The Financial Controller will oversee the financial and back-office systems for Current Construction, with a focus on job costing, payroll, procurement, contracts, and property management. This onsite role is based in San Francisco, CA.
Compensation
Salary: USD 105,000 - 130,000 per year.
Responsibilities
- Plan and refine job costing systems across active construction projects to support accurate cost capture.
- Track labor, subcontractors, materials, equipment, allowances, purchase orders, change orders, and project expenses.
- Provide budget versus actual reporting by project, phase, cost code, and entity.
- Collaborate with project management and field leadership to ensure timely and correct cost capture.
- Support project margin tracking, forecasting, and profitability analysis.
- Identify cost variances early and deliver clear reporting to leadership.
- Ensure project decisions are informed by accurate and current financial information.
- Manage day-to-day bookkeeping across construction and real estate entities.
- Maintain QuickBooks or equivalent accounting systems with accurate categorization, reconciliations, and reporting.
- Administer accounts payable, accounts receivable, deposits, vendor payments, owner billings, and expense tracking.
- Perform bank and credit card reconciliations and maintain clean books across all entities.
- Coordinate with external CPAs and advisors for tax preparation, year-end close, and financial reporting.
- Support a consistent monthly close process and transition payroll functions toward a controlled internal process.
- Manage payroll records, time tracking coordination, payroll reporting, and related compliance documentation.
- Maintain documentation for workers’ compensation, insurance, licensing, vendor compliance, and administrative financial records.
- Organize contracts, invoices, change orders, COIs, lien releases, and payment records.
- Track procurement for construction projects, including materials, fixtures, equipment, and owner-selected products.
- Maintain procurement schedules aligned with project management and field operations; track quotes, POs, approvals, lead times, deposits, invoices, and delivery status.
- Ensure timely ordering and proper coding of materials to the correct project and cost category.
- Maintain vendor records, pricing history, W-9s, COIs, lien releases, and payment documentation; flag procurement risks early.
- Maintain organized contract files for clients, subcontractors, consultants, vendors, and property-related agreements.
- Track key contract terms, including scope, pricing, payment schedules, insurance requirements, lien releases, change orders, renewals, and expirations.
- Support subcontractor agreements, vendor documentation, change order tracking, and payment compliance.
- Ensure proper collection and filing of contracts, invoices, COIs, W-9s, permits, licenses, lien releases, and compliance documents.
- Coordinate with outside legal, insurance, accounting, or compliance advisors as needed.
- Help establish repeatable contract administration processes to reduce risk and improve visibility.
- Provide financial and administrative management for company-owned rental properties, including rent collections, property expenses, and reporting.
- Track tenant files, lease agreements, renewals, vendor files, and property-level financial reporting; coordinate tenant communications as appropriate.
- Support vacancy advertising, screening coordination, lease administration, move-in/move-out documentation, and vendor coordination when needed.
- Coordinate with external property managers, maintenance vendors, CPAs, insurance brokers, and internal leadership.
- Support property improvement and development activities through scheduling, documentation, cost tracking, and follow-up.
- Prepare monthly financial reporting packages and project-level financial reports for leadership and project teams.
- Contribute to cash flow planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis to inform decision-making.
- Assist in evaluating project profitability, overhead, property performance, and overall company performance.
- Create clear reports accessible to non-financial stakeholders to aid understanding and decision-making.
- Support software selection, implementation, and improvement across Accounting, Job costing, Payroll, Procurement tracking, Contract administration, Property management, CRM, and project reporting.
- Improve workflows between field, project management, office, finance, and leadership; establish consistent procedures for approvals, coding, POs, change orders, and monthly close.
- Build dashboards, templates, checklists, and reporting tools to enhance organization and scalability.
Requirements
- 5–10+ years of experience in bookkeeping, accounting, financial operations, construction accounting, or related fields.
- Strong knowledge of job costing, cost codes, AP/AR, reconciliations, budget tracking, and monthly reporting.
- Proficiency with QuickBooks is required.
- Experience with construction-specific accounting, project management, or job costing software is preferred.
- Experience with procurement tracking, purchase orders, vendor documentation, or material ordering is preferred.
- Experience maintaining contracts, subcontracts, vendor files, insurance certificates, lien releases, or compliance documentation is preferred.
- Experience managing financials across multiple entities is strongly preferred.
- Payroll experience is preferred.
- Property management or real estate accounting experience is preferred.
- Strong Excel and Google Sheets skills.
- Bay Area construction, real estate, or property management experience is preferred.
- Bilingual Spanish a plus.
- Education: Bachelor's degree required.
Technologies
- QuickBooks
- Excel
- Google Sheets
Benefits
What success looks like
- Leadership has accurate, timely financial information to guide decisions.
- Job costs are current, reliable, and easy to understand.
- Monthly financials are clean, consistent, and well-presented.
- Payroll and bookkeeping operate under stronger internal control.
- Procurement is tracked before impacting schedules or budgets.
- Contracts, COIs, W-9s, lien releases, and compliance records are organized and accessible.
- Project teams understand budget versus actual performance.
- Property financials and administrative records are organized across entities.
- The organization has infrastructure to take on larger, more sophisticated projects.
Why join us
This role offers a meaningful opportunity to shape the financial and administrative operating framework of a growing construction and real estate company, contributing to its long term success.
How to apply
Please submit your resume along with a brief note describing your experience with construction accounting, job costing, bookkeeping, payroll, procurement tracking, contract administration, multi‑entity financials, and real estate operations.
