Director of Finance

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• Experience with bookkeeping for a business or non-profit
• Experience with payroll
• Finance or Accounting degree, experience preferred
• Must have a working knowledge of budgets
• Valid S. C. driver’s license
• Bondable
• A thorough knowledge of computerized double-entry bookkeeping and the supporting functions
• Knowledge of ACS Realm program preferred or some other accounting package

• Contributions entering contributions, misc. office deposits (rent checks, etc.), balancing to deposits, generating reports and statements.
• Payroll – gathering information, entering, processing, generating reports, distributing checks, for church staff semi-monthly payroll; oversee filing quarterly and annual tax returns and deposits.
• Review, approve, and submit Day School payroll for biweekly and monthly pay schedules.
• Verify adequate documentation, enter, and process accounts payable in a timely manner.
• Generating reports, and distributing checks.
• General Ledger and supporting general journal-entering information from checkbooks and cash journal- posting, balancing and generating reports.
• Make weekly deposits for the church.
• Supervise counters and volunteers and substituting for same, if needed.
• Reconcile and maintain checkbooks and bank accounts.
• Administers church and day school staff pension and medical reimbursement plans.

PERIODIC FINANCIAL TASKS:

• Attend Church Council and Finance Committee meetings.
• Compile reports, and analyses for Finance Committee.
• Enter pledges after annual financial campaign.
• Coordinate and enter requests of Annual Budget.
• Prepare and distribute contribution envelopes to donors.
• Assist with entries and closing of books and journals at year-end and preparing same for new year.
• Prepare Annual Reports to South Carolina Conference.
• Prepare for and attending annual internal audit.
• Prepare and distribute quarterly and year-end giving statements to donors.
• Manage sale and issuance of columbarium niches.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain staff personnel files (i.e. PTO days and pertinent human resource records and annual employee evaluation forms).
• Assist with preparing letters, retrieving database information, and other duties as needed for annual Stewardship campaign.
• Maintain good public relations to include congregation, staff and vendors.
• All other duties as assigned by the Senior Minister/ Church Administrator.