Controller

Socket.dev; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Springs Rescue Mission in Colorado Springs seeks a mission-driven Controller to oversee day-to-day accounting, monthly close, and financial reporting in partnership with the CEO and leadership to steward donor funds with accuracy and integrity.

This hands-on leadership role collaborates with Gift Processing and Advancement to ensure revenue capture and donor intent, while supervising staff and ensuring audit readiness across SRM and its affiliates.

Responsibilities

• Monthly Close & Financial Reporting: Manage monthly close on a published schedule; GL reconciliations; chart of accounts integrity; monthly reporting packages; audit readiness documentation.

Job description

Description

Controller – Steward Resources. Change Lives.

At Springs Rescue Mission, every dollar entrusted to us helps transform lives through the love of Christ. As our Controller, you'll play a vital role in honoring our donors' trust by ensuring financial integrity, accountability, and wise stewardship of the resources that advance our mission.

We're seeking a mission-driven accounting leader who values excellence, transparency, and service. If you're looking for more than a career—if you want your financial expertise to make an eternal impact while supporting a Christ-centered ministry, we'd love to hear from you.

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

Springs Rescue Mission considers every position one of ministry and a vital and valued part of our team. Therefore, it is essential that all employees of SRM have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and subscribe to our Statement of Faith and Core Values. Springs Rescue Mission is a faith-based nonprofit in Colorado Springs serving people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and poverty. Our Movement Campus Model helps guests move toward belonging, purpose, and sustainable independence. The finance function supports this mission by ensuring that every dollar entrusted to SRM is stewarded with accuracy, integrity, and clarity. The Controller is responsible for the day-to-day accounting operations of Springs Rescue Mission and its affiliates. The Controller owns the monthly close, reconciliations, restricted fund accounting, cash management, financial reporting, and preparation for the annual audit. The Controller supervises the Staff Accountant and the Staff Bookkeeper and works directly with the CEO and leadership team. This role also connects with gift processing and Advancement to ensure revenue capture is complete and donor intent is honored. This is a hands-on, operational leadership role. The Controller is actively engaged in the accounting system, closing the books on a consistent schedule, reconciling accounts, and resolving discrepancies. The Controller's work also goes beyond the close, serving as a financial partner to program directors, helping them understand their budgets and develop the financial fluency to steward their resources well. The Controller sits on SRM's leadership team and is a key enabler of the mission across the organization. Every dollar SRM stewards belongs to the people and donors who trust us. The Controller owns the accuracy and clarity that lets all leaders trust the numbers.

Requirements

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Monthly Close & Financial Reporting

• Manage the monthly close process on a consistent, published schedule, with GL close completed by the 10th of every month
• Perform and review general ledger reconciliations, subsidiary ledger accuracy, and trial balance sign-off
• Maintain the chart of accounts and coding integrity
• Prepare monthly financial reporting packages for the CEO, leadership team, and Finance Committee
• Maintain close workpapers and documentation to support year-round audit readiness

Restricted Fund & Grant Accounting

• Manage full-cycle restricted fund accounting across a diverse portfolio of institutional and individual funders, each with distinct reporting and compliance requirements
• Track donor-designated and grant-restricted gifts; maintain fund balance integrity
• Prepare timely and accurate funder compliance reports
• Coordinate with program staff on Employment First and other complex grant compliance requirements
• Partner with Advancement on funder reporting and stewardship

Greenway Flats – Permanent Supportive Housing

• Manage full-cycle accounting for SRM's permanent supportive housing property
• Coordinate tenant accounting activities with the Staff Bookkeeper
• Oversee tenant accounts receivable, rent posting, and reconciliation to tenant ledgers
• Coordinate compliance reporting with SRM's external compliance partner; ensure all required reporting to funding and regulatory partners is timely and audit-ready
• Maintain lease accounting documentation and property files
• Oversee data integration between the Greenway system and Sage Intacct
• Prepare monthly Greenway P&L reporting

Cash Management & Forecasting

• Perform weekly bank and credit card reconciliations
• Prepare weekly cash position reports for the CEO: cash on hand, outstanding AP, expected inflow, rolling 13-week forecast
• Verify debt payments and track loan obligations
• Communicate cash risks to the CEO promptly

Financial Partnership & Leadership Development

• Partner with program directors on budget understanding and variance analysis; help leaders develop financial fluency to steward their departments well
• Translate accounting data into actionable information that supports informed resource decisions and stewardship across the organization

Annual Audit

• Serve as the primary organizational owner of the annual financial audit