Position Summary
We are hiring a Regional Business Controller focused on our RoadGuard entity that span the Western US. This is not just a steward of financial accuracy, but a strategic thinker capable of scaling systems, developing people, and driving insight through operational data. This is a high-impact leadership role at the heart of our finance operations-responsible for guiding the accounting team, owning technical accounting, and partnering cross-functionally with leaders across the business. This hire is crucial to supporting GSI's ongoing growth, including post-acquisition integrations, internal control maturation, multi-entity and joint-venture consolidation, and continuous margin-focused decision making. This role is based in our Westminster, Colorado office, with weekly on-site attendance at review meetings in Erie, Colorado, as well as weekly engagement with additional teams across the region.
Key Responsibilities
Take a hands-on role in project controls, project reviews, and related processes in partnership with operations leaders.
Serve as a key advisor to operations leadership on leading and trending indicators that drive company performance.
Lead and continuously improve core accounting functions: month-end close, GL management, audits, reconciliations, and internal controls.
Own percentage-of-completion revenue recognition across multi-month, multi-entity projects-ensuring cost-to-cost calculations correctly reflect labor versus materials/equipment cost mix, and applying adjustments (e.g., excluding significant uninstalled materials) so reported margin isn't distorted by procurement timing.
Investigate and clearly explain cost and margin variances, including project under/overruns, distinguishing genuine performance shifts from timing, reclassification, or reporting artifacts before results reach leadership or the board.
Conduct and guide technical accounting research, documentation, and policy updates.
Oversee accounting execution for complex transaction cycles and key accounts.
Serve as a lead partner in integrating acquired entities into GSI's financial systems and chart of accounts, including post-close consolidation and intercompany elimination logic across multi-entity and joint-venture structures.
Ensure trend, margin, and YTD reporting use consistent, comparable time periods and definitions across entities-catching and correcting misalignments before they reach executive reporting.
Collaborate with FP&A and operational leaders on cash flow, budgeting, forecasting, margin tracking, and per-project financial accuracy.
Build and maintain reliable, well-documented reporting workbooks and data-refresh processes, reducing manual, error-prone steps in WIP and month-end reporting.
Support tax planning and compliance in coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
Drive automation, systems improvements, and applied AI use to streamline the month-end close and reporting cycle.
Prepare key reporting for executive decision-making and board visibility.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on percentage-of-completion / cost-to-cost revenue recognition for long-term or multi-period contracts, and a working understanding of how cost mix (labor versus materials/equipment) affects reported margin.
Track record of designing and improving accounting processes and systems.
Advanced Excel proficiency.
Ability to travel occasionally across the Western US to regional offices and/or job sites.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to distinguish real performance shifts from timing or reporting artifacts in variance analysis.
Proven ability to unite cross-functional, diverse teams around shared performance goals.
Experience developing accounting talent and building team capability.
Preferred Qualifications
CPA certification.
Experience with Vista by Viewpoint or a similar construction/contractor ERP, including multi-entity company-code structures and month-end consolidation.
Experience with TAD or similar WIP-tracking/data-refresh tools feeding into an ERP.
Joint venture accounting / proportionate consolidation experience.
Self-starter in developing and applying AI tools for augmented business understanding and reporting support.
Experience running a complete month-end close cycle end-to-end.
Prior use of Smartsheet Server.
Background in public accounting or fast-scaling private companies.
Hands-on experience with M&A integration.
US pay range for this role.
$110,000-$135,000 USD
