Controller

February 15

🌵 Arizona – Remote

Although this job is listed in Arizona, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

Although this job is listed in Colorado, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

+2 more states

🌵 Arizona – Remote ⛰️ Colorado – Remote 🌲 Oregon – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $140k - $175k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

⛔️ Financial Controller

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Stand for Children

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Stand for Children is an organization dedicated to advocating for educational equity and improving outcomes for children and families. They work closely with parents, educators, and community leaders to promote policies and practices that ensure all students have access to high-quality education regardless of their socio-economic status or race. Stand for Children operates in various states, focusing on initiatives like early literacy, kindness in schools, and support for high school success, all aimed at creating equitable educational environments.

advocacy • education • public schools • children • education reform

51 - 200 employees

Founded 1996

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

🤝 Non-profit

📋 Description

• Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Controller is responsible for the management of all finance and accounting functions. • The Controller will supervise accounts payable, payroll management, and procurement. • Manage all aspects of the monthly and yearly accounting processes and procedures, ensuring the timely and accurate processing of general ledger transactions. • Prepare accurate and timely financial statements, budgets, and forecasts in accordance with GAAP. • Ensure GAAP compliance with all federal, state, and local financial regulations. • Lead the month-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring timely and accurate reporting. • Oversee cash management and working capital management. • Manage accounts payable and procurement. • Manage the annual financial audit and audit of the 401(k) plan. • Manage intercompany transactions and create associated monthly journal entries. • Fully understand and serve as backup to the CFO in managing revenue oversight and the Board Impact Fund. • Serve on the organization’s 401(k) oversight committee. • Supervise, mentor, and develop accounting staff, fostering a collaborative and high-performance team culture. • Provide strategic financial analysis and support the Chief Financial Officer and other executive team members for decision-making purposes. • Manage financial risks, ensuring appropriate controls are in place. • Develop, update, and manage rollout of financial policies and procedures to ensure staff compliance. • Review and approve multi-state payroll process, including reconciliation, taxes, and reporting. • Serve as Finance Team Liaison to assigned states, programs and/or national teams, providing a broad range of financial and accounting services and support. • Act as system administrator for accounting software, credit card system, and banking system.

🎯 Requirements

• Passionate commitment to Stand for Children’s mission. • Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience with a strong understanding of GAAP reporting and accounting practices. • Non-profit experience preferred, experience in an organization with multi-state locations or with multiple subsidiaries is a plus. • MBA or CPA licensure. • Experience with a variety of FP&A technologies. • Minimum of 5 years of supervisory experience. • Positive mindset towards continuous improvement and innovation. • Exceptional, proactive, and, highly effective relationship-building skills, customer-service orientation, and interpersonal communication skills. • Outstanding attention to detail and strong organizational, analytical, and prioritizing skills. • Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills. • Ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters with the highest level of integrity. • Ability to be flexible and juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced work environment. • Strong work ethic and collaborative, team player orientation required. • Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications and knowledge of reporting and analytical tools. • Strong desire to contribute to overall success and results of office and national organization.

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous benefits.