SUMMARY:
The Assistant Controller provides leadership, mentoring and management to the Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable teams and is responsible for the day -to-day operations of these teams. The Assistant Controller ensures that the routine operations of the accounting department are performed accurately and on a timely basis. Responsibilities include supervising the accounting staff; reviewing all balance sheet accounts relating to Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable as well as others; overseeing the monthly close; training with the Director of Accounts Receivable, Director of Accounts Payable and the Payroll Director to be able to cover those duties when necessary; and assisting the Controller.
REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited college or university; eligibility to sit for the CPA examination preferred.
• 5-7 years of experience working with nonprofit accounting, either in a CPA firm or within an accounting department of a nonprofit organization.
• 2 years of experience supervising an accounting staff of 4 or more.
• Solid knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• High degree of technical expertise including ERP systems; experience with Sage Intacct and Salesforce a must. Experience with other Association oriented software such as Concur is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and mentor staff.
• Ability to meet deadlines while demonstrating professionalism under pressure.
• Flexible team player who thrives in environments requiring the ability to effectively prioritize and juggle concurrent projects.
• Ability to handle and maintain the confidentiality of highly sensitive information.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
• Hybrid work environment.
DUTIES:
• Provides management, supervision and mentoring to accounting department staff.
• Performs monthly analysis and reconciliations of balance sheet, and certain revenue and expense accounts; reconciles meetings and events; prepares general ledger journal entries and collects backup documentation accordingly.
• Performs internal audits of selected accounts and ensures that established internal control procedures are followed.
• Understands Fixed Asset Capitalization rules and applies them when necessary and reviews the fixed assets schedules.
• Reviews coding and recording of all cash receipts from all revenue sources through the review of reconciliations.
• Reviews EFT files for payment of vendors.
• Ensures all activity on bank statements is posted to the general ledger and reviews bank reconciliations.
• Prepares financial dashboards and performs detailed research and analysis of revenue and expense variances and prepares reports for the Controller.
• Monitors and analyzes the accounting team’s workload to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Assists with the annual audit by performing additional ad-hoc research and analysis, preparing & gathering items for the initial audit request list and auditor requests during field work.
Performs other duties, including administrative functions as assigned.
