Controller -- Construction & Transportation

Vessel Advisors • Lynwood, CA

1d • $155,000 - $165,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Vessel Advisors is a national financial-leadership firm that helps growing companies build and strengthen their finance and accounting teams — from fractional CFO and controller support to permanent executive search. We have been exclusively retained by our client to help build their leadership team and are managing this search on their behalf. Our client's identity is kept confidential at this stage and is shared with candidates as the process advances. Our client is an established, owner-led group of companies in the construction and transportation sector, based in southeast Los Angeles County. They have grown quickly and are building the financial leadership to match. This is not a maintain-the-books seat — it is a build-it seat. Reporting directly to ownership, you will own the entire accounting function and stand up the systems, controls, and reporting a multi-entity, project-based business needs to scale. A core mandate is bringing discipline to billing and collections across government and prevailing-wage contracts. If you want ownership, visibility, and a direct line to the people running the company, this is that role.

Requirements

• 7+ years in accounting, including a Controller or senior accounting-leadership role.
• Construction / public-works experience with certified payroll and prevailing wage — the key qualification.
• Multi-entity accounting and consolidation experience.
• A track record of building processes and controls from the ground up.
• Strong GAAP, advanced Excel, and hands-on systems experience.
• Able to work on-site in Lynwood, CA.

Nice To Haves

• CPA not required.
• Experience with QuickBooks and/or ERP systems and AP/AR automation tools.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• All accounting operations across multiple entities — close, GL, AP/AR, cash, reconciliations.
• Billing and collections discipline across commercial, government, and prevailing-wage contracts — the biggest single lever on cash flow.
• Certified payroll and union/non-union billing compliance.
• Internal controls, accounting policies, and SOPs built to GAAP.
• Budgeting, forecasting, and short-term cash-flow planning alongside ownership.
• Accounting systems and AP/AR automation; supervision and development of accounting staff.
• Hands-on ownership of month-end close, GL, AP/AR, cash management, and reconciliations.
• Job costing and government/prevailing-wage billing familiarity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior