Controller

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains the integrity of the general ledger and prepares timely financial entries that accurately reflect the organization’s business activity.
• Performs statistical analyses to determine trends, estimates, and significant changes, and writes narrative reports explaining findings.
• Analyzes financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital, and prepares balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other reports to summarize and interpret current and projected company financial position.
• Maintains compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and company procedures.
• Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, transactions, documents, and reports.
• Evaluates, implements, and maintains accounting systems and internal control procedures to ensure accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency.
• Devises and implements systems for general accounting including bank and balance sheet reconciliations as needed to support internal control procedures.
• Prepares annual financial analysis for Property and Employee benefits insurance renewal.
• Monitors cash flow and provides management recommendations to the Chief Financial Officer.
• Assists Chief Financial Officer with administration of the bank credit card system.
• Maintains ongoing compliance with the Public Charities Support Test.
• Processes bi-weekly payroll, and related benefit payments. Creates related disbursements for general ledger.
• Collaborates with the annual financial audit and preparation of the annual tax filings.
• Manages the annual budgeting process.
• Accumulates, reviews, and consolidates departmental budgets for management review.
• Supports financial reporting for grant requests as needed and as required.
• Provides ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as requested.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Supervisory & Management skills, with experience developing and supporting direct reports.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present financial information clearly to non-financial audiences.
• A collaborative, solutions-oriented approach; brings resourcefulness and initiative to complex or ambiguous situations.
• Proficiency in accounting software, payroll systems, and Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
• Familiarity with nonprofit fund accounting and grant reporting requirements, and compliance with GAAP.
• Comfort operating across departments and building relationships with program, development, and administrative staff.