Staff Accountant

Staff Accountant - FT

$61,250 - $71,000 Annually
Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, Paid FMLA (4 wks) PTO
401k with 4% Employer Match

The Staff Accountant role helps strengthen church ministries by providing accurate, timely financial information through consistent accounting policies and practices. This enables ministry leaders to make sound financial decisions for their respective areas and the church as a whole. Additionally, the role involves collaborating with other staff to ensure vendors are paid promptly, and expenses are managed effectively, so that the church practices good stewardship of the congregation's donations.

In addition, the role works with ministry leaders to provide support in developing and managing their annual budgets. These practices help to contribute to the efficient financial management of the church.

• Participate in Christ Church staff life by attending all-staff meetings, church sponsored events, worship, training events and contributing to a culture of collaboration and encouragement.
• Support church-wide initiatives and special events—assist with Christmas, Easter, Mother’s Day services, outreach and mission events by serving in flexible roles beyond primary ministry responsibilities.
• Engage in ongoing personal and professional development through training, reading, coaching or mentoring, in order to grow as a leader and servant of Christ.
• Collaborate across ministries to ensure alignment, share resources, and strengthen unity on our staff teams.
• Demonstrate and model Christ Church’s core values in daily work, relationships and service to others.
• Maintain a posture of flexibility by assisting with projects or assignments outside the immediate scope of the role when needed.
• Contribute to a culture of grace, care and prayer by being available to support, encourage and pray with staff and volunteers and congregants as appropriate.
• Train new users on SAP Concur, assist current users with questions and issues, and maintain the database of users, vendors, and accounting codes to ensure accurate and efficient financial operations.
• Prepare twice-monthly vendor payments, verifying the accuracy of all amounts and ensuring proper approvals and recording within the church’s financial systems.
• Record bank account debits for vendor services, ensuring each transaction matches approved invoices and is coded to the correct account in the church’s general ledger.
• Record and reconcile church credit card activity to ensure all expenditures are accurately reported and accounted for in financial records.
• Maintain compliance with state reporting and sales tax filing requirements.
• Assist the Director of Accounting with special projects and other needs like audits, budgeting, and maintaining the Shelby Next ledger.
• Work with the Missions Department to issue quarterly support payments to missionary partners, including reconciling Shelby Next activity to the annual Missions budget and maintaining an accurate list of mission partners in Shelby Next.
• Process payments for fixed asset purchases, ensuring items are capitalized in accordance with the church’s accounting policies, and maintain an asset listing—including additions and disposals—for annual…