Senior Financial Controller

Job Title: Senior Financial Controller
Department: Finance
Reports To: Chief of Staff
Revised Date: March 2026
FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Summary
The Senior Financial Controller is a key member of the organization’s leadership team, responsible for overseeing all accounting, financial reporting, compliance, and internal control functions. This role ensures financial integrity, supports mission-aligned decision-making, and strengthens the organization’s long-term sustainability.

The ideal candidate is both detail-oriented and strategically minded—someone who can manage day-to-day financial operations while preparing to assume full CFO responsibilities within 24–36 months.

This position plays a pivotal role in ensuring that financial stewardship supports the mission of caring for children and families in need. As the future CFO, the Senior Financial Controller will help shape the organization’s long-term sustainability and expand its impact for years to come.

Qualifications
Required
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. CPA or CMA strongly preferred.
• 7 years of progressive accounting/finance experience, including nonprofit experience.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and nonprofit fund accounting.
• Demonstrated experience managing audits and complex budgets.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to mentor and develop staff.
• Alignment with the organization’s Christian mission and values.

Preferred
• Experience in foster care, adoption, residential care, or human services organizations.
• Familiarity with government contracts, Medicaid billing, or child welfare funding streams.
• Experience with financial systems implementation or optimization.
• Strategic planning or executive leadership experience.

Essential Responsibilities
Financial Leadership & Strategy
• Partner with the CEO and COS and executive leadership to develop financial strategies that support organizational sustainability, growth and mission impact.
• Lead long-term financial planning, forecasting, and scenario modeling.
• Provide financial insights to program leaders in foster care, adoption, and residential services.
• Streamline current chart of accounts, GL codes and departments and determine how to simplify and provide meaningful financial reports leadership can use to make proper decisions. Implement reporting by defined geographic regions.
• Support leadership with timely, accurate financial reports and analysis.

Accounting & Reporting
• Oversee all accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable/receivable, payroll, and month-end close.
• Ensure timely preparation of GAAP-compliant financial statements.
• Maintain accurate fund accounting and grant tracking for federal, state, and private funding sources.
• Manage annual audits and coordinate with external auditors.

Compliance & Internal Controls
• Ensure compliance with federal and state regulations related to child welfare funding, nonprofit reporting, and restricted gifts.
• Strengthen internal controls and financial policies across the organization.
• Oversee tax filings, including Form 990 and state charitable registrations.

Budgeting & Program Support
• Lead the annual budgeting process in collaboration with program directors/functional organizational leadership.
• Provide financial training and support to non-financial managers.
• Provide regular financial performance reports to leadership.
• Monitor program-level financial performance and recommend corrective actions.

Systems & Process Improvement
• Evaluate and optimize financial systems, workflows, and reporting tools.
• Implement technology solutions that improve accuracy, efficiency, and transparency.
• Champion data-driven decision-making across the organization.
• Utilize AI to improve efficiencies as appropriate

Leadership & Team Development
• Supervise and mentor accounting staff, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and Christian service.
• Model servant leadership and support a healthy, mission-aligned organizational culture.
• Prepare to assume CFO responsibilities through intentional leadership development.

Personal Characteristics
• A mature Christian faith and commitment to serving others.
• High integrity, humility, and a servant-leader mindset.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.
• Adaptable, forward-thinking, and eager to grow into a CFO role.

Faith & Mission Alignment (BCH Requirement)
BCH is a Christ-centered organization committed to sharing hope and changing lives, with beliefs 
rooted in Jesus Christ. Employees are expected to support BCH’s mission, purpose, and spiritual 
emphasis through professional conduct and service.
• Professes to be a Christian believer.
• Submits an individual Statement of Faith, Acknowledgement, and Pledge as part of 
employment requirements.

EQUIPMENT:
Ability to operate standard office machines such as copier, computer, fax, etc. Ability to work 
within Excel, Word and design software programs. 

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets general information. Ability to effectively communicate 
with others, including managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

CONTACT WITH OTHERS:
Regular contact with subordinates and/or other departments as well as outside individuals and 
groups to represent Baptist Children's Homes of NC, Inc. in a positive manner. Contacts 
outside of the agency where improper handling of situations may adversely affect the agency’s 
image, even though the primary responsibility rests with a higher level of supervision.

MENTAL / VISUAL / AUDITORY DEMAND: 
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form 
and ability to draw conclusions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, 
and ability to adjust focus. Must be able to talk and hear both in person and on the telephone. 

CONFIDENTIAL DATA:
Complies with agency policies and procedures concerning confidentiality, including payroll, 
budgeting and HIPAA regulations involving all aspects of departmental staff information. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an 
employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable 
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential 
functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required 
to sit and stand, use hands and fingers, walk, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally lift 25
pounds. Ability to enter and drive a motor vehicle.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee 
encounters while performing the essential functions of this job; usual office working conditions, 
with some outdoor environments when visiting project sites. Primarily office-based with 
standard office equipment and prolonged computer use. Occasional travel and extended hours 
may be required around major events