Finance Controller
Full Time • Save the Family
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Company parties
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
POSITION PURPOSE:
The Financial Controller supervises approved accounting practices and ensures accurate financial reporting for the organization and its affiliates. This role manages financial operations, including payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and grant invoicing/billing. The Financial Controller oversees accurate recordings of expenses and income, prepares financial reports, and reviews account reconciliations. Additionally, they implement accounting best practices and lead the department to produce accurate financial data reports.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Financial Controller supervises approved accounting practices and ensures accurate financial reporting for the organization and its affiliates. This role manages financial operations, including payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and grant invoicing/billing. The Financial Controller oversees accurate recordings of expenses and income, prepares financial reports, and reviews account reconciliations. Additionally, they implement accounting best practices and lead the department to produce accurate financial data reports.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Supervising and managing the staff accountants on job duties, deliverables and ensure deadlines are met and the work is accurate.
- Provide support to the annual budgeting process. This includes operating capital budgets, as well as endowment(s).
- Monitor monthly activity against the approved Budget, review with department heads and communicate results to the Controller and CFO.
- Maintain and support contract management systems and facilitate required financial and programmatic reporting.
- Oversee and serve as backup for monthly grant and contract billing.
- Provide documentation and support for audit preparation, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and policies.
- Ensure that all restricted grants and spending are accounted appropriately in the finance system and the financial reports, consistent with GAAP and nonprofit accounting guidance.
- Ensure the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.
- Review, update, and enforce compliance with the organization’s fiscal policies and procedures and implement best practices.
- Assist all Department Heads with special projects as needed.
- Prepares and records asset liability, revenue, and expense entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
- Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.
- Summarizes financial status by collecting information and preparing balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other documents as needed or support.
- Completes external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts and providing information for auditors.
- Maintains all legal compliance by following all legal requirements.
- Secures financial information by completing database backups as needed.
- Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
- Support in reporting all necessary 1099s for STF and ARM at year-end
- Generate reports for internal use
- Compile figures to assist staff in preparing agency grant requests and contracts
- Assemble work papers for the annual audit
- Adhere to all behavioral General Competencies
- Adhere to STF and ARM policies and procedures
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Yes
- Two or more years’ experience in a Supervisory or Management role
- Managing the workflow of their employees, creating team schedules and delegating tasks.
- Assessing the work performance of employees and identifying areas that need improvement.
- Ensuring that business goals, deadlines and performance standards are met.
- Maintains staff by training and onboarding new hires to make sure they understand their roles and expectations.
- Ensuring that business goals, deadlines and performance standards are met.
- Maintains staff by training and onboarding new hires to make sure they understand their roles and expectations.
- Setting goals for workers and making sure they comply with the agency’s plans and vision and developing personal growth opportunities.
- Reporting performance records and evaluations to HR and senior management.
OTHER KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
- A demonstrated commitment to the mission, vision, and values of Save the Family Foundation of Arizona
- Excellent verbal, written and public presentation communication skills
- Self-starter with excellent time management skills
- Maintain strict confidentiality
- Professional in manner and appearance
- Consistently organized and flexible
Note:
This job description identifies the key responsibilities and expectations for performance. It cannot encompass all specific job tasks that an employee may be required to perform. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform job related duties as may be reasonably assigned by his/her supervisor. Failure to adhere to all standards and expectations herein may result in corrective action.
Compensation: $95,000.00 - $105,000.00 per year
Organization Details:
Established in 1988, Save the Family Foundation of Arizona is a leading provider of housing, case management and supportive services to more than 650 homeless and impoverished families and children each year, annually throughout Maricopa County. We work to equip families to overcome underlying issues that lead to homelessness – ensuring stable homes, safe children and strong families because of our efforts. Join us today to help build stability and self-sufficiency in the families we serve across the county –you can help by being a volunteer, donating to the organization or advocate on behalf of those we serve.
We provide housing, case management and supportive services. Once housed, Case Managers help parents set and achieve goals geared toward ensuring the family’s long-term housing and financial stability, which often can include securing employment, moving up in the workplace, improving financial literacy, building life-skills, and mental health. The Case Manager helps the family through their entire journey to housing and self-sufficiency.
Our supportive services compliment each family’s goals and include career services, budgeting classes, parenting classes, other life-skills classes, and access to in-house mental health support. We also provide multiple supportive services to the children in our programs – all focused on halting cycles of homelessness and poverty. Supportive services are also available to families residing in ARM (Affordable Rental Movement) of Save the Family’s affordable housing program.
We appreciate your interest in Save the Family!
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