Location: Clearwater, Florida, USA
Salary Range: 120,000-160,000 annually
Role OverviewMarcurius is seeking a hands-on Financial Controller to lead U.S. government-contract accounting, manufacturing finance, and day-to-day financial control at our Clearwater facility, reporting to the CFO.
You will own accounting processes and Deltek Costpoint finance operations, working initially with a specialist implementation partner. Your work will provide accurate contract and craft costs, cash visibility, effective controls, and audit-ready reporting to support program delivery and informed decisions.
Key Responsibilities- Own accounting for U.S. government contracts, subcontracts, and funded agreements, maintaining budgets, funding, charge codes, and clear separation of program, project, and corporate costs.
- Manage timekeeping and labor distribution, including approvals, corrections, payroll reconciliation, shared-staff allocations, and supporting audit trails.
- Develop and maintain indirect-cost pools, allocation bases, and rate calculations for CFO approval; reconcile and document all allocations.
- Oversee manufacturing accounting for inventory, work in progress, equipment, and fixed assets; reconcile materials, labor, subcontracts, and overhead to actual craft/build costs and investigate variances.
- Lead monthly close, general-ledger and balance-sheet reconciliations, accruals, accounts payable and receivable, and U.S. GAAP reporting.
- Manage contract billing, milestone support, revenue recognition, receivables, and cash forecasting in coordination with Contracts and program teams.
- Maintain government-contract accounting controls, including direct/indirect cost separation and identification of unallowable costs; confirm award-specific FAR/CAS applicability with Contracts and the CFO.
- Prepare financial reports and audit-ready schedules; support applicable DCAA/DCMA reviews and coordinate findings, corrective actions, and external adviser requests under CFO direction.
- Own Costpoint financial configuration, charge structures, controlled workflows, user training, and documented changes; coordinate permissions and segregation of duties with IT/Security.
- Lead the internal finance workstream for Costpoint implementation, directing partner priorities, validating migration and integrations, testing reconciled outputs, and ensuring a documented operational handover.
Required Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent professional accounting qualification and substantial relevant experience.
- Demonstrated hands-on ownership of U.S. government-contract accounting, including timekeeping, labor distribution, indirect costs, contract billing, and project-account reconciliation.
- Hands-on Deltek Costpoint experience in a defense manufacturing environment, including project/cost structures, reporting, and controlled finance workflows.
- Practical experience supporting DCAA/DCMA reviews, preparing audit evidence, responding to questions, and resolving findings.
- Strong manufacturing accounting experience covering inventory, WIP, equipment, actual build costs, and purchasing/production reconciliations.
- Strong U.S. GAAP, monthly close, cash forecasting, and internal-control capabilities, with the ability to train users and work with implementation partners.
Preferred Experience- Active U.S. CPA license or CMA certification.
- Experience across multiple government contract types and funding arrangements.
- Deltek Costpoint implementation, migration, or finance-system integration experience.
- Experience supporting manufacturing scale-up in a defense environment.
What Success Looks Like- Timely, reconciled monthly accounts and supported contract billing.
- Accurate labor, indirect-cost, inventory, WIP, and craft/build cost reporting.
- Reliable cash forecasts, effective controls, and audit-ready documentation.
- A validated, controlled Costpoint operation with documented workflows and trained users.
Work Environment- Full-time, fully on-site position at our Clearwater, Florida facility.
- Work with controlled financial records, business systems, and cross-functional teams.
- Follow applicable information-security, site-safety, and financial-control requirements.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States; sponsorship and any assignment-specific controlled-information or clearance requirements are subject to confirmation.
Why MarcuriusMarcurius is a people-first, execution-focused organization assembling a small, high-impact team of engineers and operators. This role offers the opportunity to build reliable finance operations, support advanced unmanned systems manufacturing, and help deliver mission-ready products for real-world maritime operations.
