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About the Role

The Controller and Assistant Treasurer serves as the chief accounting officer of Barnard College, responsible for leading and overseeing accounting operations, financial reporting, treasury activities, and compliance. This role ensures the integrity of financial reporting, supports financial stewardship, and drives innovation through data and technology.

Responsibilities

• Manage the College’s general accounting, financial reporting, treasury, and compliance functions.
• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, reconciliations, and account analyses.
• Lead the preparation of the College’s audited financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with GAAP.
• Review accounting treatment for complex or non-routine transactions.
• Coordinate monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes.
• Oversee institutional tax compliance activities.
• Serve as a primary liaison with external auditors, financial advisors, rating agencies, banks, and regulatory agencies.
• Oversee treasury operations, cash management, liquidity monitoring, debt compliance, banking relationships, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support financing activities, including debt issuances, covenant compliance, and external financial reporting.
• Support accounting and reporting for gifts, endowment activity, and sponsored projects.
• Partner with Finance and IT to support Workday Finance operations, optimize systems, strengthen data integrity, and implement process improvements.
• Develop, document, and maintain financial policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen financial operations, improve reporting processes, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop accounting and financial operations staff.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and service excellence.
• Support financial reporting and presentations for senior leadership and the Board of Trustees.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• CPA designation required.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible accounting and financial leadership experience.
• Experience in higher education, nonprofit, healthcare or similarly complex institutional environments.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, and internal controls.
• Experience leading financial statement audits and managing complex accounting operations.
• Experience with nonprofit accounting, restricted funds, endowment accounting and sponsored programs administration.
• Experience with Workday or other enterprise financial systems.
• Demonstrated experience supervising and developing professional staff.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across departments.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet critical deadlines.
• Ability to communicate complex financial and accounting matters clearly to a broad range of financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• Experience operating effectively within complex and decentralized organizations.
• Experience supporting senior leadership and governing boards.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in both strategic and hands-on capacities.
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and a willingness to continuously learn and grow.
• Demonstrated collaborative leadership style and commitment to supporting the mission and values of the College.

Skills

• Accounting
• Financial Reporting
• Treasury Operations
• Compliance
• GAAP
• Internal Controls
• Financial Statement Audits
• Nonprofit Accounting
• Endowment Accounting
• Sponsored Programs Administration
• Workday Finance
• Process Improvement
• Automation
• Data Integrity
• Supervision
• Mentoring
• Interpersonal Communication
• Written Communication
• Verbal Communication
• Collaboration
• Project Management
• Deadline Management
• Strategic Thinking
• Hands-on Operations

Location

• New York, NY

Work Type

• Full time
• Onsite

Experience Level

• 10+ years of progressively responsible accounting and financial leadership experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• CPA designation

Salary/Compensations

• $240,000 - $250,000

About the Company

• Barnard College is an intellectually stimulating, diverse college community of approximately 800 full- and part-time faculty and staff dedicated to providing an extraordinary educational environment for our 2,600 students.