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Role Summary\nThe Operational / Project Financial Controller is responsible for end-to-end financial control and operational accounting for a services-based, project-driven organization operating under the Completed-Contract Method (CCM). The role bridges accounting rigor and service delivery execution, ensuring revenues, costs, prepayments, and margins are recognized accurately, timely, and in compliance with GAAP.\nThis is a hands-on leadership role. The Controller owns the financial integrity of client engagements and serves as the financial gatekeeper between operations and executive leadership.\n2. Core Objectives\nGAAP-compliant completed-contract accounting • Prevention of premature revenue or cost recognition\nReal-time project-level financial visibility\nMargin, cash flow, and execution risk control\nAudit-ready documentation\nElimination of post-completion surprises\n3. Key Responsibilities\nProject Accounting & CCM\nEnforce completed-contract accounting\nDefer revenue and costs until completion\nIdentify loss contracts early\nBudgeting & Cost Control (Services)\nProject-level actual vs budget vs committed reporting\nTrack original budget, change orders, revised budget\nAdjust budgets only for approved change orders\nExplain variance drivers, not just numbers\nPrepayments & Deferrals\nManage deferred revenue and prepaid expenses\nMonthly Close & Reporting\nOwn project accounting close\nReconcile subledgers to GL\nDeliver executive-ready variance narratives\nControls & Audit Readiness\nEnforce contract, budget, and commitment controls\nSupport audits\nSystems & Process Improvement\nOwn project accounting workflows\n4. Required Skills\nClear understanding of committed costs\nCompleted-contract accounting experience\nDeferral and prepayment expertise\nBudget vs actual vs committed analysis\nAdvanced Excel skills\nProfessional backbone\nStrong internal control discipline\n5. Required Monthly Project Reporting Package\nEach active project must include:\nProject overview\nOriginal budget, approved change orders, revised budget\nActual costs, committed costs, cost-to-complete\nVariance analysis with written explanations\nIdentified risks and corrective actions\n6. Mandatory Variance Taxonomy\nScope • Rate\nHours / productivity\nMix\nTiming\nOne-time items\n7. Change Order Accounting & Controls\nNo budget revisions without approved change orders • Original budgets are never overwritten\nChange orders must quantify scope, revenue, cost, and margin\nRevised budgets must reconcile mathematically\n8. Responsibility Split - Operations vs Finance\nOperations owns scope, staffing, delivery, and operational explanations.\nFinance owns financial integrity, budgets, committed costs, variance analysis, and escalation.\nDisputes are resolved using facts, documentation, and GAAP.\nBenefits\nTop salary\nMedical, dental plan\nOpportunity for career advancement\nCollaborative team environment that values multiple perspectives and fresh thinking\nCasual dress code","description_format":"text","description_chars":2942,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Events & Ticketing","Pro AV & Digital Signage","Event Technology"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-09T20:28:17Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":34,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.616,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":36,"expected_fill_days":36,"reasons":["conf:3","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/av-concepts-controller","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/av-concepts-controller.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-23T20:17:53Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1750,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2484666},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2484666"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fav-concepts-controller"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fav-concepts-controller"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fav-concepts-controller"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/av-concepts-controller\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fav-concepts-controller"}]}