Financial Controller
Location: Remote — U.S. Southeast Only (GA, FL, AL, TN, NC, SC) - Monthly travel for in person meetings (Corporate office located in Blue Ridge, GA) Full-Time | Reports to CEO Use your financial expertise to help save and sustain lives worldwide. This is a rare opportunity to serve as the senior finance leader in a mission-driven nonprofit where your work directly fuels global impact. Organization Overview RYSR is a mission-driven organization operating domestically and internationally in crisis response and community restoration. With an annual operating budget of approximately $7 million, RYSR manages multi-source donor funding, international program disbursements, and multi-currency transactions in support of life-saving and sustaining work worldwide. As a growth-stage nonprofit, we are building the financial infrastructure, controls, and reporting frameworks necessary to responsibly scale our global impact. Position Summary We are seeking a Financial Controller to serve as the organization’s senior finance professional. This is a hands-on, strategic role for someone who enjoys owning the full financial function while advising leadership on financial health, stewardship, and sustainability. As a working Controller position — currently with no direct reports — this role is ideal for a finance leader who thrives in a mission-driven, high-trust environment and is comfortable balancing execution with strategic insight.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Leadership & Planning
- * Support annual budgets and multi-year financial planning
- Provide forecasting and cash flow analysis
- Advise CEO and Board on financial insights Accounting & Operations
- * Manage GL, AP/AR, reconciliations, and journal entries
- Perform month-end and year-end close
- Ensure GAAP and nonprofit compliance
- Coordinate payroll postings Grant & Fund Accounting
- * Track donor restrictions and grant budgets
- Monitor reporting deadlines and compliance
- Maintain international transaction documentation Audit & Compliance
- * Serve as primary audit liaison
- Prepare audit schedules and documentation
- Support IRS and state compliance
- Maintain internal controls and anti-fraud safeguards Reporting
- * Prepare monthly and quarterly financial statements
- Deliver board-ready reports Systems & Process Improvement
- * Analyze, adjust and improve finance workflows
- Redesign and support accounting system optimization Qualifications Required
- * Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- 7–10+ years progressive accounting/finance experience
- Strong GAAP knowledge
- Experience with financial reporting and reconciliations
- Highly organized and self-directed Preferred
- * Nonprofit accounting experience
- Grant and donor-restricted fund experience
- CPA or CMA
- Experience with international or multi-currency transactions Apply tot his job