Regional Controller Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Regional Controller roles qualify as specialty occupations under H-1B visa, requiring a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field. Employers in manufacturing, healthcare, and multi-site retail have active LCA filing histories for this title, making sponsored positions more accessible than many finance candidates expect.
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Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry’s assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.
Consistently ranked among the nation’s largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).
OUR BENEFITS
Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive compensation and benefit package:
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off
- Tuition Assistance
- Employee Referral Bonus
- And more!
Position Summary
The SW Regional Controller is a senior finance leader and key member of the Region Management Team, responsible for providing financial leadership, operational insight, and strong internal control oversight for the Region business unit. Partnering closely with senior regional leadership, project leadership, and corporate finance teams, this role ensures the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial reporting, and supports effective budgeting, forecasting, cash management, and project performance reporting. The role also helps drive informed business decisions that improve financial results, strengthen compliance with BBII Standard Operating Procedures, and support the overall strategic and operational performance of the Region.
The Regional Controller is responsible for the financial management of the Region, including but not limited to:
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Financial Management Support for the Region:
- Serve on the Regional leadership team, aiding in strategic decision-making
- Maintain the Regions financial records in accordance with BBII Standard Operating Procedures and IFRS accounting requirements
- Support project finance teams in managing AR, AP, and payroll
- Prepare and deliver monthly financial reports to Regional and Corporate Management
- Participate in monthly project reviews and quarterly EACs for all projects in the Region
- Maintain an accounting and financial reporting control environment consistent with BBII Standard Operating Procedures and the Group Finance Manual
- Develop detailed project and division overhead cost and revenue forecasts
- Manage cash forecasting processes and regional cash flow
- Coordinate with and represent the Region in internal, external, and government audits
- Maintain a detailed understanding of all projects and operations within the regional portfolio
Lead Team:
- Hire, train, mentor and develop qualified, motivated staff
- Work effectively in a hands-on, team-oriented environment
- Oversee all regional and project accounting staff
Additional Responsibilities:
- Oversee, prepare, and review reports that summarize and forecast financial performance, including income, expenses, and budget-versus-actual results, and provide both insight and recommendations to leadership to optimize strategies and outcomes
- Monitor and report actual results against both forecast and key business performance indicators, and provide management with strategies and continuous improvement plans to sustain, drive, and optimize performance across the business
- Review operating expenses, recommend cost efficiency opportunities, and lead the monthly SG&A review process
- Review the financial aspects of major bids, including equipment purchase or lease analysis, projected cash flow, insurance, and indirect taxes
- Contribute to the development, evaluation, and periodic updating of the Region’s strategic plan by providing financial analysis, forecasting insight, risk assessment, and performance recommendations that support long-term business objectives
- Attend quarterly Cost to Complete meetings for all active internal projects
- Attend joint venture board meetings as applicable
- Maintain strong working relationships with joint venture accounting staff and management
- Support the tax department in the annual property tax renditions and/or indirect tax trainings and audits
- Review and approve all check edits before payment
- Review and approve all payroll edits before posting
- Produce a weekly 13-week rolling cash forecast report
- Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are completed monthly
- Perform other duties as assigned by the CFO
QUALIFICATIONS
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- CPA Preferred
- Minimum 10 years of financial management experience, with at least 5 years preferred in the engineering, construction, or professional services industry
- Demonstrated ability to perform the key responsibilities of the role through relevant education and experience
Required Skills & Competencies:
- Strong knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards or US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- Ability to gather and organize data for financial reporting
- Ability to analyze complex information and formulate sound financial decisions
- Knowledge of financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting methods
- Effective communication skills for working with operations teams
- Strong computer and software proficiency
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Proven budgeting and financial analysis skills
- Strong Excel-based analytics skill set, including the ability to develop, maintain, and interpret complex financial models, reports, and data analyses
- Experience with JD Edwards or similar ERP system preferred
- Financial leadership and technical accounting expertise, Regional and Divisional financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash management, and internal controls
- Business partnership and operational acumen, with the ability to translate financial results into clear insights, recommendations, and actions for finance teams and both regional and project leadership
- Analytical thinking and decision support, including the ability to evaluate complex project, overhead, cash flow, and performance data and identify risks, trends, and improvement opportunities
- Integrity, accuracy, and accountability in maintaining reliable financial records and supporting a strong compliance and control environment
- Leadership and team development skills, including the ability to hire, coach, develop, and retain qualified finance and accounting staff across regional and project teams
- Communication and influence, with the ability to present financial information clearly to operations, regional leadership, corporate management, auditors, and joint venture partners
- Process improvement mindset, with a focus on strengthening financial processes, improving reporting quality, enhancing controls, automation, and supporting consistent application of BBII procedures
- Collaboration, professionalism, and adaptability in a hands-on, deadline-driven environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Office Environment
- Ability to wear required PPE (hard hat, safety boots, high-visibility vest, gloves, fall protection, and respirators) if required
- Some travel required to Regional offices, project sites, and less frequently to other BB offices
Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.
