Job SummaryThe Controller provides leadership and operational oversight of Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge's ("MnTC") accounting, payroll, accounts payable, financial reporting, cash management, budgeting support, and internal control function and serves as the organization's senior accounting leader. The Controller ensures the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial and payroll operations across a complex, multi-site nonprofit organization.
This role leads the month-end and year-end close processes, payroll administration, audit and tax reporting, and internal control environment. In partnership with the Senior Vice President of Finance and organizational leadership, the Controller provides financial insight, strengthens operational effectiveness, and supports strategic decision-making. The Controller directly supervises the Assistant Director of Finance, Senior Payroll Specialist, and Financial Analyst while fostering a Culture of Honor grounded in accountability, continuous improvement, and service excellence.
Essential Job Responsibilities: Leadership and Financial Operations - Lead the daily operations, workflows, and service standards for Accounting, Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting, and Payroll, ensuring accurate timely and effective financial services across the organization.
- Provide leadership and oversight for the organization's accounting, payroll, and financial operations, ensuring alignment with MnTC's mission, strategic priorities, and standards of financial stewardship.
- Establish team priorities, performance expectations, and operational goals that support accountability, compliance, service excellence, continuous improvement, and achievement of organizational objectives.
- Supervise, coach and develop finance team members accountable through clear expectations, regular feedback, training, succession planning, and performance management.
- Foster a culture grounded in accuracy, accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and service excellence across financial and payroll functions.
- Strengthen cross-functional partnerships with Human Resources, Program Operations, Strategic Partnership, Admissions, and Senior Leadership to improve financial transparency, operational effectiveness, and decision-making.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to organizational leaders by providing financial guidance, operational insight, and recommendations that support strategic and operational objectives.
Budgeting, Forecasting and Financial Planning - Lead the annual budget process in partnership with Senior Leadership, department leaders, and program leaders to support organizational planning, resource allocation, and financial sustainability.
- Develop financial forecasts that identify trends, operational risks, staffing impacts, program needs, and actions required to achieve organizational goals.
- Complete quarterly reforecasts and communicate material changes, assumptions, financial risks, and recommended actions to Senior Leadership.
- Maintain metric-driven budget models that support reliable projections for revenue, expenses, staffing, utilization, and program performance.
- Provide financial modeling and scenario analysis for new initiatives, program changes, funding shifts, capital investments, and strategic decision-making.
Treasury and Asset Management - Manage organizational banking relationships, cash flow planning, treasury activities, and related financial service needs to support operational effectiveness and financial sustainability.
- Ensure appropriate financial controls and safeguarding practices are maintained to protect cash, client funds, donor-restricted funds, and organizational assets.
- Lead capital planning and asset management processes, including budgeting, forecasting, approval support, accounting, tracking, depreciation, and reporting for capital investments.
- Oversee client fund management processes, ensuring appropriate controls, reconciliation, documentation, reporting, and compliance with established policies and procedures.
- Monitor liquidity, reserves, cash flow trends, and working capital needs to support program continuity, payroll readiness, and responsible financial stewardship.
- Evaluate cash management practices and implement improvements that strengthen operational efficiency, risk mitigation, and financial sustainability.
Financial Reporting and Analysis - Ensure timely and accurate month-end and year-end close processes, including account reconciliations, journal entries, supporting schedules, and financial documentation to support reliable financial reporting and decision-making.
- Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and management reports to support leadership, governance, compliance, and informed decision-making.
- Lead financial performance reviews with senior and departmental leadership, including budget-to-actual results, variances, trends, risks, and corrective action recommendations.
- Perform financial analysis for the Finance Committee, President, and SVP of Finance, including pro forma, return-on-investment, cost, margin, and sustainability analyses that support strategic and operational decision-making.
- Ensure payroll reporting, reconciliations, tax filings, and related financial reporting requirements are completed accurately and on time.
- Analyze financial and operational data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and process improvements and provide actionable recommendations that support organizational performance, financial stewardship, EOS priorities, Scorecard metrics, and informed decision-making.
Compliance, Audit and Internal Controls - Oversee accounts payable and expense management processes, ensuring appropriate controls, timely payments, and compliance with organizational policies.
- Ensure required federal and state information returns, payroll tax filings, tax documents, and nonprofit reporting obligations are completed accurately and on time.
- Lead annual audit preparation and coordination, including oversight of audit schedules, supporting documentation, auditor requests, management responses, and timely completion of audit deliverables to support a successful audit process.
- Coordinate timely completion of Form 990 filings and related nonprofit tax and information reporting requirements.
- Maintain compliance with applicable accounting, nonprofit, payroll, tax, donor-restriction, and audit standards and requirements.
- Establish, document, test, and improve internal financial controls, segregation of duties, and standardized financial processes across MnTC to reduce risk and support audit readiness.
- Maintain financial policies, procedures, and process documentation that support consistency, accountability, and compliance across sites and departments.
- Ensure grant, contract, and restricted fund are appropriately coded, documented, tracked, and reported in accordance with funding requirements.
- Support organizational and departmental audits, reviews, and compliance activities as required by regulatory agencies, funders, and accrediting organizations.
- Perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Required Skills & Experience (Minimum Qualifications): - Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
- CPA preferred; equivalent combination of nonprofit accounting leadership experience and technical expertise may be considered.
- 7+ years of progressive accounting, finance, or financial management experience, preferably within a nonprofit healthcare, behavioral health, human services, or multi-site organization.
- 3+ years of leadership experience with direct supervision of finance, accounting, payroll, or related staff.
- Experience leading accounting and financial operations within a nonprofit healthcare, behavioral health, social services, or similarly regulated organization.
- Expertise in financial reporting, month-end close, audits, internal controls, fund accounting, grant accounting, budgeting, and payroll administration.
- Experience overseeing nonprofit financial operations, including grant compliance, Form 990 reporting, and financial governance activities.
Target Compensation (Negotiable based on Qualifications):
$110,000 - $135,000/year
We seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool in order to successfully meet our mission of helping every Minnesotan find help and healing from addiction.
