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Breck School

Job Description

Title:                            Controller

FSLA Status:                Exempt

Reports to:                   Chief Operating Officer

Hours:                          Determined with COO.

Effective Date:              April 2022

School Overview

Breck School is a preschool through twelve, coeducational college preparatory, Episcopal day school located in Golden Valley, Minnesota, with a national reputation for excellence and achievement in academics, athletics, and the arts. Our School’s Episcopal roots are lived through an unwavering commitment to equity, inclusion, and belonging where we respect the dignity of every human being. We prioritize lifelong learning and a commitment to the greater good.

We are a community of highly engaged and motivated students, faculty, staff, and school leaders focused on building trusting relationships and strong academic scholarship through a practice of bridging research to practice. Upon graduation, Breck students are prepared for a life of intellectual curiosity, self-knowledge, and social responsibility, matriculating to colleges and universities throughout the world.

Position Overview

The Controller is the leader of the Business Office, responsible for the preparation of financial reports and overseeing the functions of audit, tax and budgeting. Reporting directly to the C.O.O., the Controller is responsible for developing and administering all accounting policies and procedures, thereby ensuring strong internal controls protect the assets of the school and result in timely and accurate financial reporting. In addition, the Controller is responsible for the daily financial operations of the organization including accounts payable, student billing, payroll, benefits administrations, fixed assets, and accounting.

The ideal candidate will be a CPA with a bachelor’s degree in accounting with a minimum of 5 -7 years’ experience in non-profit accounting, including managerial experience with a proven track record of mentoring and developing staff, ideally in an independent school or higher education setting.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Produce accurate and timely financial information and reporting, including all financial statements, cash and variance analyses, and budget reports on a monthly basis.
• Serve as System Administrator for Blackbaud Financial Edge package, including system maintenance, security, data import/export, report development and monthly processing.
• Supervise student billing operations, including re-enrollment contracts, tuition billing, financial aid processing and statement generation and review.
• Works with families on certain student billing matters, such as custom payment plans and collections.
• Supervise general accounting and accounts payable operations.
• Supervise payroll processing and benefit administration.
• Prepare annual budgets; monitor monthly performance.
• Coordinate activities for external audit and tax work, including annual financial audit, 403(b) retirement plan audit and preparation of data for the annual IRS Form 990, 990-T and state income/franchise tax returns.
• Prepare all annual surveys and compliance reports for various school industry organizations as well as other internal and external requests.
• Prepare, review and/or file forms, including, annual IRS Form 5500’s for Breck’s benefit plans, annual 1099 forms, annual IRS 8955-SSA, charitable registration form and MN unclaimed property return.
• Resolve reporting issues with IRS and other Federal and State regulatory agencies with assistance from external auditors.
• Work closely with Advancement Office to ensure all gifts are properly recorded and to assist in preparing annual stewardship reports.
• Communicate accounting policies to employees to ensure compliance with such polices.
• Actively stay current on new accounting regulations and relevant non-profit issues.
• Provide support to C.O.O. in preparation for Finance Committee or other Board-related meetings.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• CPA preferred
• Minimum 5 – 7 years of relevant experience

Competencies

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong customer service skills
• Ability to learn and teach others established procedures
• Strong organizational and problem solving skills
• Appreciates and protects the extremely confidential nature of payroll, personnel information, student account balance information, and collection issues, and is accordingly circumspect in all matters in this area.

To apply: submit resume, letter of interest and two letters of reference to employment@breckschool.org

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