Comptroller

Cape Cod Community College; West Barnstable (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cape Cod Community College seeks a seasoned Comptroller to lead accounting and financial reporting, supervise student accounts, grants accounting, and accounts payable, and drive financial strategy.

The role oversees the annual operating budget (~$45M), audits, and compliance, providing timely financial analyses to the Vice President of Finance and Operations. Strong leadership and data skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance plus 7 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Four years progressive management experience and training.
• Competence in general ledger accounting and report writing.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Jenzabar.
• Ability to analyze substantial amounts of data and interpret results.
• Ability to respond to sensitive inquiries and data requests.
• Unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Supervise general accounting, contracts, grants accounting, accounts payable, budget, and financial reporting.
• Provide leadership and direct departmental personnel including hiring and training of employees.
• General Ledger ownership.
• Assist in creating the annual operating budget of approximately $45M.
• Ensure reports and budgetary proposals are completed timely.
• Prepare and file financial reporting required by regulatory agencies.
• Coordinate the annual financial audit and liaise with the Commonwealth Comptroller's Office.

Skills

General ledger

Report writing

Data analysis

Excel/Office

Presentations

Data sensitivity

Unrestricted work authorization

Education

Bachelor's in accounting/finance

Master's or CPA preferred

Tools

Jenzabar

Job description

About Cape Cod Community College:

Cape Cod CommunityCollege is a place of personal discovery, enrichment, andprofessional development for those just beginning the quest and forthose at many points along the path of higher education throughoutlife. It is a caring, comprehensive institution that belongs to thepeople it serves and responds to their individual and communityneeds. Students attending Cape Cod Community College are strivingfor personal excellence, and are finding it, day after day.Graduates of the College can be found in all levels of privatebusiness, the professions, and public service, and they excel atwhat they do.

For students seeking to lay a foundation for further study, thereis no better place to begin than at Cape Cod Community College. Intoday's highly competitive market place, the well prepared transferstudent is the most aggressively recruited person in highereducation. For many Cape Cod Community College graduates, thatAssociate Degree opens the door to institutions that were just notan option after high school. And, when you consider the savings inthe overall cost of a four-year degree at either a public or aprivate university, starting at Cape Cod Community College becomesan incredible bargain that blends quality with unmatchedvalue.

The students' education is the first priority at Cape Cod CommunityCollege. As a learning-centered community, we value thecontributions of a diverse population, welcome open inquiry, andpromote mutual respect. The College offers a strong educationalfoundation of critical and creative thinking, communicationcompetency, and a global, multicultural perspective that preparesstudents for life and work in the 21st century. Our liberal arts,sciences, and career programs provide educational pathways thatserve the varied social, economic, and demographic characteristicsof our community with a distinctive focus on sustainability. Wehonor our past, celebrate our present and imagine our future.

Job Description:

GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Comptroller is a full-time management-level positionresponsible for supervising the accounting and financial reportingof the College, and the overall direction, coordination, andevaluation of student accounts, grants accounting, and accountspayable personnel.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

1. Supervise general accounting, contracts, grants accounting,accounts payable, budget, and financial reporting.
2. Provide leadership and direct designated departmentalpersonnel, the management of which will include responsibility forinterviewing, hiring, and training of employees, planning,assigning and directing work, developing staff, appraisingperformance, addressing complaints, and resolving problems.
3. General Ledger ownership.
4. Assist the Vice President of Finance and Operations withcreating the annual operating budget of approximately $45M.
5. Ensure assigned areas complete projects such as annualfinancial reports, operating budgets, indirect cost proposals, andlegislative appropriations requests in a timely manner.
6. Provide various analyses and advise the Vice President ofFinance and Operations on assorted financial reporting andbudgetary issues; prepare reports which summarize and forecastCollege business activity and financial position in areas ofrevenues and expenses; and prepare necessary supportingdocumentation and justification.
7. Provide management with timely reviews of financial status andprogress in its various programs and activities.
8. Prepare and file financial reporting required by regulatoryagencies.
9. Create and modify financial policy and process documents, withemphasis on gaining efficiencies.
10. Coordinate the annual financial audit, preparing audit workpapers and financial statements.
11. Serve as liaison to the Commonwealth Comptroller's Office.
12. Establish and maintain relations with banks and other financialinstitutions.
13. Direct receipt and disbursement of funds and acquisition andsale of other assets.
14. Comply with all federal, state, local and Collegepolicies.
15. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance from an accreditedfour (4) year college or university plus seven (7) years of relatedexperience, including four (4) years progressive managementexperience and training, or an equivalent combination of educationand experience.
2. Demonstrated competence in general ledger accounting and reportwriting.
3. Competence in use of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word andExcel, and in use of computerized administrative software packagessuch as Jenzabar.
4. Proficiency in exporting, sorting and analyzing substantialamounts of data, and an ability to understand its implication.
5. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complexdocuments.
6. Ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries and datarequests.
7. Ability to make effective and persuasive presentations.
8. Unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.

ADDITIONAL PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Higher Education accounting experience, preferably inMassachusetts.
2. Familiarity with Massachusetts finance law and policiesincluding procurement.
3. Master's degree or CPA designation.

Equivalency Statement

Applicants who do not meet the qualifications as noted above areencouraged to upload a separate statement to define precisely howtheir background and experience have prepared them with theequivalent combination of education, training, and experiencerequired for the responsibilities of this position.

Additional Information:

COMPENSATION :

Annual salary range of $120,000 to $140,000,dependent upon qualifications. Full-time, Non-unit ProfessionalPosition. Includes participation in a comprehensive employeebenefits program and the option for membership in the MassachusettsState Employees' Retirement System.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

Posted until filled, with reviewprocess to begin November 6, 2026.

Please visit our website at www.capecod.edu for information onCape Cod Community College.

This appointment is subject to the FY2027 budgetappropriations.

Appointment subject to SORI (Sex Offender RegistryInformation), publicly accessible Massachusetts CORI (CriminalOffender Record Information) and national backgroundchecks.

The College cannot consider candidates who do not haveunrestricted authorization to work in the United States.

Cape Cod Community College is an affirmative action/equalopportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis ofrace, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age,veteran status, genetic information, gender identity or sexualorientation in its programs and activities as required by Title IXof the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans withDisabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Actof1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and otherapplicable statutes and College policies. The College prohibitssexual harassment, including sexual violence. Inquiries orcomplaints concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation orsexual violence shall be referred to the College's Aff .