Foundation Accounting Jobs in Florida (NOW HIRING)

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY:

To provide management of the Foundation's fiscal operations, including supervision of staff, leadership with all fiscal transactions, and data input/protocols. To monitor, review and report on the Foundation's fiscal and demographic conditions to assure the Foundation's objectives and goals are met efficiently and economically.

At the College of Central Florida, our vision is to be "Your first choice for quality higher education." We aim to accomplish this by providing a caring and exceptional learningenvironment that fosters the success of our students and community. Candidates considering becoming part of the CF family must be able to embrace and model this philosophy in their day-to-day responsibilities and demonstrate our standards: professional, responsive, informative, dependable, and engaged.

PREREQUISITES FOR POSITION (Qualification Standards):

1. Education or training: Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business administration (the latter with a strong background in accounting or finance), required. Master's degree in business administration or accounting preferred.
2. Years of experience in the field: Five years of experience in accounting or record keeping, including three years of progressively responsible management/leadership/ supervisory experience required. Preferred experience should include governmental, not-for-profit or higher education accounting.
3. Special skills or abilities related to the position:

• Knowledge of modern office practices, procedures and equipment and software as applied to accounting systems.
• Knowledge of accounting and expenditure control systems and procedures.
• Ability to plan, organize, supervise and evaluate the work of a group of professional and career service accounting personnel.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to prepare financial and statistical reports.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all assignment levels, CF Foundation donors, volunteers, members of the CF Foundation's Board of Directors and the general public.
• Knowledge of federal and state laws, and record keeping requirements for same.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Supervise and participate in the preparation of regular and special financial and statistical statements and reports, including those required during the state required annual audit and preparation of the required annual federal tax form.
2. Plan, organize, review, supervise and evaluate the work of the CF Foundation accounting staff engaged in maintaining general ledger, budgetary control accounts and various journals.
3. Design and develop accounting forms, controls, systems and procedures to promote more effective and efficient operations with the CF Foundation office.
4. Exercise expenditure controls.
5. Respond to questions regarding situations which raise policy questions which do not follow prescribed patterns and procedures.
6. Provide day-to-day oversight of the Foundation's investments including monitoring performance and distribution of new inflows of cash consistent with maintaining the target asset allocation percentages set forth in the Foundation's Investment Policy.
7. Supervise recordkeeping for gift entry, accounts payable, pledges receivable, collections, endowed chair and scholarship expenditures, State Board of Community Colleges match programs, revenues and expenditures from various fund-raising events and rental income properties.
8. Create and assist with annual preparation of the CF Foundation operations budget.
9. Prepare responses to both the College's and the Foundation's auditors' questions.
10. Supervise maintenance of the Foundation's fixed asset schedule.
11. Coordinate the preparation of profit and loss reports for all fund raising and special events.
12. Serve as principal liaison for College Square management company. Review, monitor and report inflows and outflows of College Square books.
13. Assist with other duties as assigned by supervisor.

(These essential job functions are not to be construed as a complete statement of all duties performed. Employees will be required to perform other job-related marginal duties as required.)

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL SKILLS:

• Acceptable eyesight (with or without correction)
• Acceptable hearing (with or without correction)
• Ability to communicate both orally and in writing

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:

• Work inside in an office environment

(Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified individuals with a disability.)

PRIMARY LOCATION OF JOB: Ocala Campus

SUPERVISOR OF POSITION: CF Vice President of Institutional Advancement /CEO, CF Foundation

PREREQUISITES FOR POSITION (Qualification Standards):

1. Education or training: Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business administration (the latter with a strong background in accounting or finance), required. Master's degree in business administration or accounting preferred.
2. Years of experience in the field: Five years of experience in accounting or record keeping, including three years of progressively responsible management/leadership/ supervisory experience required. Preferred experience should include governmental, not-for-profit or higher education accounting.
3. Special skills or abilities related to the position:

• Knowledge of modern office practices, procedures and equipment and software as applied to accounting systems.
• Knowledge of accounting and expenditure control systems and procedures.
• Ability to plan, organize, supervise and evaluate the work of a group of professional and career service accounting personnel.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to prepare financial and statistical reports.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all assignment levels, CF Foundation donors, volunteers, members of the CF Foundation's Board of Directors and the general public.
• Knowledge of federal and state laws, and record keeping requirements for same.