Job Description

HUMANITY UNITED
POSITION DESCRIPTION

Title: Controller Department: Finance
Manager: Chief Financial Officer Classification: Full Time, Exempt
Location: San Francisco, CA

ABOUT HUMANITY UNITED:

Humanity United is a foundation committed to building peace and advancing human freedom. We lead, support, and collaborate with a broad network of efforts, ideas, and organizations that share our vision of a world free of conflict and injustice. Humanity United is a member of the Omidyar Group, representing the philanthropic, personal, and professional interests of Pierre and Pam Omidyar.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Humanity United is seeking an experienced Controller to play a key role in managing the financial and operational reporting functions for the organization. The Controller manages the day-to-day accounting activities of the organization and is responsible for adherence to accounting principles and organization policies and procedures. With full understanding of HU operations, the Controller exercises sound judgment to evaluate financial processes and make recommendations. The candidate must be a team player with high customer service skillset and looking to work in a collaborative environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

– Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory requirements
– Prepare, analyze, report and distribute financial information and supporting schedules in an accurate and timely manner; clearly communicate monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements; monitor progress and changes to keep senior leadership abreast of HU’s financial status
– Maintain General Ledger and perform all month-end close activities, including sub-ledger postings, journal entries, GL account and bank account reconciliations
– Maintain internal control and safeguards for costs, program budgets and actual expenditures
– Assist in the annual budgeting, planning process and quarterly forecast
– Administer and maintain employee timesheets
– Perform bi-weekly payroll processing function
– Manage and comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings
– Fixed asset tracking
– Manage the preparation and process of the annual audit
– Prepare monthly reports measuring performance against operating goals and objectives
– Assist with monthly analysis of actual to budget operating results
– Maintain cash forecast and analysis of cash requirements
– Support presentations to the board committees
– Supervise one staff accountant
– Identify opportunities to improve internal processes
– Provide assistance to CFO as it relates to financial operations

Qualifications:

– BA/BS in Accounting with minimum of 8 years experience as Accounting Manager or Controller with General Ledger and Financial Statement responsibility
– CPA/MBA highly preferred
– Strong verbal and communication skills
– Excellent attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy
– Solid experience coordinating audit activities and managing reporting, budget development and analysis, accounts payable, general ledger, payroll
– Must have solid understanding of GAAP
– Must be proficient in advanced Excel
– Knowledge of Great Plains accounting software a plus
– Personal qualities of integrity, credibility and unwavering commitment to HU’s mission
– A proactive, hands-on strategic thinker
– Keen analytic, organization and problem solving skills which allows for strategic data interpretation vs. simple reporting
– Strong interpersonal skills, experience in effectively communicating key data
– Ability and desire to translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels

How to Apply

Job Categories: Philanthropy. Job Types: Full-Time.

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