Controller

Categories

Accounting & Finance

Location

Arlington, Virginia

Job Description

Stand Together is a dynamic and mission-driven organization committed to driving positive social change and empowering individuals to overcome barriers. Join our team and be part of a collaborative community that values innovation, personal responsibility, and the power of bottom-up solutions. Together, we will create a society that fosters opportunity, dignity, and well-being for all. 

Stand Together seeks a Controller to serve as the strategic and operational accounting leader over all of the accounting operations within the Stand Together community. The position will lead a 20-plus person accounting operation, which provides accounting, tax, and compliance-reporting services for over 25 non-profit and for-profit organizations. This position will partner closely with the senior executives in these areas to identify and drive data-driven decision making.
 
The ideal candidate will have experience as a successful Controller or Assistant Controller, a proven ability to navigate and drive transformation in a complex accounting environment, be very proactive in their approach to their role, and show the ability to work with and coach team members at all levels. He or she will have experience making operational, process, and systems improvements.
 
The Controller will play a key role in providing its leaders the information and data needs to drive optimal decisions that will expand its impact. The methodology of Principles Based Management has been incorporated into every area of the organization and values freedom and rewards one’s ability to challenge ideas and make processes/procedures better.
 
This is a unique opportunity to come in at a transformative moment in the organization’s history and build capability, talent, process, and operations within a rapidly scaling landscape. It is also an opportunity for one to incorporate their personal passion / interests in a professional context.

Your Responsibilities Include

  • Setting a vision and priorities for the team and leveraging Principles Based Management to accomplish those results
  • Driving operational efficiencies and process improvement with scalability at the forefront
  • Coaching and developing members of the team to maximize their contribution
  • Providing effective and timely financial data to the Financial Planning and Analysis team and support them in their various analytical needs
  • Providing support to internal customers at Stand Together community organizations
  • Overseeing the monthly close process
  • Providing oversight and participating in the preparation of financial information for annual external audits
  • Leading the preparation of tax returns and other regulatory filings
  • Overseeing banking relationships and coordinating treasury activities for the various organizations
  • Leading financial activities related to financial compliance, ensuring that Stand Together is always adhering to applicable laws and regulations
  • Coordinating activities of multiple audit committees
  • Assessing risk in accounting and financial processes and establishing appropriate controls
  • Supervising the development and maintenance of accounting policies and procedures, and related documentation
  • Keeping management aware of emerging accounting pronouncements

What we Offer

  • A meaningful career where your work will improve the lives of millions of Americans – especially the least fortunate.
  • A vision-driven organization of over 1,000 employees across the country who are dedicated to improving the lives of others.
  • Competitive salaries and bonuses. Our salary and bonus strategies are aligned to the value you create, not a standardized bell curve.
  • Generous 401K match - 6% match with immediate vesting.
  • Competitive health and wellness benefits.
  • Our flexible time-off policy allows all employees to take leave as needed.
  • Commuter assistance plans to offset the cost of commuting into our Arlington, VA offices (on-site parking or metro).
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship that can strengthen your effectiveness through Principle Based Management and other industry specific programs.

Stand Together helps social entrepreneurs supercharge their efforts to help people improve their lives. We connect them with passionate partners and the resources necessary to make a greater difference.  Through our philanthropic community, we tackle some of the nation's biggest challenges so that every person has the opportunity to realize their extraordinary potential. Stand Together partners with people from diverse perspectives and backgrounds—including people in education, business, community non-profits, and public policy—to accomplish more together than any of us could on our own.   
  
Our Values Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Principle Based Management® (PBM®). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, PBM® prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees.    
  
We believe that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.