Accountant

Cornerstone Chapel

Job Description/Specification

Accountant

2/01/2024

Job Summary

The Accountant will have an excellent knowledge and understanding of accounting principles. They will demonstrate the fruit of the Spirit while interacting with staff and congregants. They will have a teachable spirit and protect the confidential financial integrity of the Church.

Performance Dimensions and Tasks

Accounting Support

• Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual closing activities, including the production of timely and complete financial statements and reports.


• Review operating practices and procedures to determine whether improvements can be made in areas such as workflow, reporting procedures, or expenditures.


• Ensure compliance with all current accounting policies

• Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.


• Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.


• Review accounts for discrepancies and reconcile differences.


• Prepare adjusting journal entries.


• Maintain tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts.


• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.


• Report to management regarding the finances of establishment.


• Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.


• Advise management about issues such as resource utilization and/or the assumptions underlying budget forecasts.


• Appraise, evaluate, and inventory real property and equipment, recording information such as the description, value, and location of property.


• Survey operations to ascertain accounting needs and to recommend, develop, or maintain solutions to business and financial problems.


• Resolve congregant complaints or answer congregants' questions regarding accounting policies and procedures.


• Ensure vendor compliance with company policies.


• Ensure reported results comply with GAAP, FASB standards, legal and auditor requirements.

Job Specifications

• Age: Minimum age of 18 required; Minimum age of 21 preferred.


• Education: Bachelor of science in Accounting required; CPA preferred

• Experience: 3–5 years of experience in an Accounting role required


• Knowledge: Proficient in Microsoft Suite; Knowledge of QuickBooks Online; Knowledge of SAP Concur systems


• Skills/Abilities : Interpersonal; Communication; Problem-solving abilities; Detail-oriented; Organized


• Other Characteristics: Patient; Maintains confidentiality in all aspects of the job; Teachable spirit; Completes tasks in a timely manner

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Job Context: Seated desk work

Job Status: Full-time or Part-time, exempt

If you have questions about this position, please contact Elizabeth Gordon, Director of HR.

[email protected]

Thank you