Financial Controller
Full Time
Mount Pleasant, MI
$115,000 - $135,000 a year
Posted Just posted
Job description
Responsible for the administration, operation and direction of activities for Accounting Services and Grant Accounting including College of Medicine/University Pediatricians clinical research post-award accounting compliance and reporting. Plans, develops and implements university wide policies and practices related to accounting, grants, internal controls, tax reporting and university audits.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree
Five years increasingly relevant professional experience
Two years in a management/supervisory position
Experience with accounting, audits, GASB
Ability to develop and maintain positive interpersonal relationships
Ability to project a positive image through excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to perform the essential functions and requirements of the job
Five years increasingly relevant professional experience
Two years in a management/supervisory position
Experience with accounting, audits, GASB
Ability to develop and maintain positive interpersonal relationships
Ability to project a positive image through excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to perform the essential functions and requirements of the job
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with grant accounting and clinical research grant accounting
Experience with university fund accounting
Experience with tax compliance
Experience with SAP or other integrated enterprise accounting systems
Experience in higher education environment
Experience in a unionized environment
Experience with university fund accounting
Experience with tax compliance
Experience with SAP or other integrated enterprise accounting systems
Experience in higher education environment
Experience in a unionized environment
Duties & Responsibilities
Supervises staff responsible for university accounting functions, including grant accounting and post-award clinical research grants
Ensures integrity of university financial records and maintains university internal controls, including recommending related policies and procedures
Maintains compliance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and other applicable accounting regulations/standards
Oversees tax compliance and reporting
Manages university audit and financial statement preparation, including Management Discussion and Analysis and footnotes
Prepares State of Michigan Financial Reporting (SOMCAFR)
Responsible for overseeing A133 audit
Responsible for overseeing NCAA audit
Responsible for overseeing Public Broadcasting audit
Responsible for responding to other accounting related audits
Maintain and ensure the integrity of the financial accounting system data
Develops, analyzes and presents financial reports to senior management
Maintains departmental budgets
Manages other special projects as assigned
Ensures integrity of university financial records and maintains university internal controls, including recommending related policies and procedures
Maintains compliance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and other applicable accounting regulations/standards
Oversees tax compliance and reporting
Manages university audit and financial statement preparation, including Management Discussion and Analysis and footnotes
Prepares State of Michigan Financial Reporting (SOMCAFR)
Responsible for overseeing A133 audit
Responsible for overseeing NCAA audit
Responsible for overseeing Public Broadcasting audit
Responsible for responding to other accounting related audits
Maintain and ensure the integrity of the financial accounting system data
Develops, analyzes and presents financial reports to senior management
Maintains departmental budgets
Manages other special projects as assigned
Supervision Exercised
Message to Applicants
Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering a broadly diverse and inclusive campus that respects all social identities, experiences, and perspectives. In an effort to further this initiative, we are especially interested in candidates who will advance and promote an inclusive and supportive environment for every member of our university community.
You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position.
Cover letters may be addressed to the Hiring Committee.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit recommendation letters.
Position will remain open until filled. The university reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified. For best consideration, please submit application materials before Tuesday, May 30, 2023.
You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position.
Cover letters may be addressed to the Hiring Committee.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit recommendation letters.
Position will remain open until filled. The university reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified. For best consideration, please submit application materials before Tuesday, May 30, 2023.
Employee Group
Professional & Administrative -Salary
Staff Pay Level
Pay Range
$115,000 - $135,000
Division
Finance and Administrative Services
Department
Accounting Services
Position Status
Regular
Position End Date
Employment Status
Full-Time
FTE
1.0
Position Type
12 month
Weekly Work Schedule
M-F 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; evenings & weekends as required.
Location
Mount Pleasant, MI
About the Department
About CMU
Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.
We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.
CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.
Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.
CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state’s largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.
Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city’s central location in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.
CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.
We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.
CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.
Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.
CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state’s largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.
Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city’s central location in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.
CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.
CMU Leadership Standards
Central Michigan University is a place where we value students and work for their success, where we act as family, and where employees are engaged, appreciated and have extraordinary opportunities to make a difference.
We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams.
Please review the Leadership Standards before applying for this position.
We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams.
Please review the Leadership Standards before applying for this position.
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