Controller

Organization Overview

Lakeshore Legal Aid serves people living with low income, older adults, and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in a holistic manner to address clients’ legal issues and improve our communities. Lakeshore provides free, direct legal representation in southeast Michigan and the thumb and client intake, advice, and brief legal services throughout Michigan via our attorney-staffed hotline. Our practice areas include housing, family, consumer, elder, education, and public benefits law.

Position Overview

Lakeshore Legal Aid seeks a passionate mission-aligned professional to serve as its Controller. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Controller is responsible for oversight of Lakeshore’s financial accounting and reporting activities, including leadership and mentoring of four staff members.

This role ensures the integrity of Lakeshore’s financial information, compliance with nonprofit accounting standards and regulatory requirements, and support for strategic decision-making through accurate financial analysis and reporting.

The Controller works closely with staff, management, auditors, and grantors to ensure compliance, accurate reporting/analysis, and to provide support to program operations. In addition, the Controller will ensure that Lakeshore has strong systems and procedures to support effective program operations and conduct clean audits.

General Responsibilities

• Manage the complete accounting cycle, including general ledger maintenance, revenue recognition, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and cash management. Monitor budget-to-actuals, variance analysis, grant expenditures, and compliance with grant requirements.
• Lead the compilation of accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and funder conditions. Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local reg...