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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
• At least 10 years of experience, including at least 5 years with a public accounting firm.
• Experience preparing for audits.
• Advanced expertise in Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong quantitative and technological skills, including modeling.
• Knowledge of corporate business ethics and value models.
• Knowledge of IRS tax requirements for nonprofit organizations.
• Professional communication and interpersonal skills, including writing grammatically correct business correspondence and speaking to groups and people from varied backgrounds.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common journals, articles, and periodicals; outstanding problem-solving skills.
• Ability to apply routine mathematical concepts, compute ratios, rates, and percentages, and understand descriptive statistics such as measures of dispersion.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Discretion and an ethical approach to fundraising, including adherence to Canon 1262 and the Donor Bill of Rights, