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Why CMHA? As a 2022 Hartford Courant Top Workplace and one of the largest behavioral health care providers in Connecticut, we have 40 years of experience in delivering mental health and addiction services to over 7,300 children, adolescents, and adults annually.

We care about our employees by offering Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance packages that help you strike a harmonious work-life balance. Our time off policy offers 9 paid holidays, 2 CHMA/Personal days for you to have the opportunity to celebrate the important traditions of the year with your loved ones and up to 24 days of PTO that increases with years of service. CMHA offers company paid Life Insurance and Long Term Disability. CMHA also provides student loan repayment plans and employee discounts for shopping, travel and entertainment. We also care about your future with a 403(b) retirement plan with CMHA matching starting after 1 year of service.

Internal mobility is a focus at CMHA with 6 members of our leadership team growing from individual contributors to Senior Leaders.

CMHA is looking to hire a Controller for our Finance Department. This position will be located in New Britain.

Position Summary: The Controller is responsible for providing leadership, guidance, and oversight of the Finance Department including payroll, accounts payable, grant reporting, third party billing, financial statement reporting, external audits, develops annual budget, including variance to actual analysis, provides finance education in laymen terms to program leadership, and ad hoc reporting to support CMHA goals and objectives, in a well-documented and controlled environment.

• Ensures Finance Department meets all deadlines and work goals by providing leadership on daily activities including payroll, deploying staff, resources and setting objectives.
• Analyzes departmental monthly reporting with responsible program leadership to identify areas in which expense/revenue adjustments can be made; allocates operating budget.
• Recruits, orients, trains, and supervises staff. Identifies ongoing staff training needs and conducts staff performance appraisals.
• Coordinates annual reconciliations for annual audit performing the appropriate research of accounting record and reporting according to department requirements.
• Through staff, directs and coordinates departments cash receipts and disbursements through cash management of operating account.
• Directly oversees the preparation of agency/financial statements monthly.
• Liaisons with CMHA management for fiscal year-end reporting in compliance with audit guidelines established by the agencys CPA auditor and for annual financial audit.
• Ensures that timely and accurate financial reports are submitted to the CFO and agency Finance Department in coordination with the monthly and annual closing schedule. Ensures reports are accurate for the Board of Directors
• Responsible for the oversight of compilation and submission of state funder grant reports according to information parameters and CMHA program management input.
• Oversees monthly billing cycle and proper recording of third-party revenue and accounts receivable.
• Oversees weekly accounts payable cycle and bi-weekly payroll
• Preparation of annual agency budget.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting
• Minimum of 8years experience
• Must include a minimum of 5 years management of a financial unit inclusive of staff, budget, and performance analytics
• Nonprofit and grant reporting experience
• Intermediate to advanced experience with Microsoft Office products including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Experience utilizing general ledger software and reporting packages.
• Experience/knowledge in utilizing financial management/billing software systems

Preferred qualifications:

• Health care experience
• Experience with anElectronic Medical Record (EMR) system

COMPENSATION RANGE- $98,000-$117,000 a year

Community Mental Health Affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer except in the case of a bon fide occupation qualification or as otherwise permitted or required by law, does not discriminate of the basis of race, color, age, disability, sec, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical condition including by not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familiar status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

Any individual needing assistance in making application for any opening should contact the Companys Human Resources Department.