Accounting Coordinator

Description

Interfaith America is a national nonprofit organization based in Chicago. We believe that religious diversity is a foundational American strength, and we are building a nation that achieves that promise for the common good. Our mission is to inspire, equip, and connect organizations and leaders to unlock the potential of America’s religious diversity. We leverage our expertise in interfaith leadership in different sectors in American life, activating a public discourse on pluralism with a focus on higher education, workplaces, and civic partners.

IA activates leaders and institutions in these sectors with the tools and resources they need to positively engage religious diversity for the common good.

At Interfaith America, we are ever adapting and changing. We look for people who set audacious goals and love that one workday may not be like the next. We have a strong commitment to pluralism and building bridges across deep differences. Our programs help people build skills to bridge deep ideological divides. Our work is about staying in a relationship with one another and contributing to the common good even when we might disagree on fundamental things.

We seek to attract and retain a team of staff comprised of a wide variety of views and backgrounds we need to achieve our vision.

We will be accepting applications from January 21, 2026, until February 13, 2026.

Accounts Payable

• Daily review of data entered by staff to ensure accuracy of accounting treatment, including identifying which expense should be capitalized and recorded.
• Process accounts payable (print checks, process ACH payments to vendors, expense reimbursement to employees) on a weekly basis.
• Identify and record prepaid and accrued expenses as needed.
• Enter vendor bill requests into the system (general office, printer payment, internet, copier, rent & utilities, data governance bills to Salesforce and Idealist).

Accounts Receivable

• Process invoices by monitoring revenue tracking sheets prepared by program staff and sending invoices to customers.
• Manage Interfaith America Annual Summit related invoicing and credit card processing.
• Support input of reimbursements for the Summit on behalf of the Summit Team for the peak 3 months surrounding that event.
• Identify and record deferred revenue entries in the general ledger.
• Review the accounts receivable aging report and follow up on outstanding balances.
• Identify bad debt expenses.
• Deposit checks to bank via scanner and record deposits daily.

Record Keeping & Record Capturing

• Maintain a well-organized filing system of the accounts receivables and accounts payables supporting documents.
• Set up new vendors.
• Manage vendor files, W-9s, and banking information.
• Facilitate Certificate of Insurance tracking, review COI to confirm it is correct, and follow up with program assistants as appropriate.
• Enter annual organizational budgets & reforecast into the system.
• Conduct payroll data entry via import.

Credit Card

• Input credit card data entry for all company credit cards on a biweekly basis.

Reconciliations

• Conduct monthly Stripe reconciliation with bank and conduct data entry.
• Conduct accounting and fundraising data reconciliation on a monthly basis.

Other administrative financial tasks as needed

• Bachelor's degree
• 1-3 years of experience
• Ability to balance and prioritize multiple ongoing projects from multiple stakeholders
• Collaborative nature; flexibility and agility in problem-solving
• Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Strong competence in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel); willing to learn and utilize organization-wide constituent relationship management software (Salesforce)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Authorization to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications (not required):

• High level of religious literacy and fluency in diversity, pluralism, and inclusion
• Experience with Accounting platforms

Supervisor: Staff Accountant

Leadership Level: Coordinator

Location: This position will work 2 days per week from our Chicago Loop office (141 W Jackson…