About this Role
Intermountain Electric, Inc. (IME) is celebrating 80 years of powering progress across Colorado. Our office teams help deliver safe, smart, and reliable electrical solutions through our people and partnerships, the IME Way.
Through strategic planning, collaboration, and technical excellence, and guided by our values of Integrity, Safety, Ingenuity, Relationships, Craftsmanship, and Spark, we empower our professionals to innovate, support our field teams, and strengthen the partnerships that move our work forward.
Join a team where your expertise fuels the systems that keep communities running!
The Project Controller manages the financial aspects of assigned projects, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and company policies. This role partners closely with Project Managers and cross-functional teams to monitor budgets, analyze financial performance, and deliver actionable insights to support project success.
What You'll Do
Financial Management & Reporting
- Serve as the financial liaison for assigned projects, supporting Project Management with accurate and timely reporting.
- Oversee project accounting activities, including budgeting, forecasting, and tracking actual costs against budgets.
- Prepare detailed financial reports on project performance in alignment with accounting standards.
- Manage project-related billing processes and perform reconciliations.
Financial Analysis
- Analyze project costs, identify variances, and provide detailed explanations to stakeholders.
- Compile and evaluate financial data to support operational decision-making.
- Perform return-on-investment analyses for capital expenditures and provide recommendations.
Compliance & Process Improvement
- Ensure all project financial activities adhere to company policies, accounting principles, and regulatory requirements.
- Evaluate and improve project accounting processes to enhance accuracy and efficiency.
Risk Management
- Identify financial risks associated with projects and recommend mitigation strategies.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with project managers and cross-functional teams to provide financial insights and support decision-making.
- Communicate with customers regarding billing, costs, and audit requests.
- Represent the organization professionally, upholding high standards of integrity and ethics.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Additional duties as assigned.
What You'll Bring
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Strong understanding of project accounting principles, including budgeting, forecasting, job cost tracking, revenue recognition, and financial reporting.
- Experience supporting Project Managers with cost-to-complete forecasting, project financial reviews, and analysis of project performance.
- Ability to identify, analyze, and communicate project-related financial risks, including productivity, labor, material, and cost impacts.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret financial data and provide actionable recommendations.
- High level of attention to detail, accuracy, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with project teams while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- High level of integrity and professionalism in handling sensitive financial information.
Demonstrated Accomplishments
- Experience managing and tracking change orders, risks, and events throughout the project lifecycle, including evaluating financial impacts and assisting project teams with documentation and reporting.
- Proven ability to support project financial health through cost analysis, forecasting, and proactive identification of project risks and opportunities.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office Suite, including financial modeling, reporting, and data analysis.
- Experience partnering with Project Managers and Operations teams to support project execution and financial success.
- Knowledge of construction project accounting systems and financial reporting tools preferred.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Project accounting experience within construction, engineering, specialty contracting, or a related project-based industry preferred.
- Direct experience supporting large-scale construction projects, including involvement in change order management, project forecasting, and cost-to-complete analysis.
- Experience identifying and monitoring project risks related to labor productivity, materials, subcontractors, and budget performance.
- Experience supporting mission critical, data center, industrial, or other complex construction projects is a plus but not required.
What You'll Get
Working Conditions:
The majority of the time you will work in a typical office environment. Occasionally, you may travel to a construction job site. When on construction job sites you will encounter typical construction conditions including extreme temperatures, noise, dust, mud debris, welding, leading edge, trenching, and shoring, sometimes in a confined space. You may be required to visit multiple locations during any one day.
Benefits Overview:
IME provides an industry-leading comprehensive benefits package. Full-time employees are eligible to choose from a variety of healthcare coverage options, which become effective the first of the month after hire. In addition, employees are offered a substantial amount of PTO and are immediately eligible to make contributions to a generously matched and fully vested 401k.
Salary Range: $85,000 - $115,000
*Final salary and rates are based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and internal equity.*
Established in 1946, IME is part of Quanta Services, the largest specialty contractor in North America. We base our business model on always doing the right thing and pride ourselves in finding the best processes and practices in everything we do. As an electrical contractor, we install and service the power and lighting to commercial and industrial buildings in the Western US.
The statements included in this job description are not intended to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned as required.
