Group Controller - Legence - Legence : Job Details

Legence, 1601 Las Plumas Ave., San Jose, California, United States of America Req #1655

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Legence, a Blackstone portfolio company, is an Energy Transition Accelerator that provides advisory services and implementation focused on financing, designing, building, and servicing complex systems in mission-critical and high performance facilities. With five decades of expertise in the built environment, Legence has a proven track record of reducing carbon emissions, implementing renewables, lowering utility costs through efficiency consumption, and making systems run better at unmatched speed and scale.

Legence is looking for 2 Group Controllers in its Solutions Delivery Segment: Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Contracting.

This position will have oversight over 2 or more Business Units in various locations.

The candidates will need to have an accounting degree. A CPA license and public company experience is desired.

Additional experience would include the following:

• Multi-Site Controllership - Work closely with Management and Finance community to deploy and maintain strong controls spanning financial cycles (General Ledger & Consolidation, Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Inventory, Fixed Assets, HR & Payroll, Treasury and Tax). Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
• M&A Due Diligence and Integration - Support due diligence cycle, share expertise and provide insights regarding all accounting and financial matters during deal evaluation. Monitor QoE process, share perspectives and articulate priorities to be pursued during the integration cycle. Support purchase accounting process including cut off adjustments, pro forma entries, fair valuation procedure and Purchase Price allocation, Final Statement preparation and subsequent monitoring of Earnout performance.
• Percentage of Completion Accounting - Develop and maintain effective Percentage of Completion forecast capability. Assess adequacy of resource deployment commensurate with known project schedules and workload. Ensure adequate cost accumulation on each project.
• Financial Planning - Support annual planning cycle, including preparation and consolidation of budget requests across businesses, analytics, management review and Board presentations.
• Monthly Performance Review - Maintain KPI dashboards and steer monthly analytical process to assess operational and financial performance, including labor efficiency and productivity, margin scalability, and cash conversion. Review expense projections and provide recommendations regarding cost reduction as well as opportunities to redeploy resources across projects and departments.
• Assess risks and opportunities spanning revenue growth, margin expansion and cash conversion.
• Audit - Partner with external auditors to support annual audit procedures. Ensure timely communication and provide accurate documentation, including “Prepared by Client” deliverables.
• Ad hoc – Responsible for ad-hoc analysis, projects and requests as needed by management.

The candidates will have the following critical competencies:

• TECHNICAL: US GAAP, Federal, State & Local Tax, Labor Laws, ERP/MRP and Financial Systems.
• Organized: Sense of urgency with ability to see the forest for the trees, set priorities, ask questions and build action plans to drive timely execution. Thorough, methodical and result-oriented with great attention to detail. Ability to combine the predictability of standard operating procedures with the flexibility of continuous process improvement.
• Adaptable: Hands-on with ability to shift back and forth from self-reliance and personal accountability to cross-group collaboration while making others successful along the way. Capable of operating in a multi-site and matrixed environment. Adaptable and willing to adjust style to audience, learn and grow with the company.
• Communication: Listen effectively to learn from others. Able to distill complex matters into simple terms and communicate effectively with business leaders.
• Problem-Solving: Able to ask questions and articulate relevant problem statements. Attention to detail, able to segregate beliefs and assumptions from facts and hard data. See forest for the trees and demonstrate strong judgment to turn data into insights, practical solutions and decision-ready recommendations.
• Action-Oriented: Bias for action and ability to multi-task to meet continuous stream of deadlines within the highest standards of quality. Self-starter and proactive in identifying opportunities for continuous or breakthrough process improvements.
• Leadership: Lead team of professional site controllers & accountants. Drive financial processes across sites with a view to sharing knowledge and fostering cross-group collaboration.
• Integrity: Impeccable work ethic, slow to judge, objective and candid with desire to drive for transparency. Accountable and willing to make personal commitments to drive the transformation of the Finance function. Follow through on commitments, drive for closure and deliver sustainable results.

We are unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Health and Welfare Benefits

• Health and Welfare
• Medical
• Vision
• Employee assistance program

Personal Benefits

• Paid vacation
• Company-paid holidays
• Sick leave
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Company-paid long-term disability insurance
• AD&D insurance
• Life insurance

Offers of employment for this role may be contingent upon successfully passing a background check and/or drug screen. Execution of screens will vary based on role requirements and Company policy. All background checks and drug screens will be done in accordance with applicable federal, state, or local law.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Legence and its affiliate companies are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, other non-merit-based factors, and any other characteristic protected under applicable local, state or federal laws and regulations.

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