INTRODUCTION
Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry’s assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.
Consistently ranked among the nation’s largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).
OUR BENEFITS
Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive compensation and benefit package:
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off
- Tuition Assistance
- Employee Referral Bonus
- And more!
Position Summary
The SW Regional Controller is a senior finance leader and key member of the Region Management Team, responsible for providing financial leadership, operational insight, and strong internal control oversight for the Region business unit. Partnering closely with senior regional leadership, project leadership, and corporate finance teams, this role ensures the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial reporting, and supports effective budgeting, forecasting, cash management, and project performance reporting. The role also helps drive informed business decisions that improve financial results, strengthen compliance with BBII Standard Operating Procedures, and support the overall strategic and operational performance of the Region.
The Regional Controller is responsible for the financial management of the Region, including but not limited to:
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Financial Management Support for the Region:
- Serve on the Regional leadership team, aiding in strategic decision-making
- Maintain the Regions financial records in accordance with BBII Standard Operating Procedures and IFRS accounting requirements
- Support project finance teams in managing AR, AP, and payroll
- Prepare and deliver monthly financial reports to Regional and Corporate Management
- Participate in monthly project reviews and quarterly EACs for all projects in the Region
- Maintain an accounting and financial reporting control environment consistent with BBII Standard Operating Procedures and the Group Finance Manual
- Develop detailed project and division overhead cost and revenue forecasts
- Manage cash forecasting processes and regional cash flow
- Coordinate with and represent the Region in internal, external, and government audits
- Maintain a detailed understanding of all projects and operations within the regional portfolio
Lead Team:
- Hire, train, mentor and develop qualified, motivated staff
- Work effectively in a hands-on, team-oriented environment
- Oversee all regional and project accounting staff
Additional Responsibilities:
- Oversee, prepare, and review reports that summarize and forecast financial performance, including income, expenses, and budget-versus-actual results, and provide both insight and recommendations to leadership to optimize strategies and outcomes
- Monitor and report actual results against both forecast and key business performance indicators, and provide management with strategies and continuous improvement plans to sustain, drive, and optimize performance across the business
- Review operating expenses, recommend cost efficiency opportunities, and lead the monthly SG&A review process
- Review the financial aspects of major bids, including equipment purchase or lease analysis, projected cash flow, insurance, and indirect taxes
- Contribute to the development, evaluation, and periodic updating of the Region’s strategic plan by providing financial analysis, forecasting insight, risk assessment, and performance recommendations that support long-term business objectives
- Attend quarterly Cost to Complete meetings for all active internal projects
- Attend joint venture board meetings as applicable
- Maintain strong working relationships with joint venture accounting staff and management
- Support the tax department in the annual property tax renditions and/or indirect tax trainings and audits
- Review and approve all check edits before payment
- Review and approve all payroll edits before posting
- Produce a weekly 13-week rolling cash forecast report
- Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are completed monthly
- Perform other duties as assigned by the CFO
QUALIFICATIONS
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- CPA Preferred
- Minimum 10 years of financial management experience, with at least 5 years preferred in the engineering, construction, or professional services industry
- Demonstrated ability to perform the key responsibilities of the role through relevant education and experience
Required Skills & Competencies:
- Strong knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards or US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- Ability to gather and organize data for financial reporting
- Ability to analyze complex information and formulate sound financial decisions
- Knowledge of financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting methods
- Effective communication skills for working with operations teams
- Strong computer and software proficiency
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Proven budgeting and financial analysis skills
- Strong Excel-based analytics skill set, including the ability to develop, maintain, and interpret complex financial models, reports, and data analyses
- Experience with JD Edwards or similar ERP system preferred
- Financial leadership and technical accounting expertise, Regional and Divisional financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash management, and internal controls
- Business partnership and operational acumen, with the ability to translate financial results into clear insights, recommendations, and actions for finance teams and both regional and project leadership
- Analytical thinking and decision support, including the ability to evaluate complex project, overhead, cash flow, and performance data and identify risks, trends, and improvement opportunities
- Integrity, accuracy, and accountability in maintaining reliable financial records and supporting a strong compliance and control environment
- Leadership and team development skills, including the ability to hire, coach, develop, and retain qualified finance and accounting staff across regional and project teams
- Communication and influence, with the ability to present financial information clearly to operations, regional leadership, corporate management, auditors, and joint venture partners
- Process improvement mindset, with a focus on strengthening financial processes, improving reporting quality, enhancing controls, automation, and supporting consistent application of BBII procedures
- Collaboration, professionalism, and adaptability in a hands-on, deadline-driven environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Office Environment
- Ability to wear required PPE (hard hat, safety boots, high-visibility vest, gloves, fall protection, and respirators) if required
- Some travel required to Regional offices, project sites, and less frequently to other BB offices
Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.
