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We recognize that not everyone wants to grow their career paths in the same way. That’s why <strong>CLA</strong> exists to <em><strong>create opportunities</strong></em>. With 8500 employees and over 130 offices nationwide, We promise to know you and help you!<br><br>At CLA, Nonprofits are a priority. As the largest industry group in the firm, we have over 850 professionals dedicated to serving our 11,000+ nonprofit clients. We are looking to hire a Nonprofit Controller for our Client Accounting and Advisory Service (CAAS) who can work in our Tampa office. CAAS helps our clients transform their business with a collaborative approach that allows them to seamlessly mitigate risk, overcome challenges, meet deadlines, and identify personnel to help them with their workforce needs.<br><br><strong>Job Description<br><br></strong><ul><li>Develop internal control policies, guidelines, and procedures for activities such as budget administration, cash and credit management, and accounting.</li><li>Coordinate and directs the financial planning, budgeting, procurements, or investment activities for all or part of an organization. Prepare financial information.</li><li>Prepare and/or direct preparation of financial statements, business activity reports, financial position forecasts, budgets, or reports required by regulatory agencies.</li><li>Evaluate needs for procurement of funds and investment of surpluses and make appropriate recommendations.</li><li>Monitor ratio and key performance indicators (KPI).</li><li>Monitor and evaluates the performance of accounting and other financial staff, recommending and implementing actions.</li><li>Advise management on short-term and long-term financial objectives, policies, and actions.</li><li>Communicate on a regular basis with boards, bankers, investors, constituents, etc.; may include prepping for and/or hosting board presentations.<br><br></li></ul><strong>Education/Experience<br><br></strong><ul><li>Education: Bachelor's degree is required. Combination of related experience, education, and training may be accepted in lieu of degree. CPA certification is preferred but not required.</li><li>Experience: 6 years of relevant accounting and/or financial experience is required (Nonprofit industry and back-office accounting experience is highly preferred). Public accounting experience preferred but not required.</li><li>Aptitude for developing and maintaining a thorough working knowledge of accounting software and systems. QuickBooks experience is preferred.</li><li>Proficiency with applicable software (Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, etc).</li><li>Travel: This position requires frequent local travel to/from client sites and may require occasional non-local or overnight travel for client visits, training, meetings and/or other business-related purposes.<br><br></li></ul><strong>Skills/Knowledge<br><br></strong><ul><li>An understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (FASB/SFAS) or other comprehensive basis of accounting</li><li>Strong organization skills/goal orientation/self-motivation.</li><li>Ability to handle pressure in a positive professional manner.</li><li>Excellent interpersonal skills.</li><li>Communication that is clear, concise, and considerate of the needs of others.</li><li>Ability to work cooperatively with others and value the different contributions people make.</li><li>Proven success in managing work and key client relationships to exceed client expectations.<br><br></li></ul><strong>Our Perks...<br><br></strong><ul><li>Flexible PTO (designed to offer flexible time away for you!)</li><li>Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave.</li><li>Paid Volunteer Time Off</li><li>Mental health coverage</li><li>Quarterly Wellness stipend</li><li>Fertility benefits</li><li>Complete list of benefits here<br><br></li></ul>Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities<br><br>Click here to learn about your hiring rights.<br><br><strong>Wellness at CLA<br><br></strong>To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.<br><br>To view a complete list of benefits click here.<br><br>

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