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Controller

Repairs Unlimited

Kansas City, KS / MO

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The company

Repairs Unlimited (RUI) provides restoration services for fire & water damage to residential (80%) and commercial (20%) properties. RUI manages the restoration project from ‘cradle to grave’.

  • Estimates & adjustments on claim (working with insurance)
  • Client engagement
  • Project management

Why we like this

  • Well run business within a fragmented industry & now getting infused with PE capital & growth talent
  • Asset light with a unique service offering that is highly scalable
  • Be a partner to the CFO as the company builds & executes its strategic growth mission

Compensation

KBS expects all-in comp will be $90k to $110k

* Comp figures, if included above, are estimates made by the KBS team using internal assumptions and conversations with the employer. Figures are dependent upon experience and subject to change.
Job Description

RUI is seeking to recruit a Controller to oversee the day to day accounting function of the organization, which includes monthly reporting and month-end close, journal entries, bank reconciliations and supervising AP & AR. Following this hire, the finance/accounting function will consist of a CFO, Controller (this position), AP clerk and AR clerk. The Controller will work alongside the CFO and provide assistance with process improvement initiatives for the finance department.

The Controller will also get exposure to M&A and greenfield expansion initiatives, though no prior experience in either is required. Individual must be hands on, growth oriented, capable of performing month end close procedures and assembling dashboards and KPI’s. The Controller will work alongside private equity firm (GRC) to assemble monthly Board reporting package. A construction background is ideal, but not required.

This Controller position is ideal for a driven individual seeking a controllership position at a growing, private-equity backed organization that will likely expand into several new markets and acquire several businesses in the next 5 years. Controller will report daily to a veteran CFO who has 30+ years of finance/accounting experience, including several executive-level positions at large private and publicly-traded construction and construction/program management companies.

Job Responsibilities
Job Requirements

KEY QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUCCESS:

Preferred, but not required:

About
Repairs Unlimited

Repairs Unlimited Inc. (RUI) was started in 1986 as a Handyman repair service. Through the years it has grown to be one of the leaders in Insurance Restoration, and has recently added RUI Construction, a division dedicated to Disaster Response and Recovery.

A satellite office in Denver excels in the industry as well, making high marks on programs designed to bring insureds and contractors together in a dedicated, experienced and skilled environment.

Repairs Unlimited, Inc. answers the phone 24/7/365, and has added to the Kansas City Market the 1-800 Boardup service, which responds to boardup/shoreup emergency calls in an hour, in a broad area surrounding the metro.