Assistant Comptroller

Position Title:

Assistant Comptroller Position Type:
Full-Time, Salary, Exempt

Schedule:

35 hours/week Format:
Hybrid (2–3 days in office)
Department:
Finance

Location:

1 Pierrepont Plaza

Reports To:

AVP Finance Direct Reports: 2 AP Analyst About Graham Windham Graham Windham equips children, young adults, and families with life-changing tools to overcome systemic barriers driven by poverty, racial inequity, and unequal access to opportunity.

Through deep community partnerships and innovative, data-informed strategies, we advance our Vision 2029 ambition to ensure every individual we serve has a pathway to a healthy, joyful, and successful life.

Role Overview The Assistant Comptroller is responsible for supervising and overseeing a broad range of accounting, accounts payable, financial reporting, general ledger, and financial compliance functions to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of the agency’s financial operations.

Reporting to the Assistant Vice President of Finance, this position partners closely with Finance leadership to maintain strong internal controls, ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), regulatory requirements, and organizational policies, while supporting the agency’s overall financial health.

The Assistant Comptroller provides day-to-day leadership to the accounting function, oversees the monthly and annual financial close process, manages accounts payable operations, reviews reconciliations and financial transactions, supports annual audits, prepares required government reports, and assists with budgeting and grant reporting activities. The role also drives continuous process improvement by enhancing financial systems, strengthening internal controls, and improving operational efficiencies that support Graham Windham’s mission.

Key Responsibilities Monitor, record, and reconcile all agency investment portfolio transactions on a monthly basis.

Prepare supporting schedules and ensure investment activity is accurately reflected in the general ledger

Asset Management & Fiscal Operations Oversee agency fixed asset accounting, including recording acquisitions, disposals, depreciation, and maintaining supporting schedules.

Reconcile fixed asset records with the general ledger and applicable accounting systems.

Identify opportunities to enhance fiscal technology and accounting systems to improve efficiency and support hybrid work operations.

Financial Reporting and Compliance Prepare and review required government and regulatory reports, including but not limited to:

Consolidated Fiscal Report (CFR)
IRS Form 990

Pension Form 5500

ACS Schedule 7

Other required federal, state, and local financial reports

Prepare journal entries and supporting schedules for site allocations and other required accounting adjustments.

Ensure compliance with GAAP, regulatory requirements, grant guidelines, and organizational policies.

Audit Management Coordinate all internal and external audit activities.

Serve as the primary liaison with independent auditors, government agencies, and regulatory reviewers.

Prepare audit schedules, supporting documentation, and respond to audit inquiries in a timely manner.

Financial Reconciliation Perform and review reconciliations of general ledger accounts.

Reconcile agency Metro Card, gift card, and other assigned financial accounts.

Investigate and resolve discrepancies promptly.

Accounts Payable Oversee all Accounts Payable operations to ensure timely and accurate vendor payments.

Review payment processing, vendor reconciliations, and aging reports.

Provide regular disbursement and aging reports to the Chief Financial Officer.

Partner with the Chief Administrative Officer to maximize integration between Purchasing and Accounts Payable systems.

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