What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Controller position at Lewis-Clark State College?
LC State invites applications for the position of Assistant Controller.
Salary and rank based on experience and qualifications: $77,200 - $82,000
Degree Required:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, bookkeeping, or related field from a regionally accredited college or university.
Required Qualifications:
- Two or more years of experience in accounting with a mid-sized company with revenues in excess of $20 million.
- Two or more years of supervisory experience of two or more staff.
- Experience compiling and preparing financial reports and analyses for a company with revenues in excess of $20 million.
- Strong experience using Microsoft suite products to analyze and prepare complex reporting assignments.
- Experience maintaining ERP system's general ledger accounts and security settings.
- Exceptional organizational skills, ability to prioritize, effective time manager, and multi-tasker.
- Experience collaborating with multiple departments.
- Demonstrated experience working, analyzing, and reporting on restricted net assets.
- Experience using and high comfort level with enterprise-wide technology systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree from a regionally accredited college or university or a CPA.
- Experience with external audits.
- Experience with Ellucian Colleague software.
- Experience with the State of Idaho accounting system or other systems that support organizations with multiple departments, revenue streams, and many different types of expense categories.
- Demonstrated work experience with a Non-Profit entity using Fund accounting in their financial reporting.
- Experience making adjusting journal entries, changing cash basis accounting to accrual-based accounting using GASB standards.
- Experience with troubleshooting and maintaining a general ledger chart of accounts, including adding new accounts, linking them to reporting trees, and setting up security access roles for employees.
- Experience with making financial presentations.
- Experience with large bank reconciliations.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain general ledger security activities, including setting up new general ledger accounts, employee security rights, and linking accounts to correct reporting trees.
- Perform monthly and annual general ledger closings, balancing system reports to assure system completeness.
- Working with the Controller and other staff, prepare external and internal financial reports, including balance sheet, statement of revenues and expenses, net fund balance, and departmental operating financials.
- Assist in the preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements and schedules adjusting cash basis accounting to GASB and FASB accrual-based financial statements and support for reported numbers.
- Perform analysis as needed on financial and departmental balances.
- Assist with the development and communication of business policies and internal controls.
- Work with external and internal auditors.
- Work with the Information Technology department to manage networked hardware and software applications, departmental financial reporting, and document scanning program. This position requires a high comfort level with technology use and administration.
- Oversee treasury management, supervising small staff, approving banking transactions and monitoring cash balances for best institution support.
- Inspire and assist own team and other team's members in meeting established deadlines.
- Additional duties include direct and indirect activities to support recruitment and retention of students.
Application Procedure: Please upload all of the following documents, or your application may not be considered for review
- Cover Letter/Letter of Interest
- Resume/Curriculum Vitae
- Contact Information or Letters for three (3) Professional References
- Unofficial Transcripts (Official Transcripts requested upon hire)
This position is open until filled. Posting will remain open until a suitable pool of candidates is identified.
This position is subject to the successful completion of a criminal background check and may also be subject to an education verification. LC State is an EEO/VETS employer.
Salary : $77,200 - $82,000