Family by Choice

Peckham Industries Inc. (PII) has been a family-run business since 1924 and we believe our “family by choice” philosophy delivers value as the trusted supplier of construction materials, products, and services in the communities we serve. Through our extensive network of hot mix asphalt and ready-mix concrete plants, quarries, and liquid asphalt terminals, PII delivers the highest quality materials and custom solutions to thousands of road construction and road maintenance customers. In addition, the company’s construction operations include paving and road reclamation services, as well as precast/pre-stressed concrete production and erection of multi-level parking structures, specialty buildings, and bridge components.

Become part of our mission by realizing your purpose, serving our community interests, and delivering growth for our customers. Peckham Industries educates, innovates, and applies technology in a way that is safe, sustainable, inclusive, and profitable.

Job Summary:

The Materials Division Controller is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day accounting and financial functions of the Company’s materials and asphalt operations with a focus on work in-process analysis and reporting. The Materials Division Controller attends regular meetings with various, Divisional and Company Leadership along with providing important accounting/financial support to the materials business as needed. This role is also responsible for reviewing, developing, and monitoring internal controls within the various related entities.

Essential Functions:

• Respect and Engage. Regularly meets with Materials and Bulk Asphalt and their reports to review weekly/monthly results.
• Oversees and manages Materials and Bulk asphalt related general ledger accounts, fixed assets, Income Statements and key Balance Sheet components including reconciliations, journal entries, (with detailed descriptions), and related activities. Also responsible for building appropriate internal controls, processes, and enhancements.
• Mastery. Ensures all monthly, quarterly, and annual deadlines for materials and asphalt related accounting and financial reports are properly prepared and analyzed.
• Oversees preparation of monthly variance analysis of actual operating results versus budgeted amounts and provide the necessary insights to business partners.
• Measurement. Analyze projects compliance vs. budgets, capex spends, and reporting focusing on key metrics developed with the Materials and Bulk Asphalt VP’s and their reports.
• Prepares required work papers for annual audit.
• Participates, and generates reporting for the annual budgeting and forecasting process for related revenue, expenses, and capital expenditures.
• Communicate. Provides business intelligence and analysis to the VP’s of Materials and Bulk Asphalt to support strategic performance and objectives.
• Innovation. Work with IT to automate reports in BI/Tableau
• Drives improvement in business performance through effective cost control, monitoring and reporting systems with particular emphasis on profitability and cash flow.
• Assists in the continuous improvement of all financial systems and procedures and implements changes and improvements to increase accuracy, control, and timely reporting and financial closing.
• This role needs to become a go-to expert on Vista/Viewpoint construction related modules.
• Communicates perceived financial risk in job performance and budget achievement. Works with Business unit management to create and implement necessary risk management controls.
• Dedication. In conjunction with Divisional management, work with various plant operations management to standardize financial operating policies & procedures and document/implement accordingly.
• Drives and supports compliance and ethical processes and behaviors throughout the business.

Requirements, Education and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree with a concentration in Accounting.
• Working knowledge of Vista/Viewpoint software application preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years of accounting experience with at least five years of experience in a construction or job cost accounting environment required.
• Strong understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, conventions, and standards.
• Detail-oriented, organized and ability to read, analyze, and process complex financial statements and documents.
• Experience managing and developing teams.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal English communication and presentation skills required.
• Advanced Excel skills required; knowledge of Tableau and Crystal Report a plus.
• Legal right to work in USA.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Travel:

Position requires up to 25%-35% local travel via personal vehicle to offices throughout the states of New York, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts based on the needs of the operations and business.

Work Environment/Physical Demands:

This job operates in an office and professional environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers. On occasion the job will require going out in the field and various organizations and schools/institutions. This is mostly sedentary outside of travel in an office space. This would require the ability to sit at a desk, frequent walking, bend or stand as necessary.

Peckham Industries, Inc. (PII) is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action employer. It is our policy to provide EEO to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, if you have a disability and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Peckham, please contact Recruitment@peckham.com.