Summary
Description
Controller and Assistant Treasurer
Location: Denver, Colorado
Commitment: Full-time
Daniels Fund
The Daniels Fund, established by cable television pioneer Bill Daniels, is a private charitable foundation dedicated to making life better for the people of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming through its grants program, scholarship program, and ethics initiative.
The Daniels Fund strives to ensure its work reflects Bill Daniels’ written directives, values, and unmistakable style. Bill was a patriotic American who served our country in two wars. He was a capitalist who loved our free enterprise system and was well known for his generosity to people from all walks of life. Guided by his compassion, Bill transferred his $1 billion estate to form the assets of the Daniels Fund to carry forward his legacy of giving.
Since its founding, the Daniels Fund has become a permanent fixture in the communities it serves and continues to make significant and lasting impact. To learn more about the Daniels Fund and its impact to date, please visit: www.danielsfund.org
The Opportunity
The Controller and Assistant Treasurer manages the foundation’s accounting and tax reporting functions, while maintaining and extending the legacy of our founder, Bill Daniels. This position is responsible for processing disbursement transactions and the recording of such transactions in respective financial ledgers, as well as reconciling all ledger activity to supporting source documentation. Processing responsibilities include payroll and employee benefit transactional activity. The Controller assists the CFO with the preparation of financial and tax reporting, preparation of annual spending budgets, and managing cash flow and financial obligations.
The Controller manages the organization’s banking and regulatory activities in addition to property and risk insurance programs. This position works closely with the CFO in the design, development, and implementation of internal controls in connection with various Daniels Fund business activities. This position also works with other executive officers in providing support and assistance in the performance of departmental functions.
The Role
The Controller and Assistant Treasurer will:
Financial Transactional Processing
- Process invoices and other disbursement requests through payable systems.
- Process individual scholarship calculations and payments.
- Process system interfaces resulting in the transfer of financial information from various sub-ledger systems to the general ledger (i.e. payroll, expense reporting, scholarship and grants).
- Process bi-weekly payroll with outside service provider.
General Ledger Accounting and Reporting
- Prepare monthly cash receipts/deposit reporting.
- Prepare monthly journal entries for general ledger posting.
- Prepare monthly bank reconciliations.
- Prepare and reconcile quarterly general ledger trial balances with respective subledgers.
- Assist with quarterly budget variance reporting and analysis.
Financial and Tax Reporting
- Assist with preparation of annual operating budgets with input from department executive officers.
- Assist with preparation of annual spending forecasts with corresponding budget variance analysis.
- Manage internal activities for the independent audit; serves as primary liaison with auditor.
- Prepare and file annual reports as required by governmental agencies.
- Manage the release of financial information for public disclosure purposes (i.e. website posting, annual reports and other communication materials).
- Prepare required information schedules in support of annual federal and state tax returns.
- Monitor and process estimated excise and income tax payments.
- Manage the filing of tax returns and communications with tax authorities.
Other Specific Duties
- Manage disbursement transactions with outside benefit plan service providers.
- Assist the CFO with the development and monitoring of internal systems and controls.
- Assist the CFO in the mitigation and management of enterprise risk.
- Assist with preparation of monthly cash reports and forecasts of cash needs.
- Assist in the review of scholar financial eligibility and payments.
- Serve as plan administrator for the 401(k) plan.
- Manage Form W-2 and Form 1099 processing and reporting functions.
Assists with special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
The Person
You are mission-oriented. You have a passionate commitment to Bill Daniels’ mission and values and an eagerness to incorporate his thinking into programmatic activities. You understand first-hand the importance of the foundation always adhering to Bill Daniels’ principles, style, and direction. You value and respect the Fund’s uniqueness, reputation, and impact. You are aligned with Bill Daniels’ values and stated priorities to advance his legacy.
To learn more about Bill Daniels, please visit https://www.danielsfund.org/billdaniels/values
You are results-driven with a demonstrated desire for impact. You have an unyielding focus on impact and are driven by a desire to achieve outcomes. You are motivated by the pursuit of long-term objectives and a focus on metrics for impact.
You have strong analytical and quantitative skills, including financial acumen. You have advanced skills in pulling and analyzing large data sets and developing tools for others to understand and utilize the data. You have a strong command of financial laws and regulations. You identify critical insights in the data and propose aligned and impactful action steps. You demonstrate consistent and successful execution of processes and systems.
You are an effective planner and prioritizer. You enjoy managing and coordinating projects, especially the challenge of managing multiple projects simultaneously and projects with high levels of complexity. You are determined to achieve deadlines and adjust to changing priorities or challenges that arise.
You are agile and adapt well to change. You move fluidly between problem solving, critical thinking, and strategic thinking to achieve impact. You embrace innovation and evaluate ways to leverage it in your existing systems and processes. You are adept in the use and incorporation of new technology.
You are a skilled communicator and collaborator. You use clear and concise language that reflects the context in which you are communicating. You are customer service focused and you have superb written and verbal communications skills, whether in one-on-one or in large gatherings. You build and sustain collaborative working relationships with various stakeholders and perspectives.
You act with integrity, professionalism and confidentiality in all situations. You exhibit sound judgment and decision-making ability, especially in complex matters. You always represent yourself and your organization in a professional and competent manner. You demonstrate emotional maturity and personal accountability. You hold sensitive information in confidence.
Compensation and Benefits
The compensation for this position will be in the range of $110,000 to $150,000 and is commensurate with experience and qualifications. Daniels Fund offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, paid holidays, health, dental, vision insurance, LTD, life insurance, a matched 401k retirement plan and a host of additional benefits.
To Apply
Interested applicants may submit an initial application through the Careers section of the Daniels Fund website at www.DanielsFund.org.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Daniels Fund is an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
