Controller
Vaco
Controller POST NUMBER: 465777
Role: Controller (Temporary to Potential Permanent)
Pay Rate: $55-$70/hr
Location: Midtown, Manhattan (*3 days a week onsite*)
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced finance professional to serve as an Interim Controller for a growing nonprofit organization in New York City. This role combines hands-on accounting with team management responsibilities, including oversight of accounts payable and payroll. The ideal candidate has experience managing audits successfully, is highly organized, and has worked with government-funded programs, including DYCD contracts, as well as state, city, and some federal grants.
This position is well-suited for someone who has been promoted from an individual contributor to leadership and can help drive process improvements, including supporting the early-stage migration from Great Plains to Financial Edge Blackbaud. There is potential for this role to convert to a permanent position for the right candidate.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee day-to-day accounting operations, including general ledger, journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end close
- Manage payroll processing using ADP
- Supervise a small team, including training and workflow management for accounts payable staff
- Support the audit process, including preparation of schedules and coordination with external auditors
- Assist with grant accounting and reporting for government-funded programs, including DYCD contracts, state, city, and some federal funders
- Facilitate migration from Great Plains (GP) to Financial Edge Blackbaud; prior GP experience preferred
- Ensure compliance with internal controls and organizational policies
- Prepare reports and financial statements for management and board review
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve operational efficiency
Qualifications / Ideal Candidate
- 7 years of accounting experience, including nonprofit experience preferred
- Proven track record managing successful audits
- Hands-on experience with general ledger, reconciliations, payroll, and financial reporting
- Experience with Great Plains (GP) and/or Blackbaud Financial Edge
- Prior experience promoted from individual contributor to leadership preferred
- Strong supervisory skills for small teams
- Knowledge of grant accounting and compliance for government funders, including DYCD
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
