Controller, Finance & Banking, Financial Manager

About us:

People Serving People is the largest and most comprehensive emergency shelter for families experiencing homelessness in Minnesota and a dedicated leader in homeless prevention. If you want to help transform communities and see families thrive, then People Serving People is the place for you.

The Controller leads the planning, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of People Serving People’s accounting and financial activities and ensures proper financial controls and reporting structures are in place. This position oversees all accounting and financial matters and helps People Serving People develop new business lines, grow its financial strength, and improve its efficiency. The Controller is a thought partner for People Serving People’s leadership team and Board of Directors, a creative problem solver, and a champion of People Serving People’s mission, vision, and values.

• Provide leadership and management for the financial areas of the organization.
• Participate in long range and strategic planning. Evaluate the financial impact of trends in public and private funding, the organization’s long-range planning and the introduction of new programs/strategies to assist the COO, CEO and the Board in meeting their responsibilities.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve new practices and processes to promote the organization’s financial health.
• Stays abreast of GAAP and other accounting changes impacting the non-profit sector and enables the organization to comply with those changes in a planful manner.
• Partners with finance staff to ensure all financial transactions are finalized monthly.
• Responsible for the development of the finance team. This includes staffing, performance management, and training. A supportive and team-focused approach is necessary.

• Coordinate the development and administration of People Serving People’s annual budgets.
• Continuously improve the budgeting process through education of department managers on financial issues impacting their budgets.
• Partners with finance staff to ensure People Serving People’s accounts receivable and accounts payable processes and activities are efficient, accurate, timely, and continuously improved.

• Lead the accounting processes for the organization. Coordinate with external auditors, ensure proper government filings, and report out to the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors.
• Ensure timely and accurate analysis and reporting of organizational financial performance.
• Ensures payroll is completed accurately and on-time. Partners with Chief People & Culture Officer when coordination is needed with Human Resources.
• Partners with Advancement Department to support advancement goals, ensure the regular reconciliation of donation activity with bank deposits, and reclassify restricted revenue as unrestricted once utilized.
• Develop a reliable cash flow projection process and reporting mechanism, ensuring adequate cash flow to meet organization’s needs.
• Facilitates reports required for annual independent audit and any federal single audit, and work closely with the auditing firm to complete the audit(s) and forms 990 accurately and on-time.

• Support other leaders with the financial aspects of program and service development consistent with community needs and the mission of the organization.
• Support the Operations team with the financial aspects of building asset maintenance and replacement planning.
• Support the People & Culture team with the financial aspects of corporate insurance, benefits, and other human capital planning.
• Support the Development Department in providing timely and accurate information and reports to funders.
• Ensures that necessary records are kept on all restricted donations.
• Performs rigorous financial modeling and analysis to help the CEO and leadership team with short and long-term planning as it relates to the organization. Provides thought partnership, problem solving, and sound counsel that aligns with organizational values.
• Fosters a creative, learning, person-centered, and accountable…