Controller, Accounting, Financial Compliance

As Controller, you’ll play a key leadership role in strengthening financial operations, supporting strategic decision‑making, and ensuring long‑term sustainability. You’ll serve as a true strategic partner and #2 to the CFO, lead a growing finance team, and translate financial data into clear insights for leadership and the Board.

Description:

Lead the Finance Function

• Oversee accounting operations, financial reporting, and internal controls in alignment with GAAP
• Manage month-end close, financial statements, and audit processes
• Ensure compliance with grant requirements, including federal, state, and foundation funding
• Partner with the CFO and leadership on budgeting, forecasting, and long‑range planning
• Analyze financial performance and clearly communicate trends and risks
• Support Board and committee reporting
• Own process improvement and internal controls, strengthening workflows, systems, and scalability across accounting, payroll, AP/AR, and reporting
• Enhance financial systems and integrations (including automation opportunities)
• Ensure strong controls and scalable processes as the organization grows

Lead & Develop the Team

• Provide leadership and structure to a multi-level finance team
• Build clarity, accountability, and development opportunities
• Foster a collaborative, solutions‑oriented environment

Requirements:

Qualified candidates will have a bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field (CPA and/or MBA preferred) and 5–7 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including leadership of people and complex operations

• Deep knowledge of accounting, grant compliance, audits, and regulatory requirements
• Hands‑on experience with audit coordination, budgeting, financial analysis, AP/AR, payroll, and investments
• Strong proficiency with Sage Intacct, Martus, and  (Paycom a plus)
• Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to turn data into strategy
• Ability to clearly communicate financial information to finance and non‑finance audiences alike.
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Paid holidays

Salary: $110,000 - $130,000 annually

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