Finance Controller jobs in United States

Application Deadline: 6 March 2026

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Brasenose College

Compensation: GBP 48,889 - GBP 58,035 / year

The Financial Controller provides day-to-day operational oversight of the Finance Bursary team and is responsible for the effective management of the College's day-to-day financial operations. This includes overseeing accounts payable, accounts receivable, vat returns, ONS returns, monthly management accounts, and preparing accounts to trial balance for the college and its trading subsidiary.

The Financial Controller line manages the Finance Assistant responsible for the Student Billing function.

The post holder will be responsible for the month end close down processes and timely production of the monthly management accounts pack. They will support the Finance Director for budget reporting, to standardise regular month end journal entries and to identify the critical tasks at month end. The Financial Controller is the most senior role in the Finance Bursary after the Finance Director and is expected to deputise for the Finance director when required.

Working closely with colleagues across the college the Finance Controller would support existing projects to integrate fully the sub ledgers relating to students, conference business, other transactions and the development office. The role ensures ensuring that processes linking the sub ledgers are robust, compliant with financial accounting standards, vat and internal controls.

The College operates in a complex VAT environment and uses the partial exemption method. The FC is responsible for ensuring that all transactions in the accounting system comply with current VAT regulations, for preparing the VAT return and keeping up to date with current VAT rules and changing College processes to maintain compliance.

The Finance Controller is responsible for developing and maintaining the annual financial timetable, ensuring all deadlines are clearly defined, appropriately allocated, and consistently met. This includes monitoring progress and adjusting workflows accordingly to ensure operational and statutory deadlines are met.

In addition to the Bursar and the Finance Bursary team, key working relationships are with the HR Department, Domestic Bursar, IT Manager, Conference Office, Principals Office and Development Office.

• Support the Finance Director in managing the Finance Bursary team
• Line management of the Finance Assistant - Student Billing
• Supervise the finance operations for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Student Billing and month end close
• Responsible for the month end close including closing before the agreed monthly close date target
• Production of quarterly management accounts reported to Estates and Finance Committee and to Governing Body to strict timetable
• Responsible for collating a commentary on the management accounts each term in collaboration with the Finance Director
• Providing feedback and support (Finance Partnering) to Heads of Department
• Support the Finance Director in completing the budget process
• Production of monthly management accounts for budget holders- including managing improvements to reporting
• Responsible for all invoice production
• Responsible for journal entries into Iplicit including the journal log
• Integration of the sales sub ledger (Kinetics) for conference and accommodation
• Integration of the sales sub ledgers Uniware & Accurate solutions
• Integration of donations sub ledger (Raisers Edge) and donations reporting
• Oversight of the Student Billing termly fee process
• Own the full finance timetable
• Responsible for completing the VAT returns for the College and limited trading subsidiary
• A variety of other finance tasks including clubs, societies, banking etc
• Support the Finance Director in developing further improvements in processing following the implementation of a the new finance system (Iplicit - launched October 2025)
• Any other task at the direction of the Finance Director

• Responsible for summary management accounts, prepared on a monthly basis
• Support the Finance Director in the annual budget preparation and reporting
• Support the Assistant Accountant in operational cash management
• Support the preparation of the ½ year end accounts in March
• Support the Finance Director in the preparation of consolidated financial accounts for the College, prepared under FRS102 Charity SORP and in accordance with collegiate university agreed formats during July and August each year
• Support the Finance Director in the preparation of the limited company accounts and a number of other smaller organisations books and records
• Ad hoc reporting for college officers and committees
• Responsible for controls over journal input
• Responsible for systems controls and access to Iplicit and ensuring segregation of duty
• Support the Finance Director during the year end external audit process

• University fee funding reconciliations
• Billing for student fees and all residential charges
• Conference and Events sales ledger
• Credit control for student, senior member and commercial accounts
• Donations accounting and reconciliation with college fundraising records
• Disbursement of grants and awards
• Purchase ledger
• Management of academic and hospitality budgets for academic staff
• Liaison with external outsource companies for property and investments to post month end journals
• Support the Finance Director and Payroll manager in the operational running of the payroll and deputising for holidays

• Completion of VAT returns in a complex partially exempt environment for college and subsidiary
• Responsible for statistical returns to central university, central and local government

• The College uses Iplicit which was launched in October 2025 (previously Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains)

• Line management for the Finance Assistant - Student Billing
• Supervising finance operations and supporting the FD managing the team by deputising for the FD and providing input to performance appraisal

• From time to time the college may change the way it operates and its non-core activities. The post holder is expected to provide finance operational support to all activities that the college decides to complete including commercial and non-commercial activities

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate:

• Previous experience of a Financial Controller, Finance Manager, financial accounting or similar role
• Demonstrable experience of overseeing day-to-day finance operations and supervising transactional finance activities (e.g. accounts payable, receivable, billing and month-end processes)
• An accountancy qualification
• Experience of completing month end close to tight timetable
• Some technical accounting knowledge, experience of month end, and vat returns in particular
• Ability to identify problems and develop solutions
• Excellent numeracy skills and good report writing skills
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and good system skills
• Excellent organisation skills
• Ability to work independently and self-motivate
• A high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Good team working skills, including flexibility and adaptability
• Good interpersonal skills, including ability to develop good working relationships and to persuade and influence

• Credit control
• Banking and treasury experience
• Payroll
• Experience of higher education and/or the College environment
• Knowledge of Charities SORP or experience of preparing financial reports in a highly regulated environment
• Experience and knowledge of Iplicit/Kinetics/Raisers Edge would be highly desirable

This is a permanent full-time post. There will be an initial probationary period of six months. During this period the post holder's employment may be terminated by one week's notice on either side. Thereafter the period of notice to terminate employment is three months.

The appointment will be conditional on verification of the successful candidate's availability for employment in this country, and subject to the receipt of satisfactory references. The successful candidate will be required to complete a confidential medical questionnaire which will be forwarded to our Occupational Health Department who will assess their fitness to perform this role.

During probation attendance in office is required.

To be paid on Brasenose College Grade 8 salary scale, currently GBP 48,889.00 - GBP 58,035.00 per annum, dependent on qualifications and experience. Advancement up the scale is on merit.

Standard full-time hours for the Finance Bursary are 35 per week, from 9 am until 5 pm, with an unpaid hour taken for lunch, Monday to Friday. Some flexibility, including a hybrid working arrangement is possible, with exact working hours to be agreed with the successful candidate.