Controller

Job Purpose: The Controller will direct the Finance Teams in a manner that fosters teamwork and customer service, focusing on accurate and timely financial reporting, billing for services provided, and payment to vendors. This position also will design and implement proper internal control procedures in all Finance areas to ensure that Agency assets will be maximized and properly safeguarded.

Essential Job Functions:
(Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.)

• Provide effective leadership for management employees supervised, including: setting clear goals and objectives, monitoring progress toward goals and objectives, providing feedback and coaching, reviewing and recognizing performance, and adjusting workload and duties to best execute department objectives.
• Direct, maintain, and revise financial accounting and reporting systems to effectively communicate financial results of operations to management, Board of Directors, Finance Committee, Audit Committee, funding sources, and others, as necessary.
• Maintain and develop relationships with outside service organizations doing business with the agency, such as banks, audit firms, insurance companies, third party service providers, vendors, governmental and nongovernmental funding sources, and other regulatory bodies.
• Maintain knowledge on trends and best practices affecting accounting, compensation, and financial reporting in the not-for-profit industry. Implement new technology or practices as necessary.
• Design and implement financial internal control standards to safeguard agency assets such as cash, receivables, inventories, and fixed assets.
• Lead the preparation for and completion of the annual budget, annual financial audits, state and federal tax reporting for exempt organizations, including: working directly with CPA firm to coordinate the audit process from start to finish, leading an internal team to ensure timely account reconciliations and preparation of all, document requests and required schedules, preparing and reviewing final schedules and disclosures, and presenting final audit reports and/or Form 990 for senior leadership review prior to distribution or filing.
• Lead on all Treasury functions.
• Develop project plans to complete identified initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Performs human resources responsibilities for employees which includes onboarding, training, coaching on performance, completes performance reviews and overall employee morale. Recommends hiring, terminations, compensation changes, promotions, corrective action decisions and terminations. Reviews and approves accurate report of time.
• Responsible for ensuring that personal actions, and actions of employees supervised, comply with the policies, regulations, and laws applicable to the program funders, contracts, and CFI business.