Position Type: Full-time, On-site
Start Date: Immediate
Reports to: Pastor and Director of Operations
General Description: Responsible for preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports for decision making, management, and oversight of accounting duties for our Catholic Parishes and school system.
Controller:
- Maintains accounting and finance related functions for Parish and school
- Monitors cash flow, monitors expenses/adjusts as needed, manages A/P and A/R functions, establishes and monitors the use of internal controls.
- Prepares financial statements, reports information to Finance Committee and others as required.
- Ensures payroll is processed for Parish and School staff.
- Leads budgeting process.
Essential Job Functions:
- Review payments received; prepare and record bank deposits
- Manage accounts payable
- Review and reconcile accounts, including bank statements, credit card statements, investment accounts and general ledger
- Oversight of the preparation of bills/invoices and allocate expenses
- Maintain accurate records of financial transactions
- Prepare monthly financial statements, report financial results
- Manage online giving database
- Oversight of tithing and donations into parish database
- Send year end donation records and other necessary acknowledgements to donors
- Assist the Pastor, Director of Operations and staff in the preparation of the budget and monthly forecasts
- Provide oversight to resolving accounting issues, refining processes and making system improvements
- Ability to attend evening meetings as required
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Practicing Catholic desired but not required*
- Must have utmost integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality
- Self-starter with the ability to handle multiple, competing priorities, highly adaptable
- Effective communication skills, effective listener
- Outstanding organizational and accounting skills, attentive to details
- Ability to work collaboratively with the Pastor, parish staff and committees
- Highly skilled in accounting software (Microsoft Office, Excel, QuickBooks), competence working with technology
- Ability to adhere to all Parish policies and procedures
- Safe Environment Training certification; must be obtained within 30 days of hire
Education and Experience
- Business and accounting experience helpful
- Associate’s degree or greater in accounting or finance preferred
- Three to five years of financial and accounting experience preferred
Key Constituents
- Pastor
- Parish Council
- Parish Committees
- Archdiocese of Omaha
Project Oversight of Capital Improvements
- In conjunction with the Pastor and other parish leaders, provides oversight to Parish projects and initiatives (capital campaign, facility upgrades/projects, parish programming, etc.)
This position is on-site, in-person, and located in the main parish office in Petersburg, Nebraska.
