Controller/CPA

Job Description

Job Description

Family Legacy Missions International is seeking a Controller (CPA) to join our Dallas-based team. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate, timely financial reporting, strengthening accounting systems and controls, and supporting effective financial planning and analysis. The Controller will play a key role in advancing financial operations and supporting the organization’s continued growth and global impact. This role will serve as the planned successor to our CFO.

Salary: $90,000–$120,000, commensurate with experience.

We are seeking a detail-oriented, relational leader with strong analytical skills, an agile and innovative mindset, and a passion for advancing Family Legacy’s mission to serve vulnerable children in Zambia.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Guided by the Chief Financial Officer, you will lead the accounting operations of Family Legacy Missions International with excellence, integrity, and purpose. This role is central to advancing our mission through faithful stewardship—ensuring accuracy, transparency, and strong financial discipline across the organization.

· Live and lead from your faith —cultivating a personal relationship with Christ and modeling servant leadership in every interaction.

· Champion stewardship and integrity —ensuring all financial activity is recorded in accordance with GAAP and reflects the highest standards of accountability.

· Deliver trusted financial insights —producing timely, accurate financial statements and providing analysis that equips senior leadership to make mission-aligned decisions.

· Own the close and reporting cycle —leading consistent, reliable month-end and year-end close processes that result in clear, decision-ready reporting.

· Safeguard the integrity of our financials —overseeing the general ledger, including journal entries, reconciliations, and internal controls.

· Navigate complexity with confidence —researching and resolving technical accounting issues and applying new guidance as needed.

· Lead audit and compliance efforts —partnering in the annual audit process and overseeing preparation for Form 990 and other key filings.

· Oversee giving and donor compliance —ensuring gifts are processed accurately and in alignment with donor intent and grant requirements.

· Direct core accounting operations —including accounts payable and payroll, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing.

· Step into what’s needed —taking on special projects and initiatives that help the ministry grow and expand its impact.

· Willingness and opportunity to travel to Zambia as needed for business no more than 2 trips per year for 7-14 days

What You Bring:

You are a detail-oriented, mission-driven accounting professional who combines technical excellence with strong judgment, humility, and a heart for stewardship.

Education & Credentials:

· Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field required

· CPA designation strongly preferred, or actively pursuing certification

Experience & Expertise:

· 5+ years of progressive experience in accounting or financial reporting

· Strong knowledge of GAAP, with experience in nonprofit accounting environments preferred

· Familiarity with nonprofit tax compliance and reporting, including Form 990

· Demonstrated ability to research and apply technical accounting guidance

Skills & Capabilities:

· High level of integrity and commitment to financial stewardship and accountability

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail

· Proven ability to improve processes and adapt to evolving systems and technologies

· Effective communicator—able to translate financial information clearly for non-financial leaders

· Experience leading, developing, and mentoring team members

Tools & Working Style:

· Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and accounting systems (experience with ERP systems such as Sage Intacct a plus)

· Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

· Thrives in a collaborative, flexible, and hybrid work setting

What We’ll Bring:

· Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family

· 403(b) plan with company match

· Generous paid holidays, paid time off, and wellness days

· Colleagues who care and pray for the ministry and each other

· Coffee Chats, Taco Talks, Monday Morning Huddles, Wednesday Morning Prayer, Weekly 1:1s, Lunch & Learns and more!

· We pay 100% of our base plan medical premium.

· Onsite gym

· Hybrid work schedule, in the Dallas office 8:30a- 5p Monday-Wednesday, and WFH/remote on Thursdays and Fridays...or work in office 8:30a-5p Monday-Thursday and start your weekend at 2pm Friday

About Us:

At Family Legacy Missions International our work is focused on one goal: Glorifying God by empowering vulnerable and orphaned children in Zambia to live out their God-given potential.

You see, we believe that these children have the potential to strengthen their country, communities and families. Through academic, physical, spiritual and emotional care, true transformation can and will happen. Our calling is to provide the tools for them to take over as tomorrow's leaders be it in their home, their country or around the world.

