Accountant, Sr

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. This position is an entry level professional accounting position in which the incumbent applies accounting principles in working with specialized accounting records and reports and is responsible for assisting in the day to day maintenance of a complete and accurate general ledger and in preparing basic financial reports.

1. Preparing journal entries and other adjustments
2. Initiating general ledger file maintenance, account reconciliations and reviews and clearing outstanding items in the ledgers
3. Reviewing expenditures against budget, preparing necessary reconciliations, conducting investigations and passing correcting entries
4. Assisting in preparing various financial estimates and expense reports
5. Auditing of project accounts for compliance to policy and correspond with appropriate parties regarding the status of these projects
6. Helping to train and support priesthood leaders and other junior accountants

1. Must have a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business management; majoring in financial accounting
2. Professional qualification and membership in any relevant professional bodies such CPA(K), ACCA, CISA etc
3. Incumbents must understand the accountant code of conduct, demonstrate a well-grounded knowledge of financial and accounting theory and policies including a knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles
4. Must have a minimum of four to six years of professional accounting experience
5. Must have extensive experience in the use of computerized accounting systems
6. Must have a knowledge of, and extensive experience in computer skills including, MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint. Experience with Oracle or Peoplesoft will be an added advantage
7. Must have the ability to analyze and understand complex accounting problems, financial reports
8. Must have the ability to develop accounting system in order to mitigate risks
9. Must have strong reconciliation skills
10. Must be self driven and goal oriented
11. Must be proficient in English and have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
12. Must have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with colleagues, management and priesthood leaders
13. Must have a comprehensive understanding of church organization