Description

The Controller is the College’s driving force for fiscal excellence—an innovative leader who keeps a complex, 47building campus running with precision and power. This role commands all major financial operations—Accounting, Research Accounting, Purchasing, Bursar, Payroll, and Student Loans—while championing cutting edge controls, seamless reporting, and forward thinking financial strategy.

You’ll shape the College’s financial story through GASB compliant statements, sharp monthly analytics, and bold forecasts that guide senior leadership. With authority over cash management, investment oversight, risk management, and grant/indirect cost development, this position ensures the College’s financial engine runs flawlessly.

As a strategic partner and trusted advisor across campus and statewide networks, the Controller elevates operations, safeguards assets, and drives best practice performance—fueling the long term strength and success of the Administration & Finance division.

• Develop, maintain, and monitor strong financial internal control systems for all College processes, policies, and procedures to protect institutional assets.
• Prepare, analyze, and interpret financial statements and related analyses for management and governing board review.
• Provide leadership to ensure best practice performance across all financial functions of the College.
• Research, design, maintain, and conduct compliance reviews of internal fiscal control systems to support the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of financial data.
• Prepare monthly financial operations reports for senior administrators, including narrative analysis, discussion, and forecasting.
• Serve, in collaboration with Institutional Research, as the lead for all external financial reporting.
• Develop and maintain effective cash management practices and consult with financial institution representatives as needed.
• Monitor all College investments with a particular focus on compliance with the College’s investment policy.
• Serve as the principal reviewer of grant and program proposals and lead the development of the College’s indirect cost proposal.
• Partner closely with the College Budget Officer on internal and external reporting, strategic initiatives, and the oversight of budgetary control for financial operations.
• Act as a key resource in the development and execution of College financing strategies and certain contractual or agreement matters.

Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, or a related field.
• Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) credential.
   

Experience:

• 10+ years of progressively responsible accounting experience.
• At least 3 years in public accounting and/or budgeting and finance.
• At least 3 years of senior level management experience overseeing the financial operations of a large or complex organization.
• Experience with sponsored research accounting or demonstrated experience managing federal sponsored awards.

Skill, Knowledge & Abilities:

• A working knowledge of Governmental Accounting Standards (GASB).
• Proficient in higher education financial ERP systems (PeopleSoft, Workday) for managing budgeting, general ledger, grants, and financial reporting.
• Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of acceptable business/accounting practices and indirect cost principles.
• Ability to read and interpret financial statements and financial contractual documents and agreements.