Project Controller Services
Title: Project Controller - Services
Location: Miami, FL, Houston, TX and/or Reston, VA (Hybrid schedule)
Term: Full Time, Direct Hire
Position Overview
Our client delivers turnkey clean energy and power infrastructure solutions across the Americas. We design, build, and operate advanced Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and mission-critical networks for data centers, utilities, and industrial clients. Our technology-first mindset powers systems from SCADA to cloud and everything in between.
About The Position
The Project Controller is responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of service project execution, including preventative and reactive maintenance, performance monitoring, and warranty activities. This role manages budgeting, forecasting, cost control, revenue recognition, cash collection, risk management, and compliance across ongoing service agreements. As a key liaison between Project Management, Finance, and other departments, the Project Controller ensures accurate financial tracking, reporting, and governance throughout the full-service lifecycle, including contract execution, warranty periods, and continuous service delivery.
What You'll Do
Qualifications
Location: Miami, FL, Houston, TX and/or Reston, VA (Hybrid schedule)
Term: Full Time, Direct Hire
Position Overview
Our client delivers turnkey clean energy and power infrastructure solutions across the Americas. We design, build, and operate advanced Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and mission-critical networks for data centers, utilities, and industrial clients. Our technology-first mindset powers systems from SCADA to cloud and everything in between.
About The Position
The Project Controller is responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of service project execution, including preventative and reactive maintenance, performance monitoring, and warranty activities. This role manages budgeting, forecasting, cost control, revenue recognition, cash collection, risk management, and compliance across ongoing service agreements. As a key liaison between Project Management, Finance, and other departments, the Project Controller ensures accurate financial tracking, reporting, and governance throughout the full-service lifecycle, including contract execution, warranty periods, and continuous service delivery.
What You'll Do
- Budgeting and Forecasting: Develop and maintain project budgets, update forecasts, and manage cash flow projections
- Cost Control & Analysis: Track project costs, analyze variances, and support corrective action plans
- Project Monitoring & Reporting: Maintain performance dashboards and prepare periodic project financial reports
- Contract: Ensure contract terms are adhered to regarding financial reporting, milestones, liquidated damages and billing
- Risk & Change Management: Assess financial impacts of project changes and integrate approved adjustments into forecasts and billing
- Compliance and Governance: Ensure adherence to corporate, audit, and accounting standards (SOX, GAAP)
- Customer Billing & Invoicing: Oversee accurate and timely billing aligned with contract terms; support AR in resolving issues
- Month End Close: Apply appropriate revenue recognition methods (POC, milestone-based, straight line, time & materials) in accordance with accounting standards
- Oversight: Review and approve purchase orders, invoices, contracts all in line with budget and proper cost allocation
- Claims & Change Orders: Quantify, track, and support financial recovery of claims, variations, and change orders in alignment with contractual terms
- Warranty Management: Track warranty provisions, monitor actual warranty costs against accruals, and ensure appropriate financial reporting during the warranty period
- Commercial & Margin Support: Provide financial insights to improve project profitability and support bid/tender processes with cost benchmarks and risk assessments
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
- 5 7 years of project-controls experience in service projects
- Strong proficiency with NetSuite, Procore, and advanced Excel;
- Proven ability to communicate complex ideas simply and drive proactive process improvements.
- Takes initiative and contributes actively to a fast-growing, results-driven team
