CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 9,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you. CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.
At CLA, Nonprofits are a priority. As the largest industry group in the firm, we have over 850 professionals dedicated to serving our 11,000+ nonprofit clients. We are looking to hire a Nonprofit Controller for our Client Accounting and Advisory Service (CAAS) who can sit in our Arlington, VA office. CAAS helps our clients transform their business with a collaborative approach that allows them to seamlessly mitigate risk, overcome challenges, meet deadlines, and identify personnel to help them with their workforce needs.
Job Description:
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Develop internal control policies, guidelines, and procedures for activities such as budget administration, cash and credit management, and accounting.
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Coordinate and directs the financial planning, budgeting, procurements, or investment activities for all or part of an organization. Prepare financial information.
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Prepare and/or direct preparation of financial statements, business activity reports, financial position forecasts, budgets, or reports required by regulatory agencies.
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Evaluate needs for procurement of funds and investment of surpluses and make appropriate recommendations.
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Monitor ratio and key performance indicators (KPI).
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Monitor and evaluates the performance of accounting and other financial staff, recommending and implementing actions.
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Advise management on short-term and long-term financial objectives, policies, and actions.
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Communicate on a regular basis with boards, bankers, investors, constituents, etc.; may include prepping for and/or hosting board presentations.
Education/Experience:
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Education: Bachelor's degree is required. Combination of related experience, education, and training may be accepted in lieu of degree. CPA certification is preferred but not required.
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Experience: 6 years of relevant accounting and/or financial experience is required (Nonprofit industry and back-office accounting experience is highly preferred). Public accounting experience preferred but not required.
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Aptitude for developing and maintaining a thorough working knowledge of accounting software and systems. QuickBooks, Intacct, Salesforce experience is preferred.
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Proficiency with applicable software (Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, etc).
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Travel: This position requires frequent local travel to/from client sites and may require occasional non-local or overnight travel for client visits, training, meetings and/or other business-related purposes.
Skills/Knowledge:
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An understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (FASB/SFAS) or other comprehensive basis of accounting
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Strong organization skills/goal orientation/self-motivation.
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Ability to handle pressure in a positive professional manner.
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Excellent interpersonal skills.
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Communication that is clear, concise, and considerate of the needs of others.
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Ability to work cooperatively with others and value the different contributions people make.
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Proven success in managing work and key client relationships to exceed client expectations.
Our Perks...
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Flexible PTO (designed to offer flexible time away for you!)
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Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave.
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Paid Volunteer Time Off
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Mental health coverage
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Quarterly Wellness stipend
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Fertility benefits
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Complete list of benefits here
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Wellness at CLA
To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.
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What We Do
CLA exists to create opportunities for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, outsourcing, audit, tax, and consulting services. With more than 7,000 people, 120 U.S. locations and a global affiliation, we promise to know you and help you. For more information visit CLAconnect.com.
