Associate Consultant - Budget Controller

Budget Controller

Greencastle Consulting is seeking a detail-oriented financial leader who takes pride in keeping complex programs on budget and in front of hard numbers. As a Budget Controller, you'll bring your military-honed discipline and accountability to the finances of client engagements and our internal operations, giving executives the clear, accurate picture they need to make decisions.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As a Budget Controller, you'll partner with engagement leads and client finance teams to:

• Build and manage budgets: Developing project and engagement budgets, setting cost baselines, and tracking spend against them so initiatives stay financially sound

• Find variances early: Running monthly variance analysis, identifying the drivers behind overruns or underspend, and recommending corrective action

• Forecast with confidence: Producing rolling forecasts and estimates-at-completion that give leadership an accurate view of where budgets are heading

• Strengthen financial controls: Designing and enforcing approval workflows, reconciliations, and cost-allocation processes that hold up to audit

• Report what matters: Delivering clear, decision-ready financial reporting to executives and clients, with the story behind the numbers

HOW YOU'LL GROW

Beyond day-to-day work, Budget Controllers at Greencastle:

• Receive direct mentorship from senior leaders and Managing Directors who've built careers across military service, corporate finance, and consulting

• Get exposure across all four service delivery options, seeing how financial controls work in each discipline

• Build toward Senior Budget Controller and Finance Manager roles through a transparent, merit-based promotion track (see compensation progression below)

• Get dedicated time to give back to the veteran community as part of the job, not as an add-on

LOCATION & TRAVEL EXPECTATIONS

Greencastle is headquartered in Malvern, PA, and serves clients across the United States. We prioritize candidates in the Greater Philadelphia region given proximity to headquarters and our highest concentration of client offices, but we also hire regionally where we have active engagements.

Current client footprint includes:

• Greater Philadelphia / Malvern, PA (HQ)

• Baltimore, MD

• Washington, D.C. Metro Area

• Chicago, IL

• Poughkeepsie, NY

• Phoenix, AZ

• Orlando, FL

• Louisville, KY

• Rhode Island

Travel is periodic and engagement-dependent. Employees should expect periods during their career with Greencastle when travel is approximately 20–30%, with some engagements requiring substantially less travel and others requiring more. Candidates within commuting distance of an active client region are preferred over those who would require air travel. Employees who live within commuting distance of a client site are expected to work on-site frequently.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• Military veteran (Greencastle hires exclusively from the veteran community)

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field

• Experience with budgeting, financial analysis, or cost control in a government, military, or corporate setting

• Proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, and financial modeling

• A genuine commitment to client success, a desire to play by adult rules, GSD™, and a commitment to strengthening veteran communities

Preferred:

• Military financial management or comptroller experience, or formal military planning experience (MDMP, NPP, MCPP, JOPPA, or equivalent)

• Master's degree or MBA

• Experience with ERP or project accounting systems

• Certifications such as FMVA (Financial Modeling and Valuation Analyst), a graduate certificate or concentration in finance, Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or progress toward either.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

The typical base salary range for a Budget Controller is $85,000 to $120,000, with total initial compensation typically $95,000 to $130,000. Pay progression is merit-based and transparent: new team members average 15% base raises in their first two years, with top performers exceeding 40%.

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WHY GREENCASTLE CONSULTING?

As the world's largest 100% veteran-owned and operated consulting firm, Greencastle continues to serve the nation by solving hard problems for some of the country's largest companies. Our adult rules culture, relentless commitment to client outcomes, and refusal to take ourselves too seriously set us apart.