Controller (Manager VI)

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Manages and supervises the Fiscal Department (4-7 staff), including roles ranging from Accounting Clerk to Senior Accountant/Accounting Supervisor.
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Interviews, hires, trains, and provides leadership, training, mentoring, and professional development to accounting staff to build technical expertise and ensure consistency in practices.
• Reviews staff work for accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and compliance, providing guidance and corrective feedback as needed.
• Establishes performance expectations and oversees workload distribution to ensure efficient and effective financial operations.
• Oversees and reviews financial information to ensure accurate recording of business transactions.
• Reviews and approves journal entries and general ledger activity prepared by accounting staff.
• Reviews and oversees preparation of balance sheets, income statements, and other financial reports summarizing current and projected financial position.
• Analyzes balance sheet accounts and detailed expenditure reports to ensure proper classification, accuracy, and compliance.
• Reviews and audits check requests, purchase orders, and vouchers prepared by staff prior to settlement.
• Reviews monthly bank reconciliations and resolving items prepared by staff to ensure agreement with the general ledger.
• Reviews reconciliations of expenditures and contractor expenses to the general ledger.
• Establishes, documents, updates, and implements accounting policies and procedures.
• Develops, coordinates, and implements financial policies in accordance with GAAP and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Designs, implements, and maintains systems for general accounting.
• Documents unit-level accounting procedures.
• Participates in the setup, enhancement, and maintenance of automated accounting systems.
• Leads audit and monitoring activities, including preparation, coordination, response, and resolution.
• Prepares and/or reviews audit work papers and supporting schedules for internal and external audits.
• Prepares detailed grant accounting reports, including reconciliation of grant funds to expenditures.
• Affords assistance in the development and maintenance of cost allocation plans.
• Maintains current working knowledge of the Texas Workforce Commissions (TWC) Financial Manual for Grants and Contracts (FMGC) and Contracts and Federal Uniform Grant Guidance.
• Participates in special accounting projects and complex financial analyses.
• Prepares ad hoc financial reports, analyses, and graphical presentations for senior management and the Board of Directors.
• Attends relevant meetings, training sessions, and conferences.
• Handles correspondence related to assigned functional areas.

Policies, Procedures and Systems

• Establishes, documents, updates, and implements accounting policies and procedures.
• Develops, coordinates, and implements financial policies in accordance with GAAP and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Designs, implements, and maintains systems for general accounting.
• Documents unit-level accounting procedures.
• Participates in the setup, enhancement, and maintenance of automated accounting systems.

Audit, Grants and Compliance

• Leads audit and monitoring activities, including preparation, coordination, response, and resolution.
• Prepares and/or reviews audit work papers and supporting schedules for internal and external audits.
• Prepares detailed grant accounting reports, including reconciliation of grant funds to expenditures.
• Affords assistance in the development and maintenance of cost allocation plans.
• Maintains current working knowledge of the Texas Workforce Commissions (TWC) Financial Manual for Grants and Contracts (FMGC) and Contracts and Federal Uniform Grant Guidance.

Projects, Communication and Professional Development

• Participates in special accounting projects and complex financial analyses.
• Prepares ad hoc financial reports, analyses, and graphical presentations for senior management and the Board of Directors.
• Attends relevant meetings, training sessions, and conferences.
• Handles correspondence related to assigned functional areas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• CPA Certification preferred.
• Five (5) years of progressively more responsible positions at the professional level in accounting.
• Knowledge of general and fund accounting principles and practices, state financial management requirements, and relevant Federal, State, and local laws, rules, and regulations.
• Ability to interpret and make decisions in accordance with existing laws, rules, and regulations; communicate at a highly professional level with all staff levels in both oral and written forms.
• Prepare complex documents and reports, manage time and organize work to meet agency and legal deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Teams), Adobe, MIPS accounting software a plus, other software as needed to perform job functions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to build strong relationships with employees and management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.