Job Description
Stevens Construction excels in healthcare and commercial construction, delivering top-tier product quality and service within Florida's dynamic construction industry. Headquartered in Fort Myers, FL, and with operational presence in Orlando, we lead our clients through every phase of development and construction.
Our Mission is to identify, hire, and retain the very best people who work together to execute our five-year strategic plan while maintaining our reputation, values, and beliefs As a steadily expanding organization, we actively contribute to the communities we serve. Apply today to learn about the benefits of becoming a Stevens Construction Team Member!
POSITION OVERVIEW: We are seeking a seasoned and motivated Controller/CFO to join our accounting team in Fort Myers, FL. As the leader of the accounting department, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the day-to-day financial operations of Stevens Construction, its subsidiaries, and related companies. Your success will be predicated upon your ability to inspire and develop your team, converting data into actionable information and providing exceptional customer service throughout the organization.
In this role, you will be responsible for the overall fiscal functions of the company, overseeing internal and external accounting operations including compliance, financial controls, forecasts, reports, treasury, tax, and other accounting procedures. You will be the architect of financial processes, creating an environment of continuous improvement to support the evolution of the business.
Collaborating with the Executive Leadership Team, you will support organizational transformation, maximize financial performance, and protect company assets in alignment with Stevens Construction's overall purpose, vision, and strategy. The ideal candidate will be a leader who can ensure financial excellence while fostering a culture of high performance and exceptional service within the accounting department.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Accounting Leadership: - Lead and develop the accounting team, being accountable for their performance, development, and support of our business
- Inspire team members through words and actions, empowering them to deliver high-quality results
- Provide training, coaching, and mentorship to team members
- Assist with setting department objectives, prioritizing initiatives, and identifying key performance indicators
- Create an environment that supports continuous improvement and business evolution
Accounting Management: - Oversee and support day-to-day accounting activities of the business
- Be accountable for accounting systems and processes, ensuring appropriate internal controls, streamlined operations, and data conversion into valuable insights
- Centralize and standardize transaction processing by setting guidelines and clear deliverables
- Focus on how accounting systems impact operations teams as a systems-driven thinker
Financial Reporting: - Ensure reliability and timeliness of company financials and supplementary reports
- Align financial data obtainment with the company's financial close schedule
- Turn monthly data into actionable information, delivering to key stakeholders by the 15th of the following month
- Ensure compliance with GAAP standards and accurate reflection of operations in financial reports
- Understand and communicate drivers of financial results to critical stakeholders
- Be keenly aware of project forecasting and financial status reporting to support operational efforts efficiently
Tax Activities & Project Audits: - Assist operations personnel on project audits by reviewing requests and providing relevant data
- Be accountable for all tax reporting and filing activities, ensuring compliance with regulatory authorities
- Leverage team to compile and deliver data, teaching them the purpose and skills
Treasury Management: - Monitor and proactively manage cash balances and working capital
- Maintain a cash forecasting tool to predict future cash impacts from current business decisions
Customer Service: - Create a "how can the accounting department serve you" mentality in your team
- Treat all employees seeking accounting assistance with care
- Extend customer service to third-party partners and external customers
QUALIFICATIONS :
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance required
- Minimum of 10 years of general construction accounting experience
- CPA Certification preferred but not required
- Advanced experience in Excel and proficiency in MS Office suite
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Experience with software integrations/migrations/implementations
Competencies - Servant leadership
- Coaching and developing others
- Sound judgment
- Translating data into storytelling
- Working with large data sets
- Driving change
- Familiarity with software integrations/migrations/implementations
- Business acumen
- Project forecasting means and methods (systems)
- Technical accounting
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required
- Must be able to develop and maintain positive, cooperative, team-oriented relationships with team members, supervisors, managers, clients, and others as required for the job
- Project an appropriate professional appearance and demeanor
BENEFITS :
- Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance Options
- Retirement Plan with Company Match
- Paid Time Off
- Birthday Off
- Volunteer Day Off
- Veteran's Day off for Veteran Team Members
- Eight Paid Holidays
- Education Reimbursement Plan
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: To fulfill the essential duties of this position, team members must be able to meet certain physical demands. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In this role, day-to-day activities include sitting at a desk for extended periods, engaging in fine motor skills, oral communication, reaching with hands and arms, walking and standing. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The team member is occasionally required to stand and walk for extended periods of time on a construction site with uneven terrain. The team member is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The team member must regularly lift and/or move up to pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Stevens Construction is a Drug Free Workplace
- Stevens Construction provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws
To apply for this position, please send an email to
[email protected] or through our careers page. Direct applications only.
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