Financial Controller - Construction

Pay: $95,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Step into a high-impact finance leadership role with a growing commercial construction company.
• Work directly with ownership and operations to improve financial visibility, job performance, and profitability.
• Own the accounting function while helping build stronger systems, reporting, and controls.
• Play a key role in the company's next stage of growth, not just routine accounting.
• Competitive compensation, bonus opportunity, benefits, retirement match, PTO, and paid holidays.

Location: This is a 100% on-site role based in Waterford, MI, offering the opportunity to work closely with ownership, operations, and the leadership team in a hands-on construction environment.

Note: Must have job cost based construction accounting experience, WIP reporting, month-end close experience, controller-level accounting responsibility, and QuickBooks experience.

About Us

We are a growing commercial construction company specializing in carpentry, renovation, and new construction projects across commercial properties. Our team is built on accountability, strong execution, and a commitment to delivering excellent work for our clients. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Own day-to-day accounting operations, including general ledger accuracy, reconciliations, month-end close, and financial reporting.
• Manage job costing, WIP reporting, billing, AP/AR, retainage, cash flow visibility, and collections support.
• Prepare financial reports that help leadership understand profitability, backlog, project performance, risk, and cash flow.
• Partner with ownership and operations to support better decision-making and stronger accountability across projects.
• Improve accounting systems, internal controls, reporting processes, and financial workflows as the company continues to grow.
• Use QuickBooks and Excel to maintain accurate accounting data, improve visibility, and support project-based reporting.
• Support payroll, benefits, compliance, and other finance-related functions as needed in a hands-on leadership role.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience.
• Construction accounting, job costing, and WIP reporting experience required.
• Strong month-end close, general ledger, reconciliations, and financial reporting experience.
• Controller, Assistant Controller, Accounting Manager, or senior construction accounting leadership experience preferred.
• QuickBooks experience required; QuickBooks Enterprise experience preferred.
• Strong Excel skills and comfort improving reporting, processes, and financial visibility.
• Experience with AIA billing, retainage, Davis-Bacon, multi-state payroll, CPA, or CCIFP is a plus.

Why You Will Love Working Here

• You will have a visible role where your work directly impacts profitability, decision-making, and company growth.
• You will work closely with ownership instead of being buried in a large corporate finance department.
• You will join a team that values excellence, integrity, accountability, continual growth, and doing right by clients.
• You will have the opportunity to improve systems, strengthen processes, and help shape the future finance function.
• You will be part of a stable construction business with competitive benefits and a strong team culture.

JPC-1003

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Requirements:Must haves: 3+ yrs construction accounting exp, job costing, WIP reporting, month-end close, QuickBooks, and controller-level accounting experience

• Nice to haves:

• Additional context: Relocation- [no]. Packages - [no]

• Salary Bands:

  • 5 to 7 years relevant experience: $95,000 to $102,000

  • 7 to 10 years relevant experience: $102,000 to $110,000

  • 10+ years with strong construction controller experience: $110,000 to $115,000

  • Stretch candidate with deep commercial construction, WIP, QuickBooks Enterprise, and leadership experience: $115,000 plus bonus consideration

Submission Email: Name / Luke - [email protected]

Quick Recruiter Reference

Commercial construction company in Waterford, MI hiring an on-site Controller / Finance Leader. Must have construction job costing, WIP reporting, month-end close, QuickBooks, and controller-level accounting experience. Hands-on role partnering with ownership and operations to improve reporting, cash flow visibility, and project profitability.

Recruiters Submission: To submit, cancel - Financial Controller - Construction - Independence Commercial Construction, Inc. - JPC 1003 - Source

*New Job Order Alert*

• Client job title: Financial Controller - Construction

• Location: Waterford, MI

• On-site, hybrid, remote: On-site

• Experience: 3

• Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Controller, Financial Controller, Construction Controller, Accounting Manager, Assistant Controller, Construction Accounting Manager, Job Cost Accounting, WIP Reporting, QuickBooks, Month-End Close, AIA Billing, Retainage, Commercial Construction Accounting

• # of hires needed: 1

• Open or not to recruiters on TE: No

• Job posting strategy (bottom of package details): near Detroit so around 700k pop total, 3+ yrs construction accounting exp