What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Controller position at Berea College?
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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
- 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.
- 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.
- Valid Driver's License
- Required background checks
- CPA preferred
- Ability to navigate campus/public buildings and grounds
- Sedentary work in office setting
- Work is in an interactive office environment
- 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 www.berea.edu.
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.
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 Child Development Laboratory for children of College Staff, ages 6 weeks to 6 years, Seabury Center Membership, Staff Development Funds and Tuition Reimbursement.
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.
Salary : $204,000