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Hebrew Union College · 1 week ago

Assistant Controller, Director of Accounting

Cincinnati, OH

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

5+ years exp

Hebrew Union College is seeking a Director of Finance and Accounting & Assistant Controller to lead the Business Office. This role involves overseeing daily accounting and finance functions, managing the accounting team, and ensuring efficient operational practices while handling time-sensitive closing processes and audits.

Higher Education

Hiring Manager

Michelle Slocum

Responsibilities

Addresses tight deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities including general ledger preparation, financial reporting, year-end audit preparation, board materials preparation, cash reconciliation, and the support of budget and forecast activities

Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes

Perform and/or supervise all bank, investment and account reconciliations

Manage and supervise accounting staff and processes, including but not limited to receivables, payables, student account activity, and provide cash flow projections

Lead the annual audit process for financial statement audit and provide support for student financial aid audit

Maintain and prepare quarterly and annual tax return filings through assistance provided by corporate tax advisor, including but not limited to City, State, Federal, UBIT, etc

Analyze data to ensure proper accounting procedures have been followed, proactively identifying opportunities to improve controls and processes to provide reasonable assurance that the institutional assets are protected

Oversee cash, investment, foreign exchange transactions and treasury management

Assisting with funds management and research, identifies and ensures proper management and usage of temporarily restricted and direct charge funds to alleviate the unrestricted budget

Support the coordination of operations between Institutional Advancement and the Business Office including reconciliations, fund creation/termination, fund reports, etc

Perform a variety of additional accounting functions, including but not limited to, financial modeling, spending policy calculations, fixed assets, indirect cost, recurring allocations, asset summaries, etc

Maintain an organized, accessible central filing system for all accounting activity and annual documentation

Manage, assist and/or support the creation and implementation of various projects / policies / procedures that will be adopted throughout HUC

Enter and post journal entries in the general ledger

Prepare a variety of monthly, quarterly and annual reports for leadership as requested

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

AccountingFinancial ReportingManagement ExperienceCPAMicrosoft Office 365Accounting SoftwareTeam DevelopmentCoachingConflict Resolution

Required

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Five years in accounting or finance which includes three years of management level experience and relevant audit experience

Microsoft Office 365 - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams

Accounting software - Abila MIP

PayCom, Paylocity, Raiser's Edge, Empower, Concur, Fund Driver

Preferred

CPA or master's degree in accounting, Finance, Business or related field

Higher education or non-profit experience

Fund management experience

Company

Hebrew Union College

We are the center of innovation for Jewish life and learning – preparing rabbis, cantors, leaders in Jewish education, Jewish nonprofit professionals, pastoral counselors, and scholars to apply their knowledge, commitment, vision, and expertise to strengthen and transform the Jewish community and larger world.

Founded in 1875

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

201-500 employees