Gift Administrator

The Salvation Army Southern California • Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

9d • $76,000 - $89,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Execute all phases of gift processing relating to charitable remainder trusts, charitable gift annuities, outright gifts, endowments, payable-on-death gifts and donor advised fund gifts, including complex gift calculations and valuations. Transfer and liquidate real estate, life insurance contracts, mineral interests, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, cryptocurrency, and other assets donated to The Salvation Army. Provide support to the Gift Services Department to help ensure that the needs of all clients are served.

Requirements

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in one or more of the following fields: Finance, Banking, or Legal
• Five years of general office experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including spelling and grammar.
• Must possess good analytical skills.
• Ability to draft correspondence and communicate complex issues.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems and to negotiate with public and private entities.
• Must be detail oriented with the ability to produce accurate and complete work.
• Excellent customer service skills and mindset.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member.
• Working knowledge of basic accounting methods and procedures.
• Proven ability to work with limited direction.
• Ability to think independently and make decisions using sound and logical judgment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and maintain poise under pressure.
• Ability to manage workload effectively, includes planning, organizing, setting reasonable priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to research and perform due diligence.
• General knowledge of business protocols.
• Ability and willingness to keep information confidential.
• Ability and willingness to learn new software programs and databases.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in a business-related field preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Power Point is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Execute and Process all Charitable Gift Annuities and Charitable Remainder Trusts: Review gift annuity and charitable remainder trust applications and disclosures for completeness and accuracy. Initiate gift set up with TIAA Kaspick. Receive funding assets and ensure efficient asset transfer to financial custodian. Transfer, value and liquidate all non-liquid funding assets such as real property, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, cryptocurrency, and other assets. Communicate with Directors of Gift Planning and/or advisors to resolve outstanding issues and questions. Using software such as Crescendo or PG Calc, to perform gift calculations to determine payments, charitable tax deductions, etc. Create gift agreements. Using charitable remainder trust agreements and other gift agreements, initiate appropriate correspondence to all parties as required, including donors, beneficiaries, Director of Gift Planning, custodian, brokers, mutual fund companies and advisors. Obtain charitable remainder distribution amounts from TIAA Kaspick on all gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts and provide required information for the withdrawal and distribution of charitable contract remainder funds.
• Execute and Process all Outright Gifts Payable-On-Death Gifts, Endowments and DAFs: Manage the transfer and redemption of securities, ensuring the timeliness of the transactions. Monitor divisional UBS brokerage accounts daily activity and ensure the timely sale and valuation of securities. Work with external vendors in the liquidation of assets gifted to The Salvation Army. Collect information from various sources (field staff, trustees, executors, title companies, real estate brokers, financial institutions, appraisers, etc.) and analyze information to determine market value, environmental issues, etc. Obtain Broker’s Market Analysis and research title and cure title defects as necessary, coordinating with title companies and county, state and federal agencies. Draft Gift Services Committee (GSC) and Property Council (PC) agenda items for review and acceptance and liquidation of assets. Oversee transfer of assets, including the drafting of required legal documents, tax forms, change of ownership, recording of deeds, conveyances, title insurance and insurance procurement as necessary. For PC’s consideration, assist with the review of listing and purchase and sale agreements, counter offers and oversee escrow process through closing, including examination of escrow instructions for accuracy and legal review. Responsible for managing income and expenses of all real estate assets, including promissory notes secured by deeds of trust. Responsible for database input and data integrity pertaining to all outright and payable-on-death gifts. Responsible for maintaining accurate and timely donor information in database systems as it pertains to outright gifts.
• Execute and Process Gift Terminations, Revocations and Distribution of Funds: Provide accurate and timely information to TIAA Kaspick on all gift terminations. Initiate communication verbally or in writing, with all parties as required including donors, Planned Giving Directors, appropriate divisional staff, and advisors on all gift terminations. Recover overpayments as necessary from decedent’s estate. Provide date of death valuations to financial advisors, executors, etc. as required. Re-calculate charitable deduction in a timely fashion to meet tax deadlines. Process revised 1099’s. Prepare distribution correspondence and reports to the GSC and Board of Directors (BOD) to facilitate the withdrawal and distribution of funds from the Gift Annuity Pool account and charitable remainder trust accounts.
• Other Duties: Handle the listing and sale of real estate including the creation of agenda items for the GSC and BOD. Assist with the preparation and review of quarterly and annual filings with the Department of Insurance. Answer incoming phone calls from donors, field personnel and advisors and determine the most appropriate resolution. Respond to donor and client inquiries and perform research as necessary. Enter and maintain accurate and up to date information on all gifts in the Access database and the Gift and Estate Management System (GEMS). Enter all gift processing tasks in GEMS database to ensure timely follow up. Produce and assist in developing accurate, timely and effective reports as required. Draft correspondence as requested. Assist in the development of policies and procedures related to gift processing. Serve as back-up to others in the Gift Services Department as necessary. Perform other special projects and administrative functions as requested. Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level