Socialfinance Corporate Controller at Social Finance leads the corporate finance group overseeing accounting, tax, reporting, audit, and risk management. The role involves strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, and managing a team of four.
Responsibilities
The Corporate Controller is the senior accounting leader at Social Finance and the Chief Financial Officer’s closest partner in running the corporate finance function. You will own the integrity of our financial reporting, and you will lead the planning, budgeting, and analysis work that shapes how the organization deploys its resources.
This role is built for someone who has a strong technical accounting foundation and now wants to spend a substantial share of their time strategically leading and planning: building the budget, running the forecast, modeling scenarios, leading a team, and helping business and operational leaders make sharper decisions with better information. You will lead and manage a team of 4, oversee an annual operating budget of approximately $30 million across multiple entities and active donations and grants, recoverable grants, government awards, and sit on the firm’s Management Team.
It is a good fit for candidates who want to apply accounting and finance expertise in a mission driven setting, and who are equally comfortable setting direction and getting the details right.
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Corporate Controller leads the Corporate Finance group across planning and analysis, nonprofit accounting, tax, reporting, audit, and risk management. Responsibilities fall into four areas.
Planning, analysis, and management reporting
Lead the annual organizational operating budget process from start to finish, partnering with business practice and functional leaders to build, challenge, and finalize their plans
Own budget to actual reporting and variance analysis, including the written narrative that explains what the variances mean and what should change as a result
Build and maintain the multiyear financial model and rolling forecast, including scenario analysis for new investments, contracts, and hiring decisions
Prepare project budgets and pricing for contract and grant based proposals, and track realized margin against what was proposed
Develop recurring management reporting and metrics that give business leaders a clear, current view of their financial position
Prepare quarterly reporting materials for the Board, Finance Committee, and Audit Committee
Accounting operations and close
Qualification
Degree in AccountingStrong command of UComfort and experience overseeing
Required
Social Finance is seeking a dynamic finance leader with strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills. Qualifications and requirements include:
Unquestionable work ethics and focus on ownership and accountability
Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related business field, or equivalent experience; CPA or MSA preferred
8+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including substantial time in financial planning and analysis: budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and variance analysis
Demonstrated ownership of an annual budget process and a recurring management reporting cycle for an organization or a substantial business unit
Strong command of U.S. GAAP and internal controls
Working knowledge of nonprofit accounting, including fund and grant accounting, and familiarity with federal grants compliance and single audit requirements
Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with the ability to translate financial detail into clear guidance for colleagues who are not finance specialists; strong oral and written communication
Comfort and experience overseeing, coaching, and developing more junior staff members, and a commitment to building a strong, high performing team
Ability to handle complex and confidential information with discretion
Ability to operate across multiple competing priorities with a high level of independence and motivation, and to adapt in a team-based, fast-changing environment
Willingness to learn and utilize AI tools appropriately to support accounting work (e.g. prompt engineering, AI-assisted workflows, or data infrastructure); experience automating financial processes or applying AI tools within a finance function a plus