Controller

Location: Main Campus

Reports to: Vice President of Operations

Responsibilities

• Maintain the integrity of the College's accounting records and chart of accounts, including the general ledger and subsidiary ledgers.
• Lead monthly and fiscal year-end closing processes, including preparation, review, and approval of journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Prepare accurate and timely financial statements, budget-to-actual reports, cash reports, and other financial analyses for executive leadership, auditors, regulators, and other authorized users as needed.
• Provide accounting data, historical trends, variance explanations, and technical guidance to support executive leadership in annual budgeting, multi-year forecasting, capital planning, debt analysis, and financial decision-making.
• Implement and maintain accounting policies, procedures, documentation standards, and closing calendars that promote accuracy, consistency, timeliness, and accountability.
• Reconcile or review reconciliations of all College and Foundation bank and investment accounts; investigate and resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Monitor daily cash activity and liquidity, execute approved cash transfers, and provide reliable cash-position information to the Vice President of Operations and other members of executive leadership as appropriate.
• Review accounting entries, payment activity, receivable activity, and reconciliations for proper authorization, coding, documentation, and compliance with budgetary and legal requirements.
• Maintain accurate fixed-asset accounting records, capitalization and depreciation schedules, and related reconciliations in accordance with GASB standards and institutional policy.
• Partner with the Business Office Accounting Manager to establish effective transaction workflows, review controls, cross-training, and timely completion of accounts payable and accounts receivable processes.
• Perform routine accounting analysis of internal controls that safeguard assets, support reliable reporting, provide appropriate segregation of duties, and ensure compliance with federal and state law, Board policy, GAAP, and GASB requirements.
• Serve as the primary accounting liaison for annual audits of the College and Foundation; prepare schedules, coordinate supporting documentation, respond to requests, and lead remediation of audit findings.
• Prepare or review required federal, state, and local financial and tax reports and retain complete supporting records.
• Monitor changes in accounting standards and regulatory requirements and recommend necessary changes to executive leadership on best accounting practices, systems, and documentation.
• Maintain accurate grant accounting records, review expenditures for allowability, reconcile grant activity, support drawdowns and reporting, and coordinate with grant owners.

Pay

Pay Grade 14 (Annual Salary Range: $66,914 – $108,735)