University Controller and Executive Director of Enterprise Financial Accounting

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Finance

🗓️ November 25th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a University Controller and Executive Director of Enterprise Financial Accounting. This role oversees the preparation of the University's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, manages payroll, accounting services, financial reporting, and capital accounting, while collaborating with university leadership to provide strategic financial guidance and ensure effective accounting and reporting practices.

Highlights

Lead preparation and completion of the University's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.
Manage payroll services, accounting services, financial reporting, capital accounting, and the general ledger.
Provide strategic guidance on accounting policies, financial systems, and fiscal policy to senior leadership.
Collaborate with executive leadership, vice chancellors, deans, department heads, and financial managers to enhance service and add institutional value.
Oversee financial statement preparation, review, and internal updates on financial performance trends.
Minimally requires a relevant post-baccalaureate degree with 3+ years experience or a bachelor's degree with 5+ years relevant experience.
Must have at least 10 years of senior finance experience and 5 years of experience preparing annual financial reports for complex institutions.
Required expertise in GAAP, accounting/reporting practices, sophisticated accounting systems, federal/state tax codes, risk management, internal controls, and financial system implementations.
Experience with public governance, oversight entities, and managing public entity finances is essential.
Preference for strong communication, coalition-building, diversity and inclusion commitment, and leadership in public-facing entities.