Controller & Assistant Treasurer

Responsibilities

• Manage the College’s general accounting, financial reporting, treasury, and compliance functions.
• Ensure that financial reporting, reconciliations, and account analyses are completed accurately and on a timely basis.
• Lead the preparation of the College’s audited financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• Review accounting treatment for complex or non-routine transactions and ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards.
• Cook up the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes.
• Coordinate institutional tax compliance activities, including Forms 990, 990-T, and other required filings.
• Serve as a primary liaison with external auditors, financial advisors, rating agencies, banks, and regulatory agencies.
• Oversee treasury operations, cash management activities, liquidity monitoring, debt compliance reporting, banking relationships, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support financing activities, including coordination related to debt issuances, covenant compliance, and external financial reporting requirements.
• Partner with Finance and Information Technology staff to support Workday Finance operations, optimize financial systems and reporting capabilities, strengthen data integrity, and implement process improvements and automation initiatives.
• Develop, document, and maintain financial policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen financial operations, improve reporting processes, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop accounting and financial operations staff.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and service excellence within the Finance organization.
• Support financial reporting and presentations for senior leadership and the Board of Trustees.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• CPA designation required.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible accounting and financial leadership experience.
• Experience in higher education, nonprofit, healthcare or similarly complex institutional environments.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, and internal controls.
• Experience leading financial statement audits and managing complex accounting operations.
• Experience with nonprofit accounting, restricted funds, endowment accounting and sponsored programs administration.
• Experience with Workday or other enterprise financial systems.
• Demonstrated experience supervising and developing professional staff.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across departments.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet critical deadlines.
• Communicate complex financial and accounting matters clearly to a broad range of financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• Experience operating effectively within complex and decentralized organizations.