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Align your credentials to specialty occupation standards
USCIS requires that your degree field directly relates to the Regional Controller role. A general business degree can create RFE risk, so document coursework in accounting, financial reporting, or managerial finance to strengthen the specialty occupation argument before your employer files.
Target multi-site employers with dedicated finance hierarchies
Companies operating across multiple states or business units are most likely to sponsor Regional Controllers because the role is structurally distinct from a single-location controller. Manufacturing groups, hospital systems, and franchise operators consistently appear in DOL LCA disclosure data for this title.
Verify prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
Regional Controller salaries vary significantly by geography and industry. Use the OFLC Wage Search to confirm your offered compensation meets at least the Level II prevailing wage for your metro area before your employer submits the LCA, since underpayment blocks certification.
Search Migrate Mate for verified sponsoring employers
Filter by Regional Controller roles on Migrate Mate to see employers with confirmed LCA filing history for this title. This lets you prioritize outreach to companies that have already navigated the sponsorship process for finance leadership roles, cutting your job search time.
Prepare for PERM if your employer pursues a green card
Many employers willing to sponsor H-1B for a Regional Controller will also sponsor EB-2 or EB-3 green cards. PERM labor certification requires documenting that no qualified U.S. workers applied, so your employer needs clean recruitment records from the initial hire onward.
Anticipate the LCA public access file requirement
Your employer must post the LCA notice at your primary work location for ten consecutive business days before DOL certifies it. If your role involves traveling between sites, clarify with HR which location is designated, since the posting address must match your I-129 work site.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Regional Controller role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in most cases. USCIS looks for a direct relationship between the job duties and a specific degree field. Regional Controller positions that require oversight of multi-entity consolidations, GAAP compliance, and financial reporting under a CPA or accounting degree typically satisfy the specialty occupation standard, though employers should document the degree requirement clearly in the job description to reduce RFE risk.
Which visa types are most commonly used to sponsor Regional Controllers?
H-1B is the most common path for Regional Controllers already in the U.S. or transferring from abroad, covering up to six years of initial status. TN visa is available to Canadian and Mexican nationals if the role maps to accountant under the USMCA profession list. For permanent residence, employers typically pursue EB-2 or EB-3 through PERM labor certification once the candidate is established in the role.
How do I find employers who have sponsored Regional Controllers before?
Migrate Mate shows verified sponsoring employers filtered by role title, so you can focus your applications on companies with an established track record for this position rather than guessing which employers are open to sponsorship.
Does a three-year accounting degree from outside the U.S. qualify for H-1B sponsorship as a Regional Controller?
It can, but it requires a credential evaluation. USCIS accepts foreign three-year bachelor's degrees if a credential evaluation agency determines they are equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree, often by combining the degree with relevant post-graduation work experience. Submit the evaluation with the I-129 petition to avoid a request for evidence that delays processing.
Can a Regional Controller role support an EB-2 green card without an advanced degree?
Yes, through the exceptional ability category under EB-2, though it's harder to establish than the advanced degree route. More commonly, Regional Controllers pursue EB-3 skilled worker status, which requires at least two years of experience and a bachelor's degree. PERM labor certification is required for both, and backlogs vary significantly depending on your country of birth.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Regional Controller jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.