What are the responsibilities and job description for the Controller position at YMCA of Greater Providence?
Brief Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Controller is responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of the Greater Providence YMCA’s financial reporting.
This role owns the month-end close process, ensures accounting accuracy, and leads to audit preparation and execution across a multi-branch nonprofit organization. The Controller will establish discipline, structure, and accountability within the accounting function and partner with leadership to support informed financial decision-making.
Core Responsibilities (Primary Focus Areas)
Month-End Close Ownership (Top Priority)
Accounting Operations
Required
YMCA of Greater Providence Team Standards:
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Controller is responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of the Greater Providence YMCA’s financial reporting.
This role owns the month-end close process, ensures accounting accuracy, and leads to audit preparation and execution across a multi-branch nonprofit organization. The Controller will establish discipline, structure, and accountability within the accounting function and partner with leadership to support informed financial decision-making.
Core Responsibilities (Primary Focus Areas)
Month-End Close Ownership (Top Priority)
- Own and manage the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close process
- Ensure all journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations are completed accurately and on time
- Establish and enforce a structured close calendar and review process
- Maintain full ownership of the general ledger
- Ensure financial statements are accurate and prepared in accordance with GAAP
- Oversee all balance sheet reconciliations and review processes
- Maintain strong control over account classifications and cutoff
- Identify and resolve accounting issues proactively
- Lead the annual audit process end-to-end
- Prepare and review audit workpapers and supporting schedules
- Serve as the primary contact for external auditors
- Oversee preparation of IRS Form 990 and required filings
Accounting Operations
- Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general accounting functions
- Ensure consistent and accurate processing across all branches
- Oversee payroll accounting, reconciliations, and accruals
- Partner with HR and payroll providers to ensure accurate and timely payroll processing
- Strengthen and enforce internal controls
- Improve accounting workflows, documentation, and close timelines
- Ensure consistent financial processes across the organization
- Directly supervise: Senior Accountant and Accounts Payable
- Establish accountability, structure, and performance expectations
- Support the CFO in the annual budget process
- Assist with variance analysis and financial reporting
- Reports to: Chief Financial Officer
- Works in tandem with: Grants & Finance Manager
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting
- 7 years of progressive accounting experience
- 3–5 years in an accounting leadership role
- Proven experience owning month-end close and financial statements
- Direct experience leading or heavily supporting annual audits
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and accrual accounting
- Experience overseeing or partnering on payroll processes
- Strong attention to detail and ability to enforce deadlines
- Advanced Excel and accounting systems proficiency
- Experience in a multi-entity or multi-location organization
- Nonprofit experience (helpful but not required)
- Experience improving accounting processes and internal controls
YMCA of Greater Providence Team Standards:
- Know our mission and be able to tell our story.
- The mission of the YMCA of Greater Providence is to build healthy spirit, mind and body for all, through programs, services and relationships that are based on our core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.
- Honor your colleagues by being on time, present and fully engaged at all times.
- If you disagree, propose a solution.
- Be accountable for results.
- A commitment to valuing and acting as one YMCA as evidenced by referring to ourselves as employees of the YMCA of Greater Providence.
- Display leadership that requires not only skill, but energy, passion, optimism and creativity.
- Build open and honest communication. Face to face, or voice to voice, is the preferred method of communication with email for information sharing only.
- Deliver exceptional service that is of high value. Build a positive staff team. Be friendly.
Salary : $95,000 - $110,000