Finance Controller
Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) · Oxnard, CA · 3 mo ago
On-siteAccountingFull-time
Responsibilities
- Oversee all accounting operations including billing, AR/AP, payroll, general ledger, and financial reporting
- Bank and credit card reconciliation
- Accuracy of organization’s General Ledger Maintenance and improvement of chart of accounts
- Developing and maintaining records of participants and beneficiaries including active, deferred, retired, and separated members
- Maintenance and improvement of organization’s accounting policies and protocols (e.g. credit card use policy, purchase request policy, etc.)
- Production of financial statements for Board of Directors
- Collaborate with the Executive Director and Board of Directors to develop and finalize the organization’s annual budget
- Develop and manage budgets, forecasts, and financial models
- Manage and coordinate workers’ compensation payments and related audits
- Filing of quarterly sales taxes
- Lead the audit preparation process; manage successful passing of annual audit
- Review and supervise bookkeeper’s accounting work to ensure that MICOP’s financials are accurate
- Serve as a key advisor to the Executive Director on financial strategy and planning
- Maintain organization’s FTE chart
- Perform quarterly allocations based on FTE chart
- Maintain MICOP’s Net Asset Schedule
- Ensure compliance with GAAP, federal/state/local regulations, and internal policies
- Provide financial training to staff or board as needed
- Attend trainings, staff meetings or workshops as directed
- Supervise bookkeepers
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (CPA or MBA preferred)
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
- Strong abilities with QuickBooks and Microsoft Excel
- Excellent communications skills
- Experience in retirement administration and/or nonprofit, including 403(b), and defined benefit plans
- Highly detail-oriented and an effective written and verbal communicator
- Ability to perform work with speed and accuracy
- Deep understanding of General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Experience must have at least 5+ years of non-profit finance experience managing the budget and financial processes of a company or non-profit organization with an annual budget of at least $8M
- Fluent in the following software: QuickBooks Online, Microsoft Excel, Google Suite
- Experience working with external auditors and has led the successful execution of an independent audit
- Understanding of revenue and expense allocations and can track those allocations against dynamic budgets
- Identifying needs to create and implement a plan for driving improvement