Reports To: Chief Financial Officer
Direct Reports: Assistant Controller, Accounts Payable Manager & Payroll and Accounting Associate

POSITION SUMMARY: 
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller is responsible for directing finance and accounting operations and organizational oversight of accounting, payroll, budgeting, and accounts payable for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. With a team of 3-4 full-time employees in Payroll, Accounts Payable, and Accounting, provide the organization with effective strategies and best practices to ensure sound financial management, effective processes and strong internal controls.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Oversee the accounting and finance operations, providing strategic analysis, executive support, and optimization of financial systems and processes.
• Manage the accounting and payroll team, ensuring accuracy and timeliness across areas of responsibility.
• Drive the annual budgeting process and serve as a subject matter expert, consulting with department leaders and providing insight to executive leadership to ensure an effective process and a balanced budget.
• Ensure financial reporting is completed accurately on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.
• Oversee accounts payable processes, expense reimbursements, credit card allocation processes, and appropriate and required documentation of these processes.
• Oversee company retirement plan contributions and upload funds to retirement plan, ensuring compliance.
• Oversee internal audit processes and serve as primary liaison with external auditors during audit periods.
• Ensure that all financial operations are conducted in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and state and federal laws and regulations.
• Coordinating with the public accounting firm, ensure the preparation of 990 tax returns for SLSO, Encore and SLSET.
• Provide insight and reporting during insurance renewal processes, retirement plan year-end and compliance testing time periods.
• Support grant application processing, including completion of financial information sections of grant reports.
• Develop new and updated processes and policies to ensure the organization streamlines and stays up to date on the latest best practices, requirements and laws.
• Work closely with other teams to understand challenges and identify ways to improve organizational support.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, or related field.
• 8+ years of advanced accounting experience, preferably in a non-profit environment, with a proven track record in a leadership/management role.
• CPA certification strongly preferred. Public accounting experience preferred.
• Experience managing payroll preferred.
• Proficient in Word and Excel. Accounting software such as Financial Edge preferred.
• High degree of accuracy and ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to effectively interact with all levels in the organization.
• Strong ability to motivate a team and achieve successful results through others.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and work with confidential data.