Accountant Sr at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Overview

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.This position is an entry level professional accounting position in which the incumbent applies accounting principles in working with specialized accounting records and reports and is responsible for assisting in the day to day maintenance of a complete and accurate general ledger and in preparing basic financial reports.

Responsibilities

An Accountant, Senior performs the more complex accounting functions in a variety of different settings throughout the Church. In general, incumbents in this position perform the following types of functions:

1. Initiate general ledger file maintenance so that financial statement presentations will be accurate and meaningful.
2. Reconcile accounts, review reconciliations, and make sure that all outstanding items are properly cleared.
3. Prepare special studies and reports for departments and organizations as required.
4. Prepare journal entries and other adjustments to correct errors.
5. Analyze budget requests and explain any budgetary changes resulting from increased costs or changes in programs.
6. Consolidate accounting information for use in accounting statements and summaries.
7. Review expenditures against budget and make necessary reconciliations, investigations, and correcting entries.
8. Assist in preparing various financial estimates and expense reports.
9. Draft correspondence to appropriate parties regarding any differences that require investigation or further action.
10. Review and monitor invoices submitted for payment which exceed certain dollar amounts as defined by policy.
11. Audit project accounts for compliance to policy and correspond with appropriate parties regarding the status of these projects.
12. Assist in evaluating and motivating employees under the direction of a supervisor.
13. May coordinate accounting matters with other departments, locations, and divisions.

Act as a resource for Accountant 1 and Accountant 2 incumbents being trained in Church accounting systems.

Requirements

• •Must be worthy to hold a current temple recommend
• •Must have a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business management; majoring in financial accounting
• •Professional qualification and membership in any relevant professional bodies such CPA(K), ACCA, CISA etc
• •Incumbents must understand the accountant code of conduct, demonstrate a well-grounded knowledge of financial and accounting theory and policies including a knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles
• •Must have a minimum of four to six years of professional accounting experience
• •Must have extensive experience in the use of computerized accounting systems
• •Must have a knowledge of, and extensive experience in computer skills including, MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint. Experience with Oracle or Peoplesoft will be an added advantage
• •Must have the ability to analyze and understand complex accounting problems, financial reports
• •Must have the ability to develop accounting system in order to mitigate risks
• •Must have strong reconciliation skills
• •Must be self driven and goal oriented
• •Must be proficient in English and have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• •Must have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with colleagues, management and priesthood leaders
• •Must have a comprehensive understanding of church organization