Nonprofit Controller

Position Summary
The Senior Nonprofit Controller is a senior accounting leader responsible for overseeing the organization’s accounting operations, financial reporting, internal controls, budgeting, treasury management, and regulatory compliance. This role ensures the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial information while strengthening accounting processes, improving operational efficiency, and supporting strategic decision-making.

Position Summary
The Senior Nonprofit Controller is a senior accounting leader responsible for overseeing the organization’s accounting operations, financial reporting, internal controls, budgeting, treasury management, and regulatory compliance. This role ensures the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial information while strengthening accounting processes, improving operational efficiency, and supporting strategic decision-making.
The Senior Nonprofit Controller provides leadership across the full accounting cycle, including general ledger management, month-end and year-end close, financial statement preparation, audit coordination, tax compliance, revenue recognition, and fund accounting. Working closely with executive leadership, department heads, external auditors, and other key stakeholders, the Controller translates complex financial information into actionable insights that support organizational goals.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting expertise with a demonstrated ability to lead teams, implement financial systems, improve internal controls, and manage the unique financial reporting and compliance requirements of nonprofit organizations.
Primary Responsibilities

Accounting Operations and Financial Reporting

• Oversee day-to-day accounting operations, including general ledger maintenance, accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury, payroll accounting, and financial reconciliations.
• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, ensuring accurate and timely reporting.
• Prepare and review monthly and annual financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and applicable nonprofit accounting standards.
• Oversee revenue recognition, restricted-fund accounting, endowment accounting, and other specialized accounting activities as applicable.
• Maintain accurate accounting records and ensure appropriate documentation, reconciliations, and supporting schedules are completed.
• Evaluate financial results, identify trends and variances, and communicate findings and recommendations to leadership.
• Oversee consolidated financial reporting and accounting activities involving affiliated entities, subsidiaries, or shared-service operations, as applicable.

• Partner with executive leadership and department heads to develop annual budgets, forecasts, and financial projections.
• Monitor actual financial performance against budgets, investigate variances, and recommend corrective actions when appropriate.
• Oversee cash flow forecasting, treasury operations, banking relationships, and liquidity management to support current and future organizational needs.
• Provide financial analysis and reporting to support resource allocation, operational planning, and strategic initiatives.
• Monitor investment and endowment activity, ensuring transactions are appropriately recorded and financial information is accurate and transparent.
• Support organizational leadership in evaluating financial risks, opportunities, and long-term sustainability.

• Develop, implement, and maintain effective internal controls, accounting policies, and financial procedures to safeguard organizational assets.
• Lead the annual external audit process, coordinating schedules, preparing supporting documentation, and responding to auditor requests.
• Oversee the preparation and filing of IRS Form 990 and other required federal, state, and local tax and regulatory filings.
• Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, tax regulations, grant and donor restrictions, and nonprofit reporting requirements.
• Identify control gaps and opportunities to strengthen accounting procedures, reduce risk, and improve the reliability of financial reporting.
• Coordinate with external auditors, tax advisors, and other professional service providers to resolve technical accounting and compliance matters.
• Research and implement new accounting standards, ensuring appropriate application and timely…