Skirball Cultural Center · 1 month ago
Controller of Accounting (Controller)
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expSkirball Cultural Center is seeking an experienced full-time Controller. The Controller is a key financial leader responsible for ensuring compliance, accuracy, and efficiency of the accounting operations, managing a small team, and overseeing critical financial processes to support organizational decision-making.
EventsMuseums and Historical SitesNon ProfitSocial
Responsibilities
Lead the month-end close process, ensuring timely and accurate financial statements
Maintain financial hygiene through regular account reconciliations, petty cash counts, inventory counts, clearing accounts, fixed assets, prepaids accruals, etc
Oversee cash management, accounts payable, and general ledger functions
Ensure team delivers timely and accurate programmatical and capital projects/expenditures results
Collaborate with leadership and departments to provide the most effective reporting and information
Lead timely year-end audit processes with auditors and tax preparers (990, 5500, 403(b), etc.) ensuring completion which includes schedule preparation, reconciliation and adjustment recording
Ensure timely submission of statutory reporting as well as other financial (BLS, AG, county, city, state, etc.) reporting and compliance
Assist in researching and analyzing new accounting standards and ensure appropriate planning and implementation of new standards
Facilitate departmental cost and trend analysis to identify efficiencies and support decision-making
Assist in preparation of annual operating and capital budgets
Ensure deadlines are met by actively reprioritizing deliverables as competing priorities evolve to ensure balanced workload while providing CFO timely updates
Ensure effective archiving process for digital and physical documents/files which complies with records retention policy
Direct, train, and mentor staff. Actively participate in career development of team
Qualification
Required
At least a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, or Economics or the equivalent experience
Preferred
8+ years of experience in accounting in an operational multi-unit organization
Certified Public Accountant License (CPA); experience in accounting for a nonprofit organization
Skilled thought partner
Proven experience in staff management, including demonstrated ability to hire, lead, and develop team members
Self-directs and manages upward comfortably
Effectively manages multiple projects, dynamically shifts prioritization, operates with both attention-to-detail and big picture focus
Strong knowledge and application of GAAP especially with regards to restricted gifts and the management of the accounting processes to support clean reporting
Ability to identify, promote, process / systems efficiencies and aid implementation
Be a good listener and seek to know competent details of team tasks to better solve new issues and help decision-making
Effective oral and written communication, including the ability to translate financial data into meaningful information
Proven skills in accounting/financial systems and processes, as well as strong Excel skills
Motivated by collaboration and commitment to provide high quality, timely customer service to internal and external customers
Company
Skirball Cultural Center
Skirball Cultural Center presents museum exhibitions, Noah’s Ark family gallery, public programs, education, and event rentals.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Jessie Kornberg
President & CEO
Reuben J. Sanchez
Chief Financial Officer
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