What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Controller - 37715 position at Alma College?
FLSA EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY: Salaried; Exempt; Administrative; Full time
DEPARTMENT: Financial Services
Position Summary
The duties and responsibilities would include accounting, tax, and risk management matters. This includes, but not limited to, preparing and reviewing journal entries, financial reporting, account analysis, preparing and assisting with various tax returns, college budget, and serving as the backup to accounts payable and accounts receivable.
Supervision Exercised/Received
This position reports to the controller and will supervise several financial services positions.
Essential Functions
Interested candidates must submit the Alma College application, letter of interest, and a resume via the apply now button below. Applications will be accepted until March 4, 2025.
Alma College is classified as a selective Baccalaureate College: Diverse Fields by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Committed to academic excellence and development of responsible leaders, Alma's students thrive on challenging academic programs in a supportive, small-college environment emphasizing active, collaborative learning and close student-faculty interaction. Alma is a private Phi Beta Kappa institution located in the center of Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
Alma College is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty, staff and student body.
Alma College recognizes that we are all transformed when we celebrate and value the varied identities backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives in our campus community. We are committed to recognizing and removing barriers to success and providing equitable access to opportunities through education and advocacy. In our increasingly diverse campus and world, we pledge to create a climate where everyone is safe and free to grow intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally. For more information about the College, visit www.alma.edu.
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DEPARTMENT: Financial Services
Position Summary
The duties and responsibilities would include accounting, tax, and risk management matters. This includes, but not limited to, preparing and reviewing journal entries, financial reporting, account analysis, preparing and assisting with various tax returns, college budget, and serving as the backup to accounts payable and accounts receivable.
Supervision Exercised/Received
This position reports to the controller and will supervise several financial services positions.
Essential Functions
- Complete monthly bank account reconciliations
- Perform regular general ledger account analysis and reconciliations
- Prepare and review journal entries
- Assist with software system development and implementation
- Oversee the accounting and reconciliation of College's endowment activity and all investments
- Assist with external audits
- Assist with preparation and ongoing review of annual operating budget
- Assist with preparation of annual tax returns - 5500's, 990, 990-T, sales tax, etc.
- Oversee the accounting for college-owned/managed LLC's (Alma Opera Block)
- Serve as back up for Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
- Assist with various College purchasing and policy-related matters as they arise
- Work with campus community on managing departmental budgets
- Maintain accounting systems and general ledger structure
- Assist with ongoing cash flow analysis
- Complete internal audits, as requested
- Oversee College purchase card program, including the related expense management platform
- Oversee the work of other staff in the Financial Services department
- The above duties and responsibilities are meant to be illustrative and will include other duties as assigned
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field
- Good understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Excellent technology skills
- Effective communicator / good people skills
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Experience with tax and financial reporting (FASB) for non-profit organizations
- Experience with Ellucian and/or Softdocs software packages
- Experience working with underrepresented, first-generation, Pell-eligible, and diverse populations
- Ability to sit at a desk and use a computer for approximately eight hours per day.
Interested candidates must submit the Alma College application, letter of interest, and a resume via the apply now button below. Applications will be accepted until March 4, 2025.
Alma College is classified as a selective Baccalaureate College: Diverse Fields by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Committed to academic excellence and development of responsible leaders, Alma's students thrive on challenging academic programs in a supportive, small-college environment emphasizing active, collaborative learning and close student-faculty interaction. Alma is a private Phi Beta Kappa institution located in the center of Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
Alma College is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty, staff and student body.
Alma College recognizes that we are all transformed when we celebrate and value the varied identities backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives in our campus community. We are committed to recognizing and removing barriers to success and providing equitable access to opportunities through education and advocacy. In our increasingly diverse campus and world, we pledge to create a climate where everyone is safe and free to grow intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally. For more information about the College, visit www.alma.edu.
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