Controller

Own the numbers. Do the work. Rebuild how it gets done.

### About Forge

At Forge, we install energy-efficient heat pumps for homeowners across Greater Boston. Our mission is to help homeowners make their homes more comfortable and sustainable while reducing energy costs. ### Description

Forge installs heat pumps for homeowners across Eastern Massachusetts. We're a 53-person company with about a dozen crews in the field and a lean back office that runs on QuickBooks Online, Gusto, Ramp, HubSpot, Connecteam, Google Workspace, and a fast-growing set of AI tools. We're looking for a Controller who wants to own accounting, payroll, and day-to-day people operations end to end, someone who would rather rebuild a process than defend one.

This is a player-coach role. You report to our Chief Administrative Officer and run the function with a small team: a staff accountant (AP and utility rebates) and an office/people-ops administrator. You will close the books, review payroll, answer benefits questions, and then make each of those faster and more automated the next time around.

What you'll own

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• Systems and automation. You'll implement and re-implement tools, kill spreadsheets, wire integrations (Ramp, Gusto, HubSpot, QuickBooks), and use AI agents for reconciliations, variance analysis, and reporting. Where a step can be automated, we expect you to automate it.
• Month-end close. A clean, GAAP-basis close in QuickBooks Online that lands within five business days and keeps getting faster: reconciliations, accruals, deferred revenue, fixed assets, and a financial package leadership consumes.
• Cash. Daily cash visibility, the weekly cash forecast, bank reconciliations, and a tight partnership with project coordinators on invoicing and collections (target DSO under 19 days on homeowner invoices).
• Revenue and job economics. Revenue recognition on multi-visit installs, job-level margin, utility