Staff Accountant / Finance Department

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Accounting position will support Providence School and New Life Christian Fellowship.

This Accounting position is responsible for :

• Maintaining accounting records
• Oversees expenditure of school and church-based activity funds
• Prepares periodic financial reports as required
• Work collaboratively with the Comptroller and monitor expenditures of funds to ensure compliance with applicable laws
• Timely reconciliation / closing of all financial accounts
• Assist in the preparation for all audits, including the annual financial audit
• Monitor internal controls to ensure proper compliance
• Maintain subsidiary records and reconcile to general ledger account balance
• Prepare and record appropriate journal entries for balance sheet, revenue and expenditure accounts
• Correlate invoices, purchase orders and receiving reports for payment
• Write checks and reconcile bank statements
• Assist with preparation of monthly and annual financial reports
• Maintain various funds / budgets and monitor related revenues and expenditures
• Use effective positive interpersonal communication skills
• Record deposits and withdrawals for all school and church-based activity funds
• Process travel reimbursements
• Receive and dispense monies from various accounts within the school
• Recommend procedural changes / improvements to Financial Manager
• Follow standard practices and procedures and established rules and regulations to perform assigned budget functions
• Maintain detailed school-based activity accounts, as required by law, and coordinate accounting and related budgets with Administrators, Pastors, and Financial Manager
• Oversee the deposits of Pre-School, Upper and Lower School, and New Life Christian Fellowship

Requirements

Qualifications and Skills