Controller
Location: Ayer, Massachusetts
Country: United States
Category: Accounting & Finance
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Direct Hire/Perm
Posted Date: April 1, 2026
Job ID: 644405
Job Description
Controller:
Financial Management
- Insist upon accuracy, precision, and timeliness in all financial data
- Actively manage the cash flow of the company
- Create and review with the CFO and CEO financial reports every two weeks.
- Control the company’s lines of credit with our banks
- Assist the Leadership Team in elevating the importance and mandatory nature of tight and timely fiscal management in the minds of all employees
- Work with the department heads to review their profitability on a monthly basis
- Track and report department-level budget vs. actual spend
- Close the books monthly by the 15th of each month
- Create and compile the necessary statistics to manage the company on a regular basis
- Think creatively about what statistics we need and how to measure them.
- Work with the department heads to create department-specific statistics
- Be aware of confidential data, including employee pay rates, and help to make sure it stays that way
- Be aware of confidential issues and help to make sure those stay that way
- Ability to manage financial information without bias
- Meets regularly with Leadership to update/advise on status of financial information, long term planning, budgeting, and company goal setting
- Constant review and management of accounts receivable
- Monthly reporting of financials and review with CFO and CEO
- Track Job costing and profitability
- Liaison with the Accountants
- Assist with decisions on major purchases and financing options
- Timely calculation and approval of project profitability bonuses
- Tool Allowance and Employee mileage reimbursement summaries and accounting
- Back-up contact for workers compensation claims
- Insurance administration life, automobile, workers compensation, liability (including annual audits, census for renewals, self-billing of life insurance) and key-man insurance
- Manage Accounting Staff including mentoring and performance reviews
- Monthly bank reconciliations
- Accounting entry of client invoices
- Bank deposits
- Employee Cooperative Individual Capital Accounts administration
- Taxes
- Salary range is 95-125k based on accounting experience and whether the candidate has construction industry
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The Planet Group is a global professional services firm delivering strategic staffing and advisory solutions. We operate at the intersection of talent and transformation – connecting the right people with the right opportunities in the areas of technology, engineering, accounting & finance, digital marketing, and manufacturing.
As one of the largest staffing companies in the US, we operate with a global reach and a performance-first mindset. We partner with clients to move fast, stay agile, and drive measurable results – building high-impact teams that fuel transformation and growth.
