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title: 'Controller at Cuningham'
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# Controller at Cuningham

- **Company:** Cuningham
- **Location:** Phoenix, AZ
- **Compensation:** $128k–$210k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-31
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/cuningham/748f4ec6-fd28-4f41-bf20-7ee0c7d4a8f9

## Job description

At Cuningham, we exist to uplift the human experience — together, we create enduring experiences for a healthy world. As our Controller, you'll join a welcoming team that embraces advanced technologies and flexible work environments, helping us design solutions that are insightful, well-coordinated, and uniquely fitted to their place and purpose. This is a hybrid position based near one of our Minneapolis, Phoenix, or Las Vegas offices. The successful candidate will have progressive corporate accounting experience, preferably in the Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry with a multi-office firm. We're seeking a team player with experience working with accounting software — experience with Deltek Vantagepoint is a plus. Reporting directly to the CEO, the Controller will work closely with department and business leaders and manage the corporate accounting team. They should be highly motivated and thrive in a collaborative workspace, driving change with a continuous improvement mindset.

## What you will do

- Oversee accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems, ensuring compliance with GAAP standards and regulatory requirements
- Evaluate accounting and internal control systems to meet goals and create efficiencies
- Maintain internal controls and safeguards for revenue, costs, program budgets, and actual expenditures
- Coordinate external audit activity
- Coordinate and prepare internal and external financial statements
- Develop and monitor business performance metrics
- Manage the month-end and year-end close process
- Oversee regulatory reporting, frequently including tax planning and compliance
- Analyze financial data and present financial reports accurately and on time; clearly communicate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
- Assist with the annual budgeting and planning process; administer and review financial plans against actual results, identifying, explaining, and correcting variances as needed
- Support the CEO in developing and monitoring financial operating models and delivery
- Manage organizational cash flow forecasting
- Leverage the strengths of current finance team members, clarify roles and responsibilities, and develop/implement training programs to help the team reach its full potential
- Provide leadership in strengthening internal communications across the organization; help create and promote a positive, supportive work environment

## What we look for

- Bachelor's degree required in business or accounting; MBA preferred
- CPA or CMA preferred
- 10+ years of corporate accounting and finance experience, with 2+ years managing a team preferred (experience in a public accounting/audit capacity is considered equivalent to working in a corporate accounting capacity)
- Experience within the AEC industry highly desired
- Strong technology, analytics, and management experience
- Experience with Deltek Vantagepoint preferred
- Strong Microsoft Excel experience required; familiarity with Power BI preferred
- Great attention to detail and excellent oral/written communication skills
- Self-starter with strong ethical standards
- Ability to prioritize and balance multiple projects and deadlines

Why Cuningham? At Cuningham, we believe the best work happens when people are supported, challenged, and connected. Whether collaborating across teams, engaging with our communities, or shaping meaningful design solutions, we bring pragmatic creativity and disciplined execution to every project — and we support each other through it all. We nurture an equitable work environment where curiosity is celebrated, craft is valued, and growth is prioritized. Alongside a team that brings low-ego expertise and active leadership day-to-day, you’ll work on complex, high-stakes projects that demand bold thinking and disciplined delivery. _________________________________________________________________________________ Cuningham is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and values the strength diversity brings to the workplace when combined with equity and justice. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, genetic information, national origin, disability, military, or veteran status.

## About Cuningham

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cuningham is an architecture, interior design, urban design, and landscape architecture firm that creates enduring experiences for a healthy world.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- **Founded**: 1968
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Architecture and Planning (including interior design, urban design, and landscape architecture)
- **Target customers**: Organizations investing in complex, high-stakes built environments across sectors such as hospitality & gaming, themed entertainment & attractions, healthcare, workplace/corporate campuses, and mixed-use developments.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Design for social and ecological well-being." The firm is committed to creating architecture and design that restores natural and human systems.

## Products & Services
Cuningham offers integrated design services across multiple disciplines:
- **Architecture**: Full-service architectural design for complex projects, from vision to delivery.
- **Interior Design**: Crafting interior spaces that spark joy and build belonging.
- **Urban Design**: Shaping intentional spaces at the city and community scale.
- **Landscape Architecture**: Integrating natural systems into built environments.
- **Project Management**: Active leadership to manage complexity, reduce risk, and support grounded decision-making throughout the life of a project.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of approximately **$66 million** (latest available, per LinkedIn data)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available (no external funding rounds identified). The firm operates as a privately held, employee-owned culture.
- **Growth Signals**:
    - **Headcount**: 217 employees (+0.3% YoY, +1 person)
    - **LinkedIn Followers**: 13,998 (+8.0% year-over-year growth)
    - **Office Locations**: Seven offices across the U.S.: Minneapolis (HQ), Denver, Culver City (Los Angeles), Las Vegas, Orlando, Phoenix, and San Diego.
    - **Open Positions**: Actively hiring for roles across multiple sectors, including Project Managers, Architects, Interior Designers, and a National Market Leader for Healthcare.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Nearly 60 years of experience** (founded 1968) with a proven track record across diverse sectors, building types, and delivery models.
- **Integrated, multi-disciplinary approach** (architecture, interior design, urban design, landscape architecture) under one roof, allowing for seamless collaboration.
- **Commitment to ecological and social well-being** as a core design principle, differentiating them from firms focused solely on aesthetics or cost.
- **Emphasis on disciplined execution** — "real-world constraints become creative momentum" — appealing to clients with complex, high-stakes projects.
- **Distributed workforce model** with seven offices, enabling national reach and local presence.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding into high-demand sectors such as **Healthcare** (hiring a National Market Leader) and **Themed Entertainment & Attraction Design** (multiple open roles). Actively recruiting for market leadership positions to drive growth.
- **Direction for growth**: Deepening expertise in complex, high-stakes sectors while maintaining a distributed office model to attract top talent across the U.S. Focus on delivering "bold in vision, precise in execution" projects.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes empathy, collaboration, and collective success. The firm states: "Brilliant design is not an act of ego. It's an act of empathy." Values include equity, diversity, and inclusion, with a commitment to giving every team member a voice.
- **Work Model**: **Hybrid and on-site** options available. Offices in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and others. The firm promotes a "distributed work force model" and "flexible schedules" to support a healthy life-work flow.
- **Notable Perks**:
    - Competitive, flexible healthcare and benefit packages.
    - 401k with traditional and Roth options with competitive employer matching.
    - Paid parental leave with support upon reentry.
    - Pre-tax dependent care benefits.
    - Long- and short-term disability insurance.
    - Support for professional development, including licensure and certification support and growth curriculums.
    - Volunteer opportunities to support local communities.
- **Engineering/Creative Culture**: Encourages cross-team collaboration — "You are not limited to your initial team but encouraged to find and cultivate the right place for you within the firm."
- **Employer Rating**: 3.4/5.0 on LinkedIn (62 reviews), with Work-Life rated 3.6, Compensation 3.3, Culture 3.3, Career 3.3.

## Sources
1. [cuningham.com - About Us](https://cuningham.com/about-us)
2. [careers.cuningham.com - Careers Page](https://careers.cuningham.com/)
3. [linkedin.com - Cuningham Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/cuningham-creates)
4. [jobs.lever.co - Cuningham Open Positions](https://jobs.lever.co/cuningham)

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