Controller, Finance & Banking, Financial Manager

The Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center (BSFHC) is a 501C3 Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that serves all of the primary health care needs of families in the heart of North and Central Brooklyn for over 40 years. Our mission is to provide the most professional, courteous and highest quality health care, with dignity, to those we serve, especially the undeserved population, without regard for ability to pay.

We are seeking a Controller who has a strong appreciation and understanding of overall health system finance and oversees the day-to-day operation of the Finance department, an administrative, policy and service of BSFHC. This is a Management position, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and exercising independent judgment, as delegated, in the fulfillment of the duties and responsibilities assigned. In concert with the Chief Financial Officer and Management, the Controller is charged with a full range of responsibilities, including directing the activities of the unit, monitoring work progress, and providing feedback to ensure goals are understood and met.

The Controller will oversee staff members in identifying and resolving special problems, meeting standards for quality customer service, carrying out special assignments, supporting the development of staff skills, and monitoring resources to achieve savings goals. The Controller maintains exemplary standards of personal professional ethics and participates in activities that keep him/her current in the field of financial management. The Controller supports the work of other departments by communicating effectively with staff involved in related projects, by being of assistance to others, and by participating in team-based projects as assigned.

• Oversee all accounting activities, reporting, and planning
• Assist with closing of accounting books on a monthly basis and make appropriate journal entries. Reconcile various accounts including payroll, employee fringe benefits, etc.
• Prepare timely monthly financial statements;
  Support month-end and year-end closing and audit processes
• Perform various account analyses for various balance sheet accounts and income and expense accounts
• Evaluate and lead the accounting, cost accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable processes
• In concert with the Chief Financial Officer and Management, communicate departmental goals and priorities. Assists in developing staff competence in new and existing areas. Assist staff, when needed, with complex or difficult issues
• Routinely informs Chief Financial of work progress; provides timely updates on all critical matters; identifies problems and implements solutions.
• Recommend techniques to improve productivity, increase efficiencies, cut costs, and maintain optimum business practices.
• Identify and implement new procedures to streamline accounting activities
• Develop and implement all appropriate control and risk management procedures
• Provide oversight for the preparation, control and review of payroll process
• Manage vital relationships with individuals such as auditors, state agencies, and industry based experts
• Represent the finance department as needed in meetings and presentations
• Evaluate and implement appropriate policies to ensure financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP and to ensure books are maintained based on a strong internal control environment.
• Demonstrable success in initiating cooperative working relationships, resolving customer concerns, and making timely and effective decisions.
• Coordinate annual budget process; ensure timely distribution of budget guidelines and review, analyze and interpret budgetary input
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of monthly rolling twelve-month forecast
• Evaluate the Company's day-to-day operations to recommend efficiencies to enable the organization to meet its operational and profitability objectives
• Evaluate the Company's tax strategy and manage tax compliance reporting, including property, income, sales, etc
• Develop and maintain a cost accounting and inventory control process to scale with the operational objectives of the Company
• Gain…