---
title: "Controller"
role: controller
updated: 2026-09-09
canonical: https://aiagents.construction/roles/controller/
---

At this size the controller is often the whole accounting department. Agents fit the high-volume, rule-bound work: reading invoices, matching them to commitments, coding them to cost codes — with the controller approving, not typing.

What holds today: AP invoice extraction and first-pass coding against the job cost structure. What does not: anything touching cash or compliance — payment release, lien waiver acceptance, tax filings — stays human, always.

## Jobs

- [AP invoice coding & matching](https://aiagents.construction/roles/controller/invoices/) — ready today: Invoices arrive by email; the agent extracts, matches to the commitment, proposes the cost code, and queues for approval.
- [WIP schedule and over/under-billing draft](https://aiagents.construction/roles/controller/wip-reporting/) — ready today: Use an agent to draft the monthly WIP / percentage-of-completion schedule from job-cost exports; the controller owns ECTC and the signature.
- [First-pass subcontractor pay-application review](https://aiagents.construction/roles/controller/sub-pay-app/) — ready today: Agent drafts first-pass review of inbound sub G702/G703 against commitment, SOV, prior payments, signed changes, field notes, plus lien-waiver checklist; controller owns percent complete, retainage, pay/hold, and release.