CONTROLLER (Community Council of Idaho / Accounting) Caldwell

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer Status: Exempt

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (This is not an exhaustive list of all duties/responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned)

Organization-Wide Financial Leadership and Governance

• Serve as a senior financial authority for CC Idaho, supporting sound fiscal management across all programs, departments, and service areas.
• Establish, implement, and monitor consistent accounting practices, financial policies, internal controls, and reporting standards throughout the organization.
• Advise the CFO and executive leadership on financial performance, emerging risks, control issues, compliance concerns, and opportunities to strengthen financial operations.
• Promote organization-wide financial accountability, transparency, and consistent application of fiscal policies and procedures.

Audit, Internal Controls, and Risk Management

• Lead organization-wide financial audit readiness and coordinate preparation of schedules, reconciliations, supporting documentation, and management responses for external, programmatic, funder, and regulatory audits.
• Maintain and continuously improve the internal control framework to safeguard assets, support reliable financial reporting, reduce risk, and promote compliance.
• Perform and coordinate periodic reviews of financial processes, account activity, reconciliations, transactions, and supporting documentation to identify control gaps, errors, unusual items, or areas requiring corrective action.
• Track audit findings, questioned costs, management recommendations, and corrective action plans to support timely and sustainable resolution.
• Assess financial and operational risk across business units and recommend practical controls, process improvements, and monitoring activities to the CFO.
• Support documentation and testing of key financial controls, including appropriate segregation of duties and authorization practices.

Accounting and Financial Reporting

• Oversee corporate accounting operations, including general ledger integrity, reconciliations, journal entries, account analysis, and month-end and year-end close activities.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and consistent monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting for CC Idaho.
• Review financial statements, balance sheet accounts, schedules, and supporting documentation for accuracy, completeness, and appropriate accounting treatment.
• Ensure accounting records and practices are applied consistently across programs and funding sources and are supported by appropriate documentation.
• Provide financial analysis and reporting to support executive and organizational decision-making.

Budgeting, Forecasting, and Organizational Financial Planning

• Lead and coordinate the annual budgeting process across CC Idaho programs and departments.
• Consolidate program and departmental budgets into an organization-wide operating budget aligned with strategic and financial goals.
• Provide variance analysis, forecasting, scenario analysis, and financial modeling to support planning and executive decision-making.
• Monitor significant financial trends and variances and work with leaders to understand drivers, risks, and corrective actions.

Grant, Contract, and Restricted Funds Oversight

• Oversee financial compliance and reporting for grants, contracts, and restricted funding across CC Idaho.
• Support program leaders with budget development, cost allocation, financial reporting, and adherence to funding requirements.
• Review expenditures, allocations, and supporting documentation for appropriate treatment and compliance with applicable federal, state, contractual, and funder requirements.
• Support monitoring activities, fiscal reviews, and audits related to grants, contracts, and restricted funds.
• Promote consistent documentation and financial practices across funding streams.

Business Process Improvement and Cross-Functional Oversight

• Evaluate financial workflows and business processes across departments to improve accuracy, efficiency, consistency, documentation, and control.
• Partner with program and department leaders to resolve financial process issues and strengthen accountability for financial information.
• Support implementation and improvement of financial systems, reporting tools, reconciliations, and standardized procedures.
• Provide financial guidance and technical support to leaders and administrative staff across the organization without favoring a single business unit.
• Coordinate with other organizational functions as needed to address financial, compliance, and operational risks that cross departmental boundaries.

Compliance and Regulatory Oversight

• Maintain current knowledge of nonprofit accounting requirements, grant and contract compliance, applicable financial regulations, and audit standards relevant to CC Idaho operations.
• Help ensure financial policies, records, allocations, approvals, and reporting practices support organizational and funder compliance requirements.
• Coordinate financial responses to compliance reviews and work with responsible leaders to address identified issues.

Leadership, Collaboration, and Communication

• Work closely with program directors, department managers, and executive leadership to support sound financial decision-making and strong fiscal stewardship across CC Idaho.
• Provide training, guidance, and technical support related to accounting practices, internal controls, financial procedures, audit readiness, and compliance.
• Represent the Finance Department in audits, monitoring visits, planning sessions, internal committees, and cross-departmental initiatives.
• Communicate financial risks, findings, and recommendations clearly and constructively to financial and non-financial audiences.
• Travel
  • Periodic travel throughout Idaho to support CC Idaho program sites, audits, reviews, training, and organizational business is required.

• Additional travel may be required for conferences, professional development, or other organizational needs.

Required Physical Demands

• Is frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; reach with hands and arms
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds