Controller - Bethel University

Reporting to the Vice President of Admin and Finance/CFO, the Controller is responsible for managing all day-to-day accounting functions, including, but not limited to general ledger, cash management, financial reporting, budget development/control, accounts receivable (including student billing/collections), and accounts payable for the institutions business unit. The position is further responsible for the maintenance of the general ledger, year-end audit, tax return, and financial statement preparation, campus compliance with Federal and State regulations, general campus accounting policies and processes, and internal control over financial transactions and reporting. The Controller works closely and collaboratively with the CFO to achieve a strategic, student-centered approach to accounting principles in support of the University's mission.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, supervision, and direction for personnel assigned to the Business Office.
• Performs accounting and finance procedures as directed and in accordance with established best practices, policies and procedures, and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Stays abreast of changes in financial management and advises supervisor on desirable operational adjustments due to changes in policies, procedures, rules, regulations and law as applicable.
• Prepares and maintains financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Reconciles and maintains schedules for all general ledger accounts.
• Assists in analyses and coordinates the annual external Financial Audit.
• Prepares and maintains grant fund account reconciliations and details.
• Assists in the development and maintenance of an effective system of internal controls.
• Develops, implements, and monitors accounting goals and objectives for the Univesity.
• Embrace, support, and promote Bethel University's Christian mission and philosophy of Christian higher education.
• Embody Bethel's Core Work Values: Love God Love People; Creative Grit; Humble Excellence.

About Bethel University

The mission of Bethel University, affiliated with the Missionary Church denomination, is to be a community of learners building lives of commitment for leadership in the Church and world. Bethel's liberating academic programs challenge the mind, enlarge the vision, and equip the whole person for lifelong service.

Launched in 1947, Bethel is urban situated in the northern Indiana region hosting 250,000 residents, seven colleges (including Notre Dame), the 2nd largest shopping district in the state of Indiana, 15,000 businesses, 50 parks, and beautiful riverwalk developments in South Bend and Mishawaka. Resort venues on Lake Michigan are 45 minutes away. The university community is composed of about 1,500 traditional and adult/graduate students from 35 states, 90 students born outside the United States, and 225 full-time employees. Bethel also hosts more than 8,000 guests annually to arts productions, 25,000 annually in conference services, and many thousands of community members in support of 40 national athletic championships.

Bethel's 20,000 alumni occupy 49 states and 64 world areas and enjoy a medical school acceptance rate double the national average, 100% job placement rate in Nursing whose program was ranked No. 7 in the United States, a Top 4% finish nationally in competitive math performance tests, and 100% pass rate every year on the national performance standard for a unique academic major in American Sign Language.

For more information visit our website at www.bethelunviersity.edu

Bethel University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, sex, disability, national or ethnic origin in employment opportunities, in keeping with applicable state and federal laws. In keeping with the mission of the institution, Bethel University seeks applicants with a strong commitment to the values and lifestyle of evangelical Christianity and who profess a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. As a Christian institution, we require faculty and staff to adhere to the University's Lifestyle Covenant and to enforce a religiously based statement of responsibilities for all University employees. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Bethel University, as an educational institution operating under the auspices of the Missionary Church, reserves the right to prefer employees on the basis of religion (Title VII, Sections 702-703, United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended).