About the role
Workingfamilies · Hybrid
About EpicWorks
EpicWorks provides movement organizations with the values-aligned infrastructure and services they need to fulfill their missions with confidence. We help strengthen the core of their operations by providing essential, dependable services related to people practices, financial management, legal compliance and organizational health. EpicWorks sets up organizations to achieve greater impact.
EpicWorks team members specialize in finance, human resources, compliance, legal services, organizational culture and labor relations. Each team member brings years—often decades—of experience supporting organizations fighting for justice.
This role will work directly for EpicWorks and will not be employed by Working Families Party or Working Families Power.
About This Role
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller is responsible for the overall management and integrity of all financial, accounting, and reporting activities across multiple entities including the fiscally sponsored projects of Working Families Organization (WFO). This role ensures compliance with GAAP, regulatory requirements, and internal policies while supporting strategic financial decision-making. As a key member of the finance leadership team, the Controller partners closely with senior leadership to maintain financial stability, strengthen internal controls, and manage the finance team—all in service of advancing EpicWorks’ work to support a range of movement organizations that are working toward racial, gender, economic, environmental, and all forms of justice.
The ideal candidate brings a strong commitment to progressive values and understands the rigorous financial stewardship necessary for political organizations. They are an excellent people manager who leads with clarity, accountability, and care, and a diligent communicator who can translate complex financial information into accessible, actionable insights. This role requires someone who can balance technical excellence with values-driven leadership, fostering trust across teams and ensuring our financial systems actively support the integrity and sustainability of the organizations we serve.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Financial Management & Reporting
Leadership & Team Management
Strategic & Organizational Support
Audit, Tax & Compliance
Grants, Programs & Multi-Entity Oversight
Treasury & Banking
Budgeting & Financial Planning
Systems & Operations
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Core Competencies
Additional Attributes
LOCATION
This role requires in person work a few days per week in the Brooklyn, NY office.
UNION AFFILIATION
EpicWorks is a unionized workplace. This role is a managerial role and excluded from the bargaining unit. EpicWorks' union employees are represented by Workers United affiliated with SEIU and the affiliated Local 1115, Workers United.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor, or take over sponsorship of, employment visas at this time.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
EpicWorks is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to economic and social justice. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to apply for or perform the essential functions of the job should contact us at jobs@workingfamilies.org with the subject line "Application Accommodation" to request such an accommodation.
This role will work directly for EpicWorks and will not be employed by Working Families Party or Working Families Power.
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