Through Legacy Academy, we serve over 10,000 primary and secondary students. From school uniforms, textbooks, school supplies and more, we provide the necessary tools for students to begin their educational journey.

The Tree of Life Children's Village is a transitional full-time living facility for 400 children who have faced situations no child should have to experience. Spanning over 130-acres, the Tree of Life has a neighborhood of homes, a school, access to quality healthcare, playgrounds, and so much more.

The reality of graduating from high school is a distant dream for many of the children that first enter our program. Going to a trade school or even graduating from university is an even bigger feat. The Excel Beyond program was created to give students an opportunity to achieve their wildest dreams of becoming a professional in their preferred field or learn a trade to become employed.

Camp Life is a cornerstone of Family Legacy's mission to bring hope and transformation to Zambia's most vulnerable children. It is a powerful, week-long experience for both the thousands of children we serve and the hundreds of ambassadors who travel to Zambia to serve alongside us.

Come Grow With Us.

At Family Legacy, our work is focused on one goal: Glorifying God by empowering vulnerable and orphaned children in Zambia to live out their God-given potential. You see, we believe that these children have the potential to strengthen their country, communities and families. Through academic, physical, spiritual and emotional care, true transformation can and will happen. Our calling is to provide the tools for them to take over as tomorrow's leaders be it in their home, their country or around the world.

Through Legacy Academy, we serve over 10,000 primary and secondary students. From school uniforms, textbooks, school supplies and more, we provide the necessary tools for students to begin their educational journey.

Healing, Restoration, and a Fresh Start. The Tree of Life Children's Village is a transitional full-time living facility for children who have faced situations no child should have to experience. Children admitted to the Tree of Life may suffer from extreme medical conditions, and their guardians are unable to provide necessary care or their home situation is unsuitable for the child to live. Spanning over 130-acres, the Tree of Life has a neighborhood of homes, a school, access to quality healthcare, playgrounds, and so much more.

The reality of graduating from high school is a distant dream for many of the children that first enter our program. Going to a trade school or even graduating from university is an even bigger feat. The Excel Beyond program was created to give students an opportunity to achieve their wildest dreams of becoming a professional in their preferred field or learn a trade to become employed.

Camp Life is a cornerstone of Family Legacy's mission to bring hope and transformation to Zambia's most vulnerable children. It is a powerful, week-long experience for both the thousands of children we serve and the hundreds of ambassadors who travel to Zambia to serve alongside us.

Company Description

At Family Legacy, our work is focused on one goal: Glorifying God by empowering vulnerable and orphaned children in Zambia to live out their God-given potential. You see, we believe that these children have the potential to strengthen their country, communities and families. Through academic, physical, spiritual and emotional care, true transformation can and will happen. Our calling is to provide the tools for them to take over as tomorrow's leaders be it in their home, their country or around the world.\r\n\r\nThrough Legacy Academy, we serve over 10,000 primary and secondary students. From school uniforms, textbooks, school supplies and more, we provide the necessary tools for students to begin their educational journey.\r\n\r\nHealing, Restoration, and a Fresh Start. The Tree of Life Children's Village is a transitional full-time living facility for children who have faced situations no child should have to experience. Children admitted to the Tree of Life may suffer from extreme medical conditions, and their guardians are unable to provide necessary care or their home situation is unsuitable for the child to live. Spanning over 130-acres, the Tree of Life has a neighborhood of homes, a school, access to quality healthcare, playgrounds, and so much more.\r\n\r\nThe reality of graduating from high school is a distant dream for many of the children that first enter our program. Going to a trade school or even graduating from university is an even bigger feat. The Excel Beyond program was created to give students an opportunity to achieve their wildest dreams of becoming a professional in their preferred field or learn a trade to become employed.\r\n\r\nCamp Life is a cornerstone of Family Legacy's mission to bring hope and transformation to Zambia's most vulnerable children. It is a powerful, week-long experience for both the thousands of children we serve and the hundreds of ambassadors who travel to Zambia to serve alongside us.\r\n\r\n