Accountant Job Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a worldwide faith of over 16 million members centered on the belief that everyone on earth is a son or daughter of a loving God1 and that His Son, Jesus Christ, saved the world from sin and death. Jesus Christ invites all of God’s children to come unto, follow, and become more like Him.

Job Description

Mission accountants manage and support mission accounting and treasury functions. They help mission leaders follow policy consistently, understanding operating statements, stay within budget and reduce defalcation risks They receive, account for, monitor and design internal controls to safeguard sacred funds. .This position is a fully-qualified or journey-level professional accounting position in which the incumbent provides professional accounting expertise in applying appropriate accounting principles to analyze present financial operations, administrative costs and obligations, and estimate future income and expenditures; assembling and analyzing data and transactions; preparing statements and reports; and performing internal audits of system accounts. As such, an incumbent is responsible for the more complex activities associated with maintaining ledger accounts and developing financial statements and reports.

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Responsibilities

• Initiates general ledger file maintenance so that financial statement presentations will be accurate and meaningful
• Reconcile accounts, review reconciliations, and makes sure that all outstanding items are properly cleared.
• Prepares special studies and reports for the mission as required
• Prepares journal entries and other adjustments to correct errors
• Analyze budget requests and explain any budgetary accounting statements and summaries
• Reviews expenditure against budget and makes any necessary reconciliation and investigations and correcting entries.
• Assist in preparing various financial estimates and expense reports. Draft correspondence to appropriate parties regarding any differences that require investigation or further action
• Review and monitor invoices submitted for payment which exceed certain amounts as defined by policy
• Audit project accounts for compliance to policy and correspond with appropriate parties regarding the status of these projects

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Qualifications

• Must be worthy of a Temple Recommend
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting (Finance or Business Management) is required, CPA, ACCA Preferred
• Incumbents must demonstrate a well-grounded knowledge of financial and accounting theory, and a knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles preferred.
• A minimum of four to five years of professional accounting experience is required for this position.
• Familiarity with Church accounting systems is preferred.
• Should have the ability to analyze complex accounting problems and propose changes in the accounting system.
• Should be conversant with and have a familiarity with various standard Church accounting reports. Should have a good understanding of Church financial policies and procedures.

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