Controller

Description

Controller – Steward Resources. Change Lives.

At Springs Rescue Mission, every dollar entrusted to us helps transform lives through the love of Christ. As our Controller, you'll play a vital role in honoring our donors' trust by ensuring financial integrity, accountability, and wise stewardship of the resources that advance our mission.

We're seeking a mission-driven accounting leader who values excellence, transparency, and service. If you're looking for more than a career—if you want your financial expertise to make an eternal impact while supporting a Christ-centered ministry—we'd love to hear from you.

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

Springs Rescue Mission considers every position one of ministry and a vital and valued part of our team. Therefore, it is essential that all employees of SRM have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and subscribe to our Statement of Faith and Core Values. Springs Rescue Mission is a faith-based nonprofit in Colorado Springs serving people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and poverty. Our Movement Campus Model helps guests move toward belonging, purpose, and sustainable independence. The finance function supports this mission by ensuring that every dollar entrusted to SRM is stewarded with accuracy, integrity, and clarity. The Controller is responsible for the day-to-day accounting operations of Springs Rescue Mission and its affiliates. The Controller owns the monthly close, reconciliations, restricted fund accounting, cash management, financial reporting, and preparation for the annual audit. The Controller supervises the Staff Accountant and the Staff Bookkeeper and works directly with the CEO and leadership team. This role also connects with gift processing and Advancement to ensure revenue capture is complete and donor intent is honored. This is a hands-on, operational leadership role. The Controller is actively engaged in the accounting system, closing the books on a consistent schedule, reconciling accounts, and resolving discrepancies. The Controller's work also goes beyond the close, serving as a financial partner to program directors, helping them understand their budgets and develop the financial fluency to steward their resources well. The Controller sits on SRM's leadership team and is a key enabler of the mission across the organization. Every dollar SRM stewards belongs to the people and donors who trust us. The Controller owns the accuracy and clarity that lets all leaders trust the numbers.

Requirements

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Monthly Close & Financial Reporting

• Manage the monthly close process on a consistent, published schedule, with GL close completed by the 10th of every month
• Perform and review general ledger reconciliations, subsidiary ledger accuracy, and trial balance sign-off
• Maintain the chart of accounts and coding integrity
• Prepare monthly financial reporting packages for the CEO, leadership team, and Finance Committee
• Maintain close workpapers and documentation to support year-round audit readiness

Restricted Fund & Grant Accounting

• Manage full-cycle restricted fund accounting across a diverse portfolio of institutional and individual funders, each with distinct reporting and compliance requirements
• Track donor-designated and grant-restricted gifts; maintain fund balance integrity
• Prepare timely and accurate funder compliance reports
• Coordinate with program staff on Employment First and other complex grant compliance requirements
• Partner with Advancement on funder reporting and stewardship

Greenway Flats – Permanent Supportive Housing

• Manage full-cycle accounting for SRM's permanent supportive housing property
• Coordinate tenant accounting activities with the Staff Bookkeeper
• Oversee tenant accounts receivable, rent posting, and reconciliation to tenant ledgers
• Coordinate compliance reporting with SRM's external compliance partner; ensure all required reporting to funding and regulatory partners is timely and audit-ready
• Maintain lease accounting documentation and property files
• Oversee data integration between the Greenway system and Sage Intacct
• Prepare monthly Greenway P&L reporting

Cash Management & Forecasting

• Perform weekly bank and credit card reconciliations
• Prepare weekly cash position reports for the CEO: cash on hand, outstanding AP, expected inflow, rolling 13-week forecast
• Verify debt payments and track loan obligations
• Communicate cash risks to the CEO promptly

Financial Partnership & Leadership Development

• Partner with program directors on budget understanding and variance analysis; help leaders develop financial fluency to steward their departments well
• Translate accounting data into actionable information that supports informed resource decisions and stewardship across the organization

Annual Audit

• Serve as the primary organizational owner of the annual financial audit
• Manage the auditor relationship, PBC list, workpaper preparation, and findings resolution
• Maintain audit-ready records throughout the year
• Coordinate with the external tax partner on Form 990 preparation
• Compliance with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filing requirements

Team Leadership & Systems

• Supervise, coach, and develop the Staff Accountant and the Staff Bookkeeper
• Establish and enforce accounting standards, controls, and expectations
• Administer Sage Intacct; oversee Bill.com approval workflows
• Develop and maintain written accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
• Coordinate ongoing partnerships with external accounting consultants

Attends all required meetings and reviews SRM emails regularly.

Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Required

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 3 years in a controller, assistant controller, or senior accounting leadership role
• Nonprofit fund accounting experience
• Multi-entity accounting experience
• Direct experience owning an annual audit, including auditor relationship management, PBC list ownership, and findings resolution
• Hands-on general ledger, reconciliation, and month-end close experience
• Supervisory experience
• Working proficiency in Sage Intacct or a comparable mid-market ERP system

Preferred

• CPA license
• Experience with regulated or affordable housing accounting
• Experience partnering with a development or advancement function
• Experience leading finance functions through periods of rebuild or system implementation

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and is a constant witness. Christ-centered and compassionate attitude in dealing with people including the homeless and faithfully upholds and aligns with SRM’s Statement of Faith
• Strong technical accounting skills with disciplined attention to detail
• Effective supervisor and coach; develops team capability over time
• Clear communicator with both financial and non-financial audiences
• Curious about the organization's revenue sources; collaborative posture with Advancement, program leadership, and external partners
• Personal integrity and a commitment to financial stewardship as an expression of mission
• Demonstrated understanding of financial stewardship within a faith-based or mission-driven organization.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple funding streams and reporting requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and accounting, payroll, donation, grant management, or related financial systems used by the organization.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, exercise sound judgment, and demonstrate integrity in handling sensitive financial and donor information.

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL FACTORS:

Occasionally = 1%-33%; frequently = 34%-66%; continuously = 67%-100%.

Typical office working environment. This is not a remote or hybrid role.

Occasionally: must be able to lift up to 20 pounds, bend or stretch, scheduling flexibility around month-end close and audit periods

Frequently: walking, talking, climbing stairs, manual dexterity

Continuously: sitting, standing, adequate vision and hearing, good mental condition to withstand consistently medium to high levels of stress

EQUIPMENT/TOOLS USED:

• Computer/Internet
• Fax/Copier
• Accounting System(s)
• Phone

Deadline for applications is 2 weeks from date of posting

Salary and benefits include: $90,000 - $120,000 (Exempt position)* Full benefits package to include: medical benefits with SRM paying 80% of the medical premium, voluntary Dental, Vision, Allstate Accident Plan, SRM-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D. Also offered are 8 paid holidays, 21 days of accruable PTO,, Pay-on-Demand, and a 403b retirement plan with SRM-match after one (1) year, 100% vested beginning DOH; (Benefits are subject to change based on reevaluation or benefit plan changes annually.)*Benefits begin at 1st of the following month after completing a full 30 days of employment (I.E. start date 4 January)