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Description

Austin Industries is one of the nation’s largest, most diversified U.S.-based construction companies. With more than 7,000 employee-owners, Austin Industries provides nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction services through the expertise of our operating companies: Austin Bridge & Road, Austin Commercial and Austin Industrial.

**Austin Bridge & Road** has an outstanding opportunity for a **Controller** at our main office in **Coppell, Texas.** The function of this position is the set-up, coordination and reporting of accounting and administrative functions. The Controller will oversee development processes and procedures in compliance with Austin’s Administration/Accounting Policies and Procedures.

Responsibilities:

+ Lead the finance/accounting organization by providing information, primarily financial in nature, about all company activities that will assist management, its shareholders and other users in making educated economic decisions about the company's future.

+ Responsible for administering and controlling the entire accounting, reporting and financial functions.

+ Plan and direct the general and cost accounting functions, including billing, credit, accounts payable, payroll, and the maintenance of general and subsidiary records of the company.

+ Oversee all aspects of project administration, contract management, project accounting, and reporting.

+ Establishes and maintains company policies, procedures and standards for project accounting, field administration and customer specific requirements.

+ In conformance with corporate guidelines, establishes, approves and maintains accounting procedures and policies to support operations and to protect company assets.

+ Prepare and coordinate all internal and external financial reports. Research generally accepted accounting principles and government regulations to ensure the accuracy and full disclosure of such financial reports.

+ Provides interpretations and analysis of internal financial reports to other management of the company.

+ Coordinates and approves all federal, state, and local tax payments, returns and payments of income, payroll, sales and property taxes.

+ Determines methods to minimize the company's tax burden and properly accounts for current and deferred tax expense and liability.

+ Monitors and controls cash flow and makes monthly cash projections for the entire company, including each job site.

+ Manage internal audits and annual external audits.

+ Establish and maintain strong relationships with senior leadership to ensure achievement of company's strategic goals.

+ Provide management with advice on the financial implications of business activities.

+ Conduct meaningful proactive analysis to improve key business decisions focusing on management of working capital and use of financial vehicles.

+ Effectively lead the accounting team by developing and coaching existing team and by hiring and retaining top-grade talent.

+ Ensure timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial trends and forecasts.

+ Maintain structured training program to assess, educate and strengthen project staff.

+ Collaborate with Operations Management to facilitate the production of accurate, timely and beneficial project related information.

+ Oversee Customer and Austin systems and software interactions.

+ Participate in company management, customer and project meetings as required.

+ Manage and resolve complex accounting, administrative and Customer contract issues.

+ Coordinate and direct the preparation of the budget and financial forecast including variance reporting.

+ Special projects as required.

Qualifications:

+ Master's Degree (MBA or MS Accounting) (preferred)

+ Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional (preferred)

+ Working knowledge of tax, treasury, audit, payroll, accounts payable/receivable, and risk management functions

+ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

+ Ability to lead and manage diverse workforce

+ Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications

Requirements:

+ Bachelor's degree in accounting or related business degree

+ Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

+ Ten years of accounting/financial leadership experience (construction industry preferred)

+ Comprehensive knowledge of standard industry accounting procedures

+ Travel required (5%-15%)

+ Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Bridge & Road is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Benefits & Compensation

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. **We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)!** To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned .

Austin Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

_See_ the “Know Your Rights” poster available in English (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) and Spanish (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRightsSp\_10\_20.pdf) .

About Austin Bridge and Road

A leader in the heavy highway and transportation industry for more than 100 years, Austin Bridge & Road delivers asphalt and concrete services, and builds landmark projects such as complex highway interchanges, tollways, runways, bridges, rail projects, and water/wastewater facilities.

To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/bridge-road .

No Third-Party Inquiries Please

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so ( _i.e._ , payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.

Accessibility Note

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs or have accessibility concerns, please contact the **People Services Team** at **(877) 831-1217.**

Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.

For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.