change orders, and stored-materials billing.
- Follow up on past-due accounts and manage lien notices and releases.
- Process vendor, supplier, and subcontractor invoices, coded to the correct job.
- Collect lien waivers, W-9 forms, and insurance certificates.
- Run weekly or biweekly payroll, including certified payroll on prevailing-wage jobs.
- Handle union fringe reporting and remittances, if applicable.
- Allocate labor burden and workers’ compensation costs to jobs.
- Complete the monthly close, including reconciliations, accruals, and journal entries.
- Prepare monthly financial statements and job cost reports.
- Maintain compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and ASC 606 for long-term contracts.
- Work with the outside CPA on year-end activities, reviews or audits, and tax filings.
- Prepare financial and work-in-progress packages for the bank and surety.
- Monitor loan covenants and bonding requirements.
- Maintain a rolling cash-flow forecast tied to billing and payment timing.
- Manage line-of-credit draws, vehicle and equipment financing, and supplier account terms.
- Maintain practical internal controls over purchasing, disbursements, and payroll.
- Handle sales and use tax, insurance audits, and licensing-related filings.
- Manage the accounting software and recommend improvements as the company grows.
- Support budgeting and pricing decisions with overhead and burden-rate analysis.
- Provide financial guidance to the owner on pricing work, managing cash, and company growth.
Desired Qualifications
- Electrical or specialty trade contractor experience.
- Experience with QuickBooks Online.
- Experience with prevailing wage and certified payroll.
- Experience preparing financial statements for sureties and banks.
About the company
GMEA Services is an electrical contracting company based in Austin, Texas, working with commercial and industrial customers. It installs, maintains and repairs electrical systems for construction projects and existing buildings, coordinating work with owners, general contractors and other trades. The company's services cover electrical work associated with robotics, conveyor and baggage systems, as well as water and wastewater treatment facilities. Its project teams combine layout planning, installation and ongoing service, with work organized around each project's drawings, safety requirements and construction schedule. The company also supports renovations and equipment installations across customer sites.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Austin, TX
Founded
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What believers are saying
- Graduate entry includes paid learning: traveling project managers receive training and mentorship without prior construction experience.
- Pay frequency is explicit: the apprentice vacancy lists weekly pay.
- Retirement support is listed: the Houston superintendent opening includes a 401(k) with company match.
What critics are saying
- Travel demands: The graduate vacancy requires frequent nationwide travel and availability for assignments lasting weeks to months.
- Hours are long: the electrical apprentice opening lists working weeks of at least 60 hours.
- Flexible hours are preferred: the recruiting vacancy seeks availability that accommodates field schedules.
What makes GMEA Services unique
- Planning uses prefabrication and modeling: water-treatment projects incorporate detailed two- or three-dimensional layout drawings.
- Customer continuity: GMEA offers round-the-clock emergency service and ongoing maintenance for water and wastewater facilities.
- Field hierarchy: Houston's electrical superintendent reports to the Operations Manager while directing crews and subcontractors.
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