Senior Director, SEC Reporting – Assistant Controller
Adverum Biotechnologies
ERPFlux
Controller
CALSTART
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Pasadena • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $140,000 - $177,960 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
ERP
About the role
- CALSTART is seeking a Controller to play a key role in managing the financial health and operational resilience of our organization.
- Reporting to the CFO, this position will lead systems development, financial reporting, cash flow management, and risk oversight while ensuring compliance with government contracts and federal regulations.
- The Controller will oversee accounting staff, drive the budgeting process, coordinate annual audits, and partner with operations teams to monitor project performance and funding.
- This role requires a strong technical foundation in accounting and compliance as well as excellent leadership and communication skills to collaborate across a multidisciplinary organization.
- The requirement will be to be in the office in person in Pasadena, CA one day a week, on occasion the requirement will be two days a week, depending on the workload
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited college/university at minimum.
- Advanced knowledge of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
- Extensive understanding of cost accounting principles and applications.
- Five to ten years relevant accounting experience (Preferably nonprofit organizations), particularly with government contracts/grants accounting and compliance.
- Three to five years’ supervision experience.
- Experience or working knowledge of auditing processes.
- Proficiency in accounting ERP systems, financial reporting tools, and intermediate to advanced electronic spreadsheet skills.
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of other general computer applications such as Microsoft Word and document management applications such as Adobe Acrobat Pro.
- Familiarity with the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance or 2 CFR 200 [Formerly OMB A-110, A-122 and A-133]), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Benefits
- 100% company paid comprehensive health benefits for Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and Life Insurance
- Retirement plan with generous company contributions
- FSA for Health and Dependent Care
- 3 weeks of vacation time in the first year of employment
- 11 paid company holidays
- paid sick time
- paid family leave
- more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
accounting principlescost accountingfinancial reportingcash flow managementrisk oversightauditing processesbudgetingaccounting ERP systemselectronic spreadsheet skillsgovernment contracts accounting
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in accounting
