About this role
Job Purpose
The Finance Manager oversees and manages the day to day of the finance department including the team, reporting, budgeting, payroll and financial planning. This position has a fiduciary responsibility to manage and maintain the financial integrity of the Church entities.
Main Responsibilities
- Recruit, supervise and train employees of finance department
- Process financial transactions in a timely manner in compliance with standard accounting principles, CRA regulations and Church policy
- Prepare and process payroll
- Train managers and facilitate annual budget process
- Prepare and reconcile general ledger and sub ledger transactions, draft monthly financial statements and supporting summaries and analysis for review
- Oversee internal deposit processes including reconciliation with bank deposits
- Oversee processing donations and payments received from all accepted payment methods
- Oversee processing all payables including employee expenses
- Compile year end working papers, reports and data analysis
- Prepare and reconcile annual Charitable Donation Receipts for the Church and SCA Society
- Process school receivables
- File GST and other CRA required reports
- Respond to financial inquiries from staff, congregants, donors, and vendors
Qualifications
- Experience in Non-Profit and Fund accounting preferred
- Completion of a post-secondary diploma or certificate in accounting or equivalent work experience. A Certified Professional Accountant (CPA designation) is an asset
- Competent with Excel (including advanced lookup features, formulas, and moderate SQL understanding); Sage 300, Power BI and Word
- Proven competencies in servant leadership, organization/time management, attention to detail, communication, decision making and critical thinking, and continuous learning
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in a moderate to high volume accounting environment
Additional Requirements
- Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Check.
- Committed to supporting the core values and modeling core practices of the church.
- Will adhere to the policies and procedures of the Staff Handbook.
- Member of Sherwood Park Alliance Church or willing to work towards membership.