Controller

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Controller to join a nationally recognized non-profit organization in Brooklyn, New York. This contract opportunity with potential for a permanent role is ideal for a finance leader who can guide grant-based accounting operations, support complex audit activities, and strengthen reporting accuracy across a significant segment of the organization. The role will oversee financial management for city-funded programs while leading a team and improving processes through thoughtful use of technology.

Responsibilities:
• Direct accounting oversight for city-funded grant programs, ensuring financial activity is recorded accurately and aligned with funding requirements
• Lead the full year-end audit cycle by coordinating timelines, preparing supporting documentation, and partnering with internal teams and external auditors
• Manage a team of six finance professionals, providing guidance, prioritization, and day-to-day leadership across core accounting functions
• Oversee monthly and period-end close activities for an approximately $60 million area of operations, including review of entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting
• Prepare and review consolidated financial information, including intercompany balancing and elimination entries across related entities or programs
• Produce clear and timely financial reports for leadership, with attention to grant compliance, fund activity, and organizational performance
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting workflows and reporting efficiency through better use of systems, tools, and internal controls
• Support audit requests and develop schedules, analyses, and documentation needed to address internal and external financial review requirements• 10+ years of progressive accounting and controllership experience, including leadership responsibility in complex organizations
• Background spanning non-profit environments, with additional exposure to public accounting and private sector finance operations
• Demonstrated success managing annual audits from planning through completion, including coordination with multiple internal stakeholders
• Strong knowledge of grant accounting, government-funded programs, and fund-based financial reporting
• Experience preparing consolidations and intercompany elimination entries within multi-entity or multi-program structures
• Proven ability to lead and develop accounting staff while maintaining strong communication across teams
• High attention to detail with a process improvement mindset and the ability to use technology to enhance efficiency
• Familiarity with NetSuite or Yardi is helpful, though not required