What are the responsibilities and job description for the Controller position at Seres Smith Consulting?
CONTROLLER
JOB SUMMARY:
This position provides financial analysis and develops data to appropriately support strategic planning and decision making processes.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
JOB SUMMARY:
This position provides financial analysis and develops data to appropriately support strategic planning and decision making processes.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Recruit, hire, train, support, and supervise the staff team in the accounting office
- Establishing and maintaining all accounting and business expense policies
- Ensuring compliance with all federal and state laws and regulations (including IRS, DOE, and DOL regulations and rules) and with best practices in non-profit accounting and financial statements by following FASB standards
- Preparation of financial reports for budget managers and leadership
- Preparation of annual financial audits
- Preparation of all required tax returns
- Serve as the primary Budget manager by maintaining and implementing the annual budget as approved by the President and Board.
- Maintain systems such that appropriate budget permissions and signature authority are in place for expenditure approval for the entire campus.
- Oversee the integrity of all accounting entries including:
- The recording of all expenditures for current operations and capital projects
- The recording of all revenues related to charges, gifts, fund raisers, investment income and other.
- The recording of activity related to bond funds and other debt.
- Prepare year-end audit work papers and serve as primary contact with auditing firm for consultation concerning preparation of the annual audit and various accounting procedures.
- Prepare monthly budget projection reports.
- Prepare and review other financial reports on regular basis.
- Implement controls and processes
- Recruit, hire, train, support, and supervise the staff
- Facilitate the effective billing and collection
- Serve as the main contact with third party vendor selected to manage payment plans
- Ultimate responsibility for the collection of accounts
- Monitor the accounts payable procedure to ensure the proper accounting and timely payment of expenditures.
- 5 years of directly relevant work experience
- Current CPA required
- Ability to recruit, retain, lead and manage a strong team of professional staff members
- Success in cultivating collaborative working relationship
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and exercise sound judgment
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
- Ability to operate in a highly confidential manner and with minimal supervision
- Ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal means.
- Demonstrated commitment to the fundamental values of service to others, community, and diversity
- PC skills particularly Excel and Word
- Experience working within a non-profit organization preferred
- Public accounting experience also preferred
- MBA preferred Equipment/Skills