About this role
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.
In this advanced professional role, the person will coordinate and review the preparation and analysis of consolidated department budgets and financial statements, prepare management reports, help train personnel as assigned in financial principles and department procedures, prepare polices and procedures impacting the entire department, and perform and coordinate internal control reviews and some accounting functions.
- Coordinate and review the preparation and analysis of consolidated department budgets and financial statements.
- Help train personnel as assigned in financial principles and department procedures.
- Perform and coordinate the performance of on-site internal control reviews.
- Prepare management reports, investigate alternatives and create reports, charts, and graphs illustrating findings. Recommend adjustments.
- Provide information to customers, including division directors, operational and financial management and supervisors, that will help them conduct the business and financial affairs of the department in a legal and professional manner.
- Perform technical projects with minimum supervision.
- Be a project manager or team member for technical projects impacting the entire department dealing with complex accounting and budgeting issues.
- Administer and control large operational databases.
- Review budget and financial statements.
- Reconcile and coordinate the reconciliation of appropriation and cash flow budgets to the general ledger. Ensure correct coding to the general ledger. Identify trends and potential areas of concern.
- Prepare special studies dealing with financial trends.
- Coordinate the preparation and analysis of consolidated budgets and financial statements using information from operating statements, account ledgers, work order reports, project tracking systems, etc. Anticipate future needs.
- Prepare financial policies and procedures.
- Design, develop, and implement management information systems.
- Conduct cash control reviews. Includes cost studies and overhead analysis of income sources, cost justifications, and savings analysis for data processing hardware and other equipment.
- Review documents dealing with appropriation or transfer of budgets. Work with departments to resolve differences.
- May assist with the review and evaluation of personnel performance.
- Incumbents in this position typically work with international accounting and finance, banking operations, and cross-border payment procedures.
Required
- Completion of a university (post-secondary) degree in accounting, finance or related field.
- 7 years of relevant experience in accounting, auditing, business management, or related field.
- Demonstrate understanding of accounting principles and Church accounting systems.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively use a personal computer operating in a network environment with demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and automated accounting and reporting software.
- Must be able to learn new software.
- This position usually reports to a finance manager or controller.
- This is the most senior skill level without direct supervisory responsibility.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to train, influence, and motivate others.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- May also require:
- Strong knowledge of tax, labor and legal issues.
- Proficiency in PBI, Tableau or similar.
- Fluency in English.
Preferred
- MBA
- CMA
- CIMA, or
- CPA
- ICAG,
- ACCA,
- Familiarity with Church accounting systems