What are the responsibilities and job description for the Parish Accountant - Part Time position at Diocese of Green Bay?
Job Summary: The parish Accountant, in concert with the pastor/administrator, is responsible assisting the church in carrying out its mission by implementing and executing effective fiscal processes to achieve its Gospel-based goals. This role is primarily responsible for the execution of the bookkeeping and accounting functions and will provide financial management.
Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
Knowledge
- Education or equivalent experience in business, accounting, management or related field
- Must have a minimum of three years of experience in accounting
- MUST have a strong knowledge in finance with experience working with a significant non-profit budget
- Excellent proficiency with cloud-based technology, including accounting software (QuickBooks), ECatholic ChMS census software and Microsoft suite of tools
Skills & Abilities
- Strong organizational and administrative skills
- Strong interpersonal/people skills
- Integrity and ability to adhere to strict confidentiality
- Must be able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks with frequent interruptions
- Maintain a cooperative, collaborative and delegative team spirit with staff, volunteers and community
Duties and Responsibilities:
Bookkeeping
- Weekly Collections
- Post EFT/Automatic payments
- Accounts Payable
- A/P checks and balance with supporting documentation to coordinate check signing and mailing
- Bank statement reconciliations/CC reconciliations
- Book monthly recurring payments and journal entries
- Create and book shared expenses journal entry
- Review transaction journal for missing or reclassification of entries
- Reconcile accounts
- Book EFT's for parishioner contributions
- $CRIP and After Care accounting and invoicing
Financials
- Quarterly and annual giving statements
- Facilitate outsourced payroll
- Review financials once all reconciliations are completed and shared expenses journal entry is completed.
- Provide monthly financials statements and balance sheets to pastor and all Finance Council members.
- Monitor budget for variances and/or trends
- Budget
- Create/manage/review/collect input/adopt
- Ongoing monitoring and reporting
- 1099's
- Use Efile1099now software to file 1099's
- Verify W-9's on file
- AFI (Annual Financial Information) report for Diocese