Associate Controller

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Description

Join Our Team as an Associate Controller at Berea College!

Are you an experienced accounting professional looking for a new opportunity? Berea College is hiring an Associate Controller to provide direct support to the Controller in carrying out the functions of the Office of Financial Affairs. The Associate Controller also supervises the Senior Accountant and Accounts Payable Manager and assists the Controller with audit coordination.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Provides direct support to the Controller in carrying out the functions of the Office of Financial Affairs.
• Supervises Senior Accountant and Accounts Payable Manager
• Oversees annual retirement plan audit and A-133 federal government grants audit.
• Assists with preparation of annual financial reports and provides assistance as needed for external auditors.
• Assists in establishing and strengthening internal controls.
• Reviews and approves all account reconciliations.
• Prepares sales tax returns
• Reviews and approves all payroll tax reporting, i.e. Form 941, state and local payroll tax returns
• Oversees Red Flag Rules program
• Assists in preparation of annual Forms 990 and 990T information
• Completes and files annual IRS Forms 1042 and 1042S.
• Responsible for Banner chart of account maintenance
• Develops and maintains training opportunities for Banner Finance users.
  
  

What You'll Bring

Education required to ensure success in this position:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related area, required
• Master's Degree, preferred
  
  

Experience required to ensure success in this position:

• Three or more years related experience, with substantive knowledge and experience across a wide variety of accounting functions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, diplomacy, ability to develop positive working relationships.
• Eagerness to participate in continuing education.
  
  

Special Skills, knowledge and abilities:

• Interact with integrated computerized financial system;
• Work independently and collaboratively;
• Establish priorities;
• Work under pressure of deadlines, and excellent follow-up skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to write clearly and effectively, editing work for spelling and grammar.
• Able to present numerical data effectively.
• Able to foster an environment of strong ethics and integrity.
• Knowledge base of non-profit accounting with a working knowledge of accounting and operational issues.
• Practical knowledge of a wide range of business processes is highly desirable.
  
  

License, certification, or registration necessary:

• Valid Driver's License
• Required background checks
• CPA preferred
  
  

Physical requirements:

• Ability to navigate campus/public buildings and grounds
• Sedentary work in office setting
  
  

Environmental conditions

• Work is in an interactive office environment
  
  

Ability to operate the following vehicles or equipment:

• Standard office equipment: computer, fax, phone, etc.
• Calculator
  
  

Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $204,000. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College is listed #20 in overall ranking in the U.S. by the Wall Street Journal /College Pulse college rankings , 2023 . The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #2 Best Liberal Arts College and #1 in Social Mobility, 2023. Money Magazine ranks Berea #20 Best Overall College and #10 for Best in the South, 2023 . Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2023.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.

Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this applicant friendly, online job application!

Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Our Benefits

Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their families including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability and an Employee Assistance Program. The benefit package also includes access to the

Eligible staff employees also receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

Part-time employees who work an average of 24 hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.

To learn more details, visit our benefits page at

Our Unique Culture

Berea College strives to be a place where people with various Christian interpretations, different religious traditions, and no religious traditions work together in support of

Over the past century, various leaders of the College have applied the College’s inclusive scriptural foundation and spirit to their expanding world and welcomed those whose beliefs were consistent with the Christian gospel of impartial love. Therefore, Berea College today affirms its inclusive Christian tradition even as it respects the traditions of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus, as well as other faiths, and those holding no religious beliefs. We strive not to ignore our differences, but rather seek to understand each other honestly and respectfully, and together create a climate where anyone can openly discuss what they believe without fear of sanction. To that end, all persons who are willing to share in the spirit and the work of the Great Commitments as shaped by its preamble are welcome to study, to teach, and to work at Berea

Labor Supervision

In support of Berea College’s great commitments, staff and faculty serve as labor supervisors. Our fourth great commitment, The Dignity of Labor, promotes learning and serving in community through the student Labor Program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. Student Labor Supervision includes scheduling, assigning, and approving student work, developing students' workplace acumen, and providing tangible work experience. To learn more about the labor program office please see the following link