What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Accountant position at Northview Church?
Purpose Of The Job
The Senior Accountant’s primary responsibilities are split approximately 70% toward accounting tasks, projects, credit card processing, and financial reporting support; 10% toward Accounts Payable oversight, and 20% toward accounting software and application management for the Finance Team. This position is an exempt full-time salary position in the Finance Ministry and reports to the Controller.
Essential Duties
Daily Duties
This position does not directly supervise an employee. However, this position does work closely with the A/P Specialists to ensure expense items are accounted for correctly and accurately on Statement of Activities. In addition, this position will work closely with the A/R Specialists and Accounting Clerks when needed.
The Senior Accountant’s primary responsibilities are split approximately 70% toward accounting tasks, projects, credit card processing, and financial reporting support; 10% toward Accounts Payable oversight, and 20% toward accounting software and application management for the Finance Team. This position is an exempt full-time salary position in the Finance Ministry and reports to the Controller.
Essential Duties
Daily Duties
- Ensures all church credit card purchases are approved and coded appropriately in Tallie
- Ensures that all Tallie transactions are exported to Sage Intacct and reconciles Intacct ledger
- Oversees entry and reconciliation of Chase, Lowes, Menards, Shell, Costco and all other credit cards
- Checks email and voicemail and returns all phone calls within 24 hours on work days
- Oversees processing of payables and entry of invoices as required
- Oversees processing of reimbursement requests as required
- Reviews and questions payables and invoices as needed
- Modifies Tallie access per request of expense report submitter
- Oversees weekly A/P payments, check processing, & BILL payments when required
- Assists with processing approved online payables and processes payments
- Generates manual checks and assures proper coding and approval
- Files check stubs along with supporting documentation in secure cabinets
- Resolves sync issues between BILL/Tallie and Sage Intacct
- Assists with processing payroll entry in Sage Intacct
- Assists with processing wire transfers, ACH, and other online payments
- Assists with monthly bank reconciliations for Chase and First Merchants accounts
- Assists with preparing G/L entries for the accrual of payables, payroll, and other assets & liabilities
- Reconciles Tallie data in Sage Intacct
- Assists with staff inquiries regarding budgets, payments, credit card issues, and other requests
- Assists with the allocation of expenses to each campus per Ministry direction
- Reviews fund balances for specific groups within Intacct and processes adjustments
- Resolves and accounts for balancing errors between BILL, Tallie, and Intacct
- Assists in monthly closing and report generation
- Questions about payment terms, discounts or sales tax exemptions as needed
- Assists with onsite and offsite secure document storage
- Assists with updating equipment & asset spreadsheets & supports auditor requests during annual audit
- Oversees processing and recording of all insurance payments
- Oversees processing and recording of all benevolence payments
- Processes and records all Northview credit card payments
- Backs up the Accounts Payable and Contributions Coordinator
- Prepares miscellaneous reports such as actual to budget variance analysis and provide to ministry leaders as requested
- Assists Capstone Manager with Clover financial data and reporting
- Supports miscellaneous finance projects, creates and maintains spreadsheets and graphs as needed
- Supports annual budget preparation including helping to train employees on Martus software budget tool, discussing individual budgets with ministry leaders and ensuring budget is accurately loaded and maintained
- Works closely with Accounting Manager and Finance Director as required
- Maintains all vehicle records including title and registration
- Assists Finance Director with monitoring cash flow
- Assist & oversees the annual creation of 1099s.
This position does not directly supervise an employee. However, this position does work closely with the A/P Specialists to ensure expense items are accounted for correctly and accurately on Statement of Activities. In addition, this position will work closely with the A/R Specialists and Accounting Clerks when needed.