Overview

Butcher Power Products (BPP) designs and manufactures mission critical and industrial power solutions for essential infrastructure nationwide. Headquartered in Sacramento, CA, our teams collaborate closely across engineering, manufacturing, and operations to build reliable, high quality systems and take pride in delivering work that truly matters. Job Summary:Butcher Power Products is seeking an experienced Project Controller to assume full accountability for the financial accuracy of all active projects. This individual will serve as the primary steward of project cost integrity - ensuring every expenditure is captured, correctly allocated, and reconciled against approved budgets. Working in close partnership with Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Finance, the Project Controller is responsible for ensuring project financials reflect operational reality at all times. This position requires a highly self-directed professional with the analytical rigor and initiative to identify and resolve cost gaps without direction, combined with the interpersonal effectiveness to build trust across departments, influence cross-functional behavior, and drive organization-wide adherence to cost capture standards. The Project Controller functions as the financial authority for project operations - proactive, accountable, and consultative in equal measure. The ideal candidate brings equal fluency in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365 F&O) and the financial principles that underpin sound project costing. Where patterns in budget vs. actual data reveal upstream issues in quoting, estimating, or labor scoping, this individual is expected to analyze the data, draw conclusions, and present well-reasoned recommendations to leadership.Key Responsibilities:Project Financial Management & Cost Control:Maintain full accountability for the financial health of all active projects - tracking budgets vs. actuals, forecasting cost-to-complete, and escalating variances before they compoundEnsure all project costs - labor, materials, subcontractors, freight, tooling, and overhead - are captured in full and allocated to the correct project and cost categoryConduct weekly project cost reviews with Project Managers and Operations leadership; identify gaps, misallocations, and unposted costs and drive resolutionMaintain accurate earned value and margin tracking across all projects; provide early notification to leadership of margin erosion or cost-at-completion riskCoordinate with Finance on monthly project close activities, accruals, and revenue recognitionReconcile project cost data in D365 against procurement actuals, payroll records, and vendor invoices to ensure no costs are omitted or misdirectedConfirm that cost data is accurate and complete prior to issuance of project billing milestones and invoices Labor Capture & Timesheet Accountability:Serve as the primary driver of accurate, timely labor entry across all engineering and manufacturing resources - this is among the most critical accountabilities of this positionCollaborate directly with engineering team leads and production supervisors to ensure all hours are posted to the correct project, phase, and labor category in D365 on a daily or weekly basisMonitor timesheet compliance across all billable and non-billable personnel; escalate non-compliance to department managers and HR as appropriateIdentify and address patterns of missing or incorrect labor allocation - including incorrect project codes, missing entries, or hours defaulting to overhead - through real-time correction, not end-of-month reconciliationDevelop and maintain labor tracking reports comparing budgeted hours to actuals by project, department, and individual; distribute to project managers and department heads on a defined cadencePartner with HR and Payroll to reconcile total hours compensated against hours posted to projects; investigate and resolve discrepanciesWork with manufacturing supervisors to establish dis