Controller

Responsibilities

• Direct accounting oversight for city-funded grant programs, ensuring financial activity is recorded accurately and aligned with funding requirements
• Lead the full year-end audit cycle by coordinating timelines, preparing supporting documentation, and partnering with internal teams and external auditors
• Manage a team of six finance professionals, providing guidance, prioritization, and day-to-day leadership across core accounting functions
• Oversee monthly and period-end close activities for an approximately $60 million area of operations, including review of entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting
• Prepare and review consolidated financial information, including intercompany balancing and elimination entries across related entities or programs
• Produce clear and timely financial reports for leadership, with attention to grant compliance, fund activity, and organizational performance
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting workflows and reporting efficiency through better use of systems, tools, and internal controls
• Support audit requests and develop schedules, analyses, and documentation needed to address internal and external financial review requirements

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive accounting and controllership experience, including leadership responsibility in complex organizations
• Background spanning non-profit environments, with additional exposure to public accounting and private sector finance operations
• Demonstrated success managing annual audits from planning through completion, including coordination with multiple internal stakeholders
• Strong knowledge of grant accounting, government-funded programs, and fund-based financial reporting
• Experience preparing consolidations and intercompany elimination entries within multi-entity or multi-program structures
• Proven ability to lead and develop accounting staff while maintaining strong communication across teams
• High attention to detail with a process improvement mindset and the ability to use technology to enhance efficiency
• Familiarity with NetSuite or Yardi is helpful, though not required

Qualifications

This is a contract opportunity with potential for a permanent role.

Skills

• Grant Accounting
• Government-Funded Programs
• Fund-Based Financial Reporting
• Consolidations and Intercompany Elimination Entries
• Accounting Workflows and Reporting Efficiency
• Process Improvement Mindset
• Technology Use

Benefits

Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $80,000 - $120,000 annually.

Schedule

The schedule for this role is typically full-time.