Description

Finance employees receive, account for, monitor, and design internal controls to safeguard sacred funds (donated confidentially in obedience to God's commandments) for the Church's religious mission under the direction of senior ecclesiastical leaders.

To prepare, analyze, and review financial statements and budgets. Prepare management reports, and perform internal control reviews and some accounting functions. Customers, including operational and financial managers and supervisors, will receive information that will help them conduct the business and financial affairs of a specific small unit or division in a legal and professional manner.

Responsibilities

Prepare and analyze budgets and financial statements using information from operating statements, account ledgers, work order reports, project tracking systems, etc., for one unit or a division of a department. Anticipate future needs. Analytically review budget and financial statements. Ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Identify trends and potential areas of concern. Initiate basic adjustments, as needed, and report actions. Prepare management reports. Investigate alternatives. Create reports, charts, and graphs illustrating findings. Recommend adjustments. Perform onsite internal control reviews. Perform some accounting functions. May be required due to staff size or limitations. However, the thrust of the position is gathering financial information, analysis, and recommending financial corrective action. Ensure correct coding to the general ledger. Under supervision, performs work that is varied and that may be somewhat difficult in character, but usually involves limited responsibility.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accounting (or Finance or Business Management) is required. CMA, CPA or MBA preferred. Four to five years of relevant experience in accounting, auditing, business management, or equivalent.

Demonstrate understanding of accounting principles and Church accounting systems. Must operate a personal computer and have knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet. Must be able to learn new software.