Controller, Accounting, Financial Reporting

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Full Time Management Fort Worth, TX, US

Trinity Metro has an immediate opening for a Controller. The incumbent supervises a staff of professionals and clerical staff in the accounting department. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring that all Federal and State financial reporting requirements are met. To be successful in this role, an individual must be able to perform in a satisfactory manner the functions listed below. The company will make reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Directs the day-to-day operations of the Accounting Department, allocating staff and resources across the close, audit and reporting calendars, and building depth in the team through cross-training, documented desk procedures and succession planning.
• Builds and maintains effective working relationships across the entire agency and externally with independent auditors, actuaries, financial institutions, grantor agencies, and peer transit agencies, working jointly to resolve accounting issues before they reach the financial statements.
• Serves as a resource to departments on the accounting treatment, internal control implications and reporting impact of proposed transactions, contracts, grant applications and new programs.
• Leads the production of Trinity Metro’s audited financial statements and financial reports, including the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), Annual Single Audit, National Transit Database (NTD) financial reports, Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA), and other required federal, state, and local financial disclosures.
• Serves as Trinity Metro’s primary liaison to the independent external auditors: plans the annual audit calendar, coordinates the engagement scope and fieldwork, prepares and reviews prepared-by-client (PBC) schedules and supporting work papers, responds to auditor inquiries, and resolves proposed audit adjustments prior to issuance.
• Manages the annual Single Audit performed under 2 CFR Part 200 (Uniform Guidance), including preparation and reconciliation of the SEFA, identification of major programs, and coordination of compliance testing with the departments that administer federal awards.
• Investigates audit findings, management letter comments and identified control deficiencies; develops written corrective action plans; tracks remediation to closure; and reports audit results and remediation status to the CFO and to the Board.
• Supports internal audits, grantor and pass-through agency monitoring visits, and state and federal reviews by assembling records, responding to information requests and implementing agreed-upon recommendations.
• Leads month and year-end closing in coordination with Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Payroll to verify that all transactions have been posted to the GL and funds are in balance.
• Maintains accurate accounting records by reviewing and analyzing a variety of accounting transactions for accuracy and propriety and preparing adjusting journal entries, as required.
• Ensures interface accuracy between the general ledger and other subsidiary modules.
• Owns and maintains the chart of accounts - its structure, segment definitions, account creation and inactivation, and mapping to fund, grant, NTD and budgetary reporting requirements - and administers the change-control process governing all modifications.
• Serves as the functional owner of the general ledger and related financial system modules, including configuration, opening and closing of accounting periods, user access and segregation-of-duties roles, and testing of upgrades, patches and new functionality.
• Directs capital asset and construction-in-progress accounting, including application of capitalization thresholds, depreciation, transfers, retirements and disposals, and reconciliation of the fixed asset subledger to the general ledger.
• Oversees recognition and reconciliation of sales tax and other operating revenues, cash and investment accounting,…