Controller

Measures of success

· Monthly close and corporate reporting are accurate and completed on schedule.

· Balance-sheet reconciliations, WIP, job-cost, and forecasting information are reliable and actionable.

· Budget variances, margin changes, cash risks, and control issues are identified and communicated promptly.

· Accounting and HR/payroll leaders have clear priorities, accountability, and effective coordination.

Primary responsibilities

Accounting and financial reporting

· Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, the close calendar, supporting schedules, reviews, and issue resolution.

· Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and prepare financial statements, departmental results, cash-flow reporting, and management analysis.

· Ensure reporting complies with GAAP, Comfort Systems USA policies, and operating-company accounting narratives.

· Coordinate review with the President and submit required information through OneStream on time.

Job cost, WIP, and operational finance

· Own accounting oversight of job costing, WIP, revenue recognition, cost-to-complete reporting, and project financial controls.

· Partner with operating leaders to validate forecasts, remaining costs, change orders, margin changes, billing status, retainage, and collection risks.

· Establish consistent standards for job setup, cost codes, budgets, allocations, rework, and project closeout.

Budgeting and analysis

· Lead the annual operating-budget process with the President and business-unit leaders.

· Establish assumptions, templates, schedules, reviews, controls, and supporting documentation.

· Consolidate budgets and validate revenue, gross profit, overhead, staffing, capital, and cash-flow assumptions.

· Provide budget-to-actual and forecast reporting with clear explanation of material variances.

Controls, treasury, and accounting operations

· Develop and maintain accounting policies, procedures, narratives, approval workflows, segregation of duties, and internal controls.

· Lead AP, AR, billing support, collections reporting, cash application, inventory accounting, fixed assets, and audit coordination.

· Oversee cash reporting, bank reconciliations, purchasing-card controls, payment controls, reserves, and financial fraud-prevention practices.

· Coordinate with Comfort Systems USA regional finance, Treasury, Internal Audit, external auditors, and legal counsel as required.

Oversight of Human Resources & Payroll

· Supervise the Director of Human Resources & Payroll through goal setting, prioritization, staffing, budgeting, performance management, and accountability.

· Review payroll and benefit controls, payroll-to-general-ledger integration, labor-cost allocation, reconciliations, and financial reporting.

· Respect the HR Director’s functional authority over employment law, policy administration, employee relations, investigations, leave, benefits, compensation administration, payroll operations, screening, offers, and employment records.

· Escalate significant employment risk, executive employment matters, organizational changes, and unresolved HR or People & Culture ownership issues to the President.

· Maintain appropriate confidentiality and avoid directing employment actions without consultation with the HR Director and, when appropriate, the President or legal counsel