Divisional Controller

The Salvation Army Southern California•San Francisco, CA

1d•$120,000 - $140,000

About The Position

The Controller is responsible for overseeing the daily financial operations of the Division, ensuring accurate accounting, strong internal controls, and full compliance with nonprofit, governmental, and organizational standards to include all GAAP, GASB and FASB. This role serves as a key leader within the Finance Department and works closely with the Divisional Finance Director to support the financial health and sustainability of all Corps, programs, and service locations across the Division.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a financially related area required; at least four years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, customers and the public.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Nice To Haves

CPA/CMA preferred.
Master’s degree (M.A.) preferred

Responsibilities

Oversee accounting entries for consolidation of all divisional units.
Prepare monthly reports for distribution to all units, including completion of all monthly journal entries and allocations by the 20th of each month. Design systems/practices as needed to accomplish this task.
Reviews and initiates monthly and corrective entries to the GL. Review would include all income accounts, expense accounts, recording of GIK via journal entry, recording of all contract AR and inter-fund transactions.
Prepares consolidation report without elimination entries quarterly and with elimination entries for year end.
Functionalization and financial reports quarterly and year end.
Prepare reports which summarize and forecast company business activity and financial position in areas of income, expenses, and earnings based on past, present, and expected operations.
Assist Divisional Finance Director (DFD) in the preparation of budgets, reviews budget proposals, and prepares necessary supporting documents and justification. To include calculation of proposed grants, inter-company transactions and assessments.
Provides management with timely reviews of organization’s financial status and progress in its various programs and activities.
Acts as liaison to external auditors.
Prepare reports required by regulatory agencies and auditors (internal and external).
Provides supervision to the Treasury Accountant and Payroll Coordinator.
Liaison with the centralized invoice processing department for timeliness and accuracy of entries.
Liaison with Territorial Headquarters (THQ). Such interaction may include but is not limited to: assessments, reserve transactions, inter-company transactions, construction account transactions, etc.