Careers
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is a not-for-profit, grant making organization that believes that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity, and that everyone deserves the beauty and empowerment to be found there.
Through its grants, the Foundation seeks to build just communities enriched by meaning and guided by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. The Foundation makes grants in four core grantmaking areas, Higher Learning, Public Knowledge, Arts and Culture, and Humanities in Place, and through signature Presidential Initiatives. The Foundation is an equal opportunity employer that offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits and working conditions.
The Mellon Foundation is committed to access and inclusion for our applicants. If you have accessibility requests to support your participation in the hiring process, please let us know at your earliest convenience.
Foundation Benefits: A Summary
The Foundation’s benefits program is intended to offer employees multiple choices in high-quality benefit plans, comprehensive core benefits, and the flexibility to choose optional benefits. We seek to provide employees with the benefits that best fit their needs and the needs of their families. Current benefits include:
- A competitive salary
- A retirement savings plan, including employer contributions, as well as the opportunity for employee tax-advantaged savings
- Comprehensive insurance coverage, including medical, dental, and vision (also covering domestic partners), life and accidental death, and disability
- General time-off benefits including holiday, vacation, personal, and sick days
- Employee assistance and referral programs
- Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment programs for employees
Controller and Senior Director
The Controller and Senior Director (Controller) will play a key role in Mellon Foundation’s financial management and reporting. This position oversees all accounting operations including financial reporting, annual audit, grants accounting, procurement, accounts payable, travel management, and treasury. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely recording of financial transactions and providing strategic financial guidance to support decision-making processes. The controller will lead a team of about 8 full-time employees and directly manage three senior/ accounting managers across procurement/account payable, travel and expense management, financial reporting.