Controller
On-site · McLean, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Controller at Summer Consultants: lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, produce GAAP-compliant financial statements and reports, oversee day-to-day accounting (AP/AR/billing/payroll, GL), strengthen project accounting workflows (WIP, labor cost allocation, project billing), and drive process improvements using Deltek Vantagepoint. Build internal controls, manage and develop accounting staff, ensure project financial data integrity, and support audit/tax/compliance. Growth-minded role with collaboration across finance and operations in a project-based engineering consulting environment (AEC/engineering).
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 8+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience
- Experience in a project-based professional services environment, ideally AEC, consulting, or similar
- Strong knowledge of financial reporting, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, close management, internal controls, and GAAP-based accounting practices
- Experience overseeing day-to-day accounting operations, including AP, AR, billing, payroll coordination, and general ledger activities
- Experience reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, and close-related accounting work
- Experience supervising and developing accounting staff
- Strong systems and process improvement orientation
- Experience with Deltek Vantagepoint strongly preferred
- Experience with project accounting, billing, WIP, labor cost allocation, revenue-related reporting, and project financial data management strongly preferred
- Experience leading or materially improving financial systems, workflows, or ERP-supported process discipline strongly preferred
- CPA preferred
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong planning, organization, and follow-through
- Ability to work effectively with both finance staff and non-financial operational leaders
- High level of discretion, sound judgment, and attention to detail
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