Assistant Controller

Salary and rank: $77,200 - $82,000, based on experience and qualifications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, bookkeeping, or related field from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Two or more years of experience in accounting with a mid-sized company with revenues in excess of $20 million.
• Two or more years of supervisory experience of two or more staff.
• Experience compiling and preparing financial reports and analyses for a company with revenues in excess of $20 million.
• Strong experience using Microsoft suite products to analyze and prepare complex reporting assignments.
• Experience maintaining ERP system's general ledger accounts and security settings.
• Exceptional organizational skills, ability to prioritize, effective time management, and multi-tasking.
• Experience collaborating with multiple departments.
• Demonstrated experience working, analyzing, and reporting on restricted net assets.
• Experience using and high comfort level with enterprise-wide technology systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree from a regionally accredited college or university or a CPA.
• Experience with external audits.
• Experience with Ellucian Colleague software.
• Experience with the State of Idaho accounting system or other systems that support organizations with multiple departments, revenue streams, and many different types of expense categories.
• Demonstrated work experience with a Non-Profit entity using Fund accounting in their financial reporting.
• Experience making adjusting journal entries, changing cash basis accounting to accrual-based accounting using GASB standards.
• Experience with troubleshooting and maintaining a general ledger chart of accounts, including adding new accounts, linking them to reporting trees, and setting up security access roles for employees.
• Experience with making financial presentations.
• Experience with large bank reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain general ledger security activities, including setting up new general ledger accounts, employee security rights, and linking accounts to correct reporting trees.
• Perform monthly and annual general ledger closings, balancing system reports to assure system completeness.
• Working with the Controller and other staff, prepare external and internal financial reports, including balance sheet, statement of revenues and expenses, net fund balance, and departmental operating financials.
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements and schedules adjusting cash basis accounting to GASB and FASB accrual-based financial statements and support for reported numbers.
• Perform analysis as needed on financial and departmental balances.
• Assist with the development and communication of business policies and internal controls.
• Work with external and internal auditors.
• Work with the Information Technology department to manage networked hardware and software applications, departmental financial reporting, and document scanning program.
• Oversee treasury management, supervising small staff, approving banking transactions and monitoring cash balances for best institution support.
• Inspire and assist own team and other team members in meeting established deadlines.
• Additional duties include direct and indirect activities to support recruitment and retention of students.