Controller - Temporary

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Our Team is Our Strength
Do you desire to have a job you love, a workplace that appreciates its employees, and the opportunity to make a positive impact in your community while you work?  If your answer is yes, we can’t wait to meet you!
The Sacramento Region Community Foundation is seeking a highly skilled accounting professional with a passion for our mission to join our team as a full-time, temporary Controller.  The Controller will report directly to the Chief Financial Officer and will provide excellent financial and administrative support to the Foundation.
Make a Difference in Our Community – Now and Always. 
The Sacramento Region Community Foundation is dedicated to connecting people who care with causes that matter. As the Sacramento region’s primary provider of philanthropic services, we help people who want to give back to their community. By managing their charitable giving, we help donors in El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo counties achieve their philanthropic goals effectively, intelligently, creatively, and confidently.
There are 700 charitable funds held at the Foundation, 70% of which are endowed funds, which are prudently managed to ensure these funds are providing support in perpetuity. Since 1983, the Foundation has been the trusted steward of these charitable funds, which today total $200 million in assets. The Foundation is one of the largest local grant makers in the region with our fundholders who direct grants to support the causes they love anywhere in the country—though most grants are place-based–making a positive difference in the counties we serve: El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo.
Career Details
This is a full-time, temporary 3-month position with the potential to extend or become a permanent position.

• We have a 9/80 work schedule, with every other Friday off
• Hybrid work schedule with 2-3 days a week in the office

Compensation

• Pay Range: $9,000 - $10,000 per month depending on experience

Specific Responsibilities:
Daily Operations

• Oversee all day-to-day accounting functions, including accounts payable, accounts receivable & pledges, grants processing (financial portion), cash (call) transfers, inter-fund transfers, general ledger, fund accounting, gifts, fixed assets, bank, and other reconciliations.
• Verify and approve all funds available to spend for weekly grants and scholarships.
• Supervise, develop, and mentor Senior Accountant and Accountant.
• Review and approve staff’s work product.
• Supervise preparation and review annual 1099’s and DE542 Independent Contractor reports.
• Maintain petty cash balances and process daily petty cash activity including counting, coding, reconciliation, and replenishment.

General Ledger and Reporting

• Identify and implement appropriate internal controls.  Review and monitor adherence and examine any changes/exceptions.
• Maintain and update changes to the finance manual.

• Plan and coordinate month-end and year-end closes.
• Supervise the preparation of quarterly fund statements.
• Problem-solve more complex accounting issues related to new gifts, grants, transactions, and fund discrepancies.
• Prepare various higher-level and/or confidential journal entries including payroll, adjusted value land fees, administrative, CRT, and investment accounting fees, and miscellaneous entries.
• Analyze and reconcile general ledger activity to ensure accurate reporting.

Insurance

• Complete annual renewal for worker’s compensation insurance.
• Prepare work papers for the audit of worker’s compensation premiums by the carrier.

Human Resources, Benefits and Payroll

• Maintain online ADP payroll records and software database.
• Process changes to semi-monthly payroll including wage, benefit, tax withholding and direct deposit and timesheet changes. Ensure all changes are appropriately documented.
• Manage and ensure that new staff are provided payroll and benefits information and forms.  Process all changes to ensure that staff are appropriately enrolled in payroll and the Foundation’s benefit programs.
• Assist staff with benefits issues.
• Track and reconcile section 125 Plan withholdings and reimbursements with payroll and the general ledger.

Investments

• As appropriate, liaison with the investment managers regarding financial questions or simple changes. 
• Maintain current knowledge of investments framework and the financial markets.
• Attend and participate in the investment committee.

Audit

• Coordinate, prepare, and liaison with the external financial auditors.
• Maintain current knowledge of accounting rules and pronouncements.
• Assist in preparing the RFP for auditors, the evaluation of the submissions, and the recommendation of the finalist.
• Attend and participate in the audit committee.

Taxation

• Prepare the Foundation’s tax returns (both Federal and State)
• Coordinate and liaison with the external tax department to complete the review of the tax returns.
• Complete all required state regulatory filings and returns including property tax (571-L) and BOE use tax.
• Maintain current knowledge of IRS and state tax rules as it relates to community foundations.

Compliance

• Ensure compliance with state, federal, and accounting and legal standards for community foundations.
• Complete all required State and Federal filings including Statement of Information, Federal Census Survey for the Foundation, and the various Foundation Holdings entities.
• Act as a sounding board to the CFO for complex gifts, grants, and transactions concerning risks, legal issues, and concerns.

Accounting and operational efficiencies

• Proactively research new technologies to streamline processes and provide enhanced capabilities and services to fundholders and the community.  Make recommendations to the CFO.
• As appropriate, evaluate vendor services and pricing to obtain efficiencies in pricing and/or value in services.
• Maintain current knowledge of community foundation operational issues and innovations.
• Attend and participate in the finance committee.

Other duties

• Assist donors and fundholders with financial inquiries as appropriate.
• Provide support to the CFO as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or equivalent
• MBA and/or CPA preferred
• Nonprofit experience preferred and/or interest in working in the nonprofit field
• Fund accounting is a plus
• Familiarity with C-Suite and Clearwater Analytics software platforms is a big plus
• Ability to work in a changing environment
• Detail oriented
• Willingness to learn and grow in responsibility
• Demonstrated administrative efficiency and effectiveness
• Strong computer skills—spreadsheet, word processing, database
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work under tight deadlines

The Sacramento Region Community Foundation is committed to equal-employment principles, and we recognize the value of committed employees who feel they are being treated in an equitable and professional manner. We strive to find ways to attract, develop, and retain the talent needed to meet business objectives and to recruit and employ highly qualified individuals representing the diverse communities in which we live.
No phone calls or recruiters please.
 

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