CORPORATE CONTROLLER
About The Position
Skyline Windows is a fourth-generation, family-owned and operated custom window manufacturer with more than 350 employees. The company designs, manufactures, installs, and services custom windows, window wall systems, and terrace doors for projects across New York City, including landmark and historic properties, new construction, high-end residential, and commercial projects. The Controller leads the day-to-day accounting function and is accountable for the integrity and accuracy of the company's financial records. This hands-on leadership role manages the close, financial reporting, accounting controls, and accounting staff while providing financial and operational analysis to the CFO and management team. The Controller will improve processes, develop the accounting team, use technology and automation, and progressively assume accounting and financial-analysis responsibilities currently performed by the CFO. The role is suited to someone comfortable in a lean accounting organization who brings sound accounting judgment, analytical ability, operational curiosity, and a continuous-improvement mindset.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Approximately 8–12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including meaningful responsibility for a complete monthly close.
- Prior experience supervising and reviewing the work of accounting personnel.
- Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, accruals, reconciliations, internal controls, and financial statement preparation.
- Strong Excel and financial-analysis skills.
- Strong accounting judgment and attention to accuracy; ability to assess whether financial results make sense.
- Ability to work hands-on while managing a lean accounting department.
- Ownership, follow-through, and ability to proactively identify errors, unusual trends, and control weaknesses.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with accounting staff and operational managers.
- Interest in developing people and expanding Finance organizational capabilities.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in construction, manufacturing, or another project/job-cost environment is strongly preferred.
- Experience with WIP, job costing, inventory, and project profitability analysis is strongly preferred.
- Sage 100 or comparable ERP experience is preferred but not required.
- Demonstrated interest in using technology, automation, and AI to improve Finance processes.
- CPA is not required.
Responsibilities
- Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual closes, ensuring financial information is complete, accurate, and timely.
- Review journal entries, accruals and reversals, account reconciliations, payroll accounting, subledgers, and supporting schedules before financial statements are finalized.
- Analyze balance sheet and income statement activity and investigate unusual or unexpected results.
- Maintain accounting controls and appropriate preparer and reviewer processes.
- Supervise, develop, and review accounting personnel, including the Senior Accountant and Accounts Payable function.
- Prepare or review monthly financial statements and supporting management reports.
- Support construction and project accounting, including job costing, WIP, revenue recognition, inventory, and other project-related matters.
- Expand job-level financial analysis, including job profitability, job cash flow, labor hours, subcontractor spending, inventory, and other operational reporting.
- Coordinate annual budgeting and forecasting, including departmental budget consolidation, validation of assumptions and data, budget-to-actual reporting, and analysis of significant variances.
- Prepare and analyze monthly budget-to-actual results and work with department leaders to understand significant variances.
- Oversee cash receipts, accounts payable, and cash disbursement controls.
- Oversee sales and use tax compliance across applicable jurisdictions and support related audits.
- Coordinate the annual financial statement audit and support outside accountants with tax compliance and tax projections.
- Oversee or support insurance reporting and audits, bonding requirements, fixed assets, and other recurring accounting responsibilities.
- Support administration and review of sales commission calculations and other recurring compensation-related accounting processes.
- Work with the CFO on cash-flow reporting and other treasury-related analysis.
- Develop, document, and continuously improve accounting policies, procedures, and close processes.
- Identify opportunities to automate and streamline Finance and Accounting processes, including appropriate use of AI and other technologies.
- Serve as Finance owner for accounting-system improvements and automated workflows, validating accuracy and maintaining appropriate controls.
- Partner with operations and other departments to improve the quality, consistency, and usefulness of financial and operational information.
- Assume additional accounting and analytical responsibilities from the CFO as processes and the accounting organization develop.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
