Controller at SAN DIEGO WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP INC – San Diego, California

The San Diego Workforce Partnership is the leader for innovative workforce solutions in San Diego County. We fund and deliver job training programs that enable all job seekers to develop the skills and knowledge needed for in-demand careers. Our vision is that every business in our region has access to a skilled workforce, and every job seeker has access to meaningful employment. We seek to earn trust and inspire growth in every action we take.

Position Summary

Reporting to the CFO, the Controller provides strategic and operational leadership for the organization’s accounting and financial management functions. This role is responsible for overseeing day-to-day accounting operations, ensuring compliance with nonprofit accounting standards, managing audits, and maintaining internal controls. The Controller partners with leadership to provide accurate financial reporting and supports the mission by ensuring that resources are used responsibly and transparently. The controller is to protect the organization’s financial health, ensure accountability, and support the mission through sound financial management. They translate financial data into reliable information that leadership, funders, and the board can trust.

Essential Functions    

1. Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory requirements.
2. Maintains a documented system of accounting policies and procedures; implements a system of controls over accounting transactions to minimize risk.
3. Oversee the preparation of periodic financial statements, activity reports, and financial forecasts.
4. Leads the annual budgeting process in collaboration with the CFO/CEO and Executive Team.
5. Coordinates annual audit activity. Collaborates with external auditors and internal staff, provides all needed information.
6. Overseeing all financial, project/program and grants accounting; ensures that expenditures are consistently aligned with grant and program budgets throughout the grant/fund periods.
7. Reviews financial details from past, present, and forecasted operations; identifies development opportunities and improvements that can be made.
8. Provides management with recommended short- and long-term financial objectives and policies.
9. Manages organizational cash flow forecasting by working in partnership with the program teams; continuously collaborates with teams, assesses the financial efficacy of program operations, and establishes finance and administrative systems to support program operations.
10. Manages and tracks the performance of invested assets in keeping with policies and investment guidelines.
11. Maintains knowledge of organizational procedures, federal and state regulations, and accounting standards.
12. Leverages strengths of the current finance team members, develops and implements training programs in order to maximize and reach individual and organizational goals in alignment with the SDWP Strategic Plan.
13. Provides leadership in strengthening internal communications with staff at all levels throughout the organization; promotes a positive and supportive work environment.
14. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Fundamental Job Requirements  

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or business administration required.
• Minimum eight (8) years of progressively responsible accounting experience.
• Five years of accounting experience in a supervisory role.
• Five years of experience in a nonprofit environment, including GAAP application, fund accounting, and state/federal (Uniform Guidance) grant compliance.
• Proficiency with accounting software and multiple systems, such as MIP, Salesforce, Questica Budget or other similar tools

Desired Requirements

• Master’s degree in Accounting or Business Administration
• Certified Public Accountant or Certified Management Accountant

Our Values 

Collaboration:  

Engaging in inclusive, respectful relationships among colleagues, customers and community that foster the achievement of shared goals. 

Excellence:  

Driving quality, innovation and measurable outcomes through a customer-centered focus and a high-performance culture. 

Stewardship:  

Strategic, efficient, effective use of resources to meet the evolving needs of our customers and community with the highest levels of integrity. 

Inclusion:  

Taking responsibility for creating a culture where everyone is welcomed, heard, valued and empowered to fully participate and reach their full potential.  

Equity:  

Prioritizing those who have been systemically denied opportunity through policies, priorities, practices, and behaviors that result in access to opportunity for ALL colleagues, customers, and communities. 

We Love to Take Care of Our Workforce Associates–

We offer a great work environment, a culture that values individuality and inclusion, collaborative and innovative teams, and a competitive pay and benefits package. Our benefits include: PTO, PTO sell-back program, generous employer-paid benefits (platinum plans), company-paid learning and professional development program, pension plan and 457 retirement plan additional employee wellness. Compensation for this position ranges from $114,310 - $165,336.

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base salary range for this position. If you are hired at San Diego Workforce Partnership, your final base salary (within the pay range), will be determined based on factors such as education, knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider the internal equity of our current team members when determining any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the full base salary range for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer generous benefits and retirement plans.

At the Workforce Partnership, we don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, and the work that we do in the communities we serve. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace for all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

San Diego Workforce Partnership is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.