Controller

Controller

Mission-Driven Leadership | Nonprofit Finance | Make an Impact

Looking for an opportunity where your accounting expertise directly supports a meaningful mission? We're partnering with a respected nonprofit organization dedicated to improving children's mental and behavioral health services. This hands-on Controller role offers the chance to lead the accounting function during a key period of organizational growth and transition while partnering closely with executive leadership.
This is an ideal opportunity for a collaborative, roll-up-your-sleeves accounting leader who enjoys balancing strategic oversight with day-to-day accounting operations.

100% Onsite
Leadership Role Reporting to Executive Leadership
Meaningful Mission Supporting Children and Families

What You'll Do

• Lead month-end close and ensure accurate, timely financial reporting
• Maintain and manage a rolling 13-week cash forecast
• Oversee cash management, liquidity planning, and balance sheet activities
• Prepare and review financial statements and board reporting packages
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, nonprofit accounting standards, and grant requirements
• Oversee accounting activities related to government contracts, grants, and restricted funding
• Support annual audits and financial reporting requirements
• Partner with leadership during the CFO transition and provide accounting stability across the organization
• Mentor and support the Accounting Manager, Staff Accountant, and Accounting Clerk
• Evaluate and improve accounting processes, controls, and reporting procedures
• Support future ERP evaluation and system enhancement initiatives

What We're Looking For

Bachelor's degree required
5-7+ years of Controller-level or equivalent accounting leadership experience
Strong nonprofit accounting experience
Expertise with:

• Government grants and contracts
• Restricted funding
• Revenue recognition
• Federal award reporting
• CFR compliance

Experience owning:

• Month-end close
• Financial reporting
• Cash management
• Financial statement preparation
• Audit support

Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, XLOOKUPs, and financial analysis
Experience leading accounting functions for organizations in the $20M-$50M+ revenue range
Strong technical accounting, leadership, and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Government contract accounting experience
• Dynamics GP (Great Plains), Sage, Oracle, NetSuite, or similar ERP experience
• Experience supporting ERP implementations or system upgrades
• Background working in lean, collaborative accounting environments

Why Join Us?

Support an organization making a meaningful impact in children's mental health
Highly visible leadership role during an important period of growth and transition
Work closely with executive leadership and influence financial strategy
Opportunity to strengthen processes, systems, and reporting functions
Collaborative team environment with strong mission alignment
Broad exposure across accounting, financial reporting, cash management, grants, and nonprofit operations

Work Environment

• Fully onsite position
• Collaborative accounting team of approximately 5-6 professionals
• Structured accounting processes supported by Dynamics GP and Asana
• Fast-paced environment that values ownership, adaptability, and teamwork
• Opportunity to make an immediate impact while supporting a mission-driven organization

Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of San Diego, CA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $75.00 - $80.00/hr.
Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in San Diego,CA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Sep 30, 2026.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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