TITLE:
Controller
REPORTS TO:
VP, Chief Financial Officer
FLSA:
Exempt
CATEGORY:
Full Time
SEGMENT:
Leadership
GRADE:
12
As Monroe Community Credit Union’s Controller, the primary responsibility is to oversee the accounting operations of the credit union. The responsibilities encompass generating regular financial reports, maintaining a robust accounting record system, and implementing a comprehensive framework of controls and budgets. This framework aims to minimize risk, improve the accuracy of financial reporting, and ensure compliance with industry-standard accounting principles or international financial reporting standards. Adherence to all credit union policies, procedures, and relevant federal and state laws is mandatory.
CORPORATE COMPETENCIES
- Member Service and Value –Deliver exemplary service internally and external in accordance with the credit union’s service standards and in a professional manner that projects confidence, knowledge, and ability to provide options and solutions to meet member needs within established policies and procedures. Interactions with members provide value and generate goodwill and a positive image of MCCU as a trustworthy financial institution.
- Accountability/Accuracy/Efficiency – Maintain a superior level of attention to detail and ensure accuracy in all transactions and activities performed. Organized and thorough in completing duties and a reliable team member. Ensure established processes and procedures are complied with and are consistently executed. Display self-motivation. Accept responsibility for own actions and hold others accountable to maintain appropriate levels of performance in accordance with established policies and procedure.
- Team Player- Possess exceptional collaborative skills to work cross functionally with various departments and operational areas to solve problems and advance ideas and innovation. Maintain positive working relations with all credit union team members to achieve corporate and departmental goals and objectives. Treat people with respect; keep commitments; inspire the trust of others.
- Decision Making - Consistently apply superior data driven decision-making techniques pertaining to job duties, inquiries, approvals, and requests as they apply to existing policies and procedures, keeping within assigned approval limits and using these instances as a tool for development. Exercise good judgement in making decisions, ensuring appropriate supervisory approvals are obtained.
- Communication – Exhibit strong communication skills with internal and external stakeholders. This includes appropriate collaboration and engagement of staff and other higher-level executives in information gathering and sharing, projecting management, and implementation of projects and other assignments. It also includes communication with vendors, members, and other external parties. Respond to inquiries or refer inquires to the appropriate department or person and exhibiting the necessary follow through with members and/or staff involved.
LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
- Leadership- Serves on the leadership team and other committees as assigned from time to time. Communicate initiatives derived from such teams/committees and positively convey determined direction to staff and execute agreed-upon strategies. Participate in organization-wide decision-making by priority-setting and providing financial input. Demonstrate enthusiastic support of corporate mission, core values, and long-erm objectives. Participate in various community and charitable events promoted internally by the credit union.
- Employee Development- Develop each employee to their highest potential by identifying areas of improvement.
Performance Responsibilities – Responsibilities and duties related to this function are:
- Oversee day-to-day accounting operations of the credit union.
- Manage various financial and accounting functions, such as asset and liability management, budgets, general ledger, financial analysis, financial reporting, recordkeeping, and investments.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate policies and procedures for accounting.
- Direct and supervise development, production, promotion, of the credit union’s products and services (if applicable).
- Prepare monthly reports to the Board of Directors and senior management.
- Participate in determining deposit and loan rates.
- Participate in investment decisions.
- Serve as a trustee of the credit union’s pension plan.
- Assist with budgeting and ensure adherence on an ongoing basis.
- Assist with lease negotiation and major purchasing decisions for capital equipment or other capital asset expenditures.
- Provide clear direction to direct reports to align with the credit union’s overall goals.
- Represent and promote the credit union at external functions.
- Assist the CFO in month-end processing and other financial reporting where needed.
- Support the team with any accounting related projects
- Review and/or prepare general ledger reconciliations and analyzes of financial statements.
- Review quarterly Call Report
ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
The incumbent is in a non-confined office type setting in which he or she is free to move about at will. The position includes driving to MCCU branches which includes exposure to the outside weather elements and moving mechanical parts. It may include some minor annoyances such as noise, odors, drafts, etc.
While performing this position, the incumbent spends time writing, typing, speaking, listening, lifting (up to 50 pounds), driving, carrying, seeing (such as close, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and adjusted focus), sitting, pulling, walking, standing, squatting, kneeling, and reaching.
The incumbent for this position may operate any or all of the following: telephone, cellular telephone, copy and fax machines, adding machine (calculator), scanning equipment, laptop computer, personal computer and related printers, or other equipment as directed.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
The incumbent in this position must be able to accommodate to reading documents or instruments, detailed work, problem solving, member and vendor contact, reasoning, math, language, presentations, verbal and written communication, analytical reasoning, stress, multiple concurrent tasks, and constant interruptions.
These specifications are general guidelines based on the minimum experience normally considered essential to the satisfactory performance of this position. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required to perform the position in a satisfactory manner. Individual abilities may result in some deviation from these guidelines.
- Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, in accounting or business administration and 10+ years of progressively responsible experience.
- Certified Public Accountant or Certified Management Accountant designations, preferred.
- Knowledge of related state and federal banking compliance regulations, and financial institution (specifically credit union) policies and procedures associated with safe and sound operations.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to provide leadership, supervision and training for employees using positive supervisory techniques to ensure maximum productivity; demonstrated ability in organization and delegation skills.
- Passion and commitment to employee education, training, and great member service. Ability to lead by example by consistently delivering the service process to every internal and external member of MCCCU.
- Energizing force in department, credit union and various teams the position participated in; someone who likes to lead and set a high pace of energy, enthusiasm and engagement with employees and members.
- Highly attentive to detail and accuracy in all work product.
- Advanced skills in personal computer operation; word processing, spreadsheet, and specialty software programs.
- Exceptional verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to apply common sense to carry out instructions and instruct others, train personnel, write reports, correspondence, and procedures, speak clearly to customers and employees.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision while performing duties.
Leadership reserves the right to change this job description at any time according to business needs.
