Senior Accountant - Part-time (28 hrs/week) (Risk, Finance & Records Dept) at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Overview

The Risk Management Division provides integrated risk management services for the Church and its affiliated business enterprises. This position works closely with the Risk Finance team in providing financial processing and financial services support.

Role

The Risk Management Division provides integrated risk management services for the Church and its affiliated business enterprises. This position works closely with the Risk Finance team in providing financial processing and financial services support. Great effort is given to ensure payments are issued timely, contain the required document support, and recorded properly both in the CFIS general ledger, and in the claims system. It is expected that this position will work 28 hours per week. This position is strictly in-office.

Other Customers Include: Accounting professionals, claim managers and specialists, insurance professionals, safety and health professionals, attorney firms, third-party claim administers, other Church department and Church affiliate associates.

About The Company

Responsibilities

1. This position performs work within the Church Financial Information System (CFIS) as well as other claims and reporting systems unique to claims processing and reporting.
2. Enters payment requests and records journals allocations in Riskonnect.
3. Prepares journal entries and other adjustments to correct errors.
4. Requests new vendor setups; and has or will develop a proficient understanding of 1099 tax reporting requirements.
5. Prepares travel expense reports and purchase card expenditure reports to allocate expenditures to claim files and record expenditures to the general ledger.
6. Prepares bank reconciliations of claim payments made by third-party claim administrators to ensure claim payment bank transactions match claims transactions in the claims reporting system.
7. Reconcile accounts, review reconciliations, and make sure that all outstanding items are properly cleared.
8. Assists in preparing various financial estimates and expense reports.
9. Draft correspondence to appropriate parties regarding any transactional differences that require investigation or further action to resolve.
10. Coordinate accounting matters within Risk Management, other Church departments, Church vendor providers, international areas.
11. Assists with the preparation of monthly billings to Church affiliates for them to allocate expenditures to their various
12. Provides backup support to other Risk Finance Team members
13. Assists with filing and good document management.
14. Codes and prepare deposits for restitution and subrogation checks.
15. Fulfill other job duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting (or Finance or Business Management) is required. CMA, CPA or MBA preferred. Incumbents must demonstrate a well-grounded knowledge of financial and accounting theory and a knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles preferred.

A minimum of four to five years of professional accounting experience is required for this position. Familiarity with Church accounting systems is preferred. A graduate degree in Accounting or Finance, MBA, or CPA, may be considered an equivalent of one year of this experience. Should have the ability to analyze complex accounting problems and propose changes in the accounting system. Should be conversant with and have a familiarity with various standard Church accounting reports. Should have a good understanding of Church financial policies and procedures.

Other:

• The successful candidate will have keen sense to detail and have the ability and skill to review documents and accurately enter payment transactions and journals.
• Must be sensitive in handling confidential matters and maintain strict confidence.
• Accuracy, speed, and proficiency are expected as well as the ability of the incumbent to work with a variety of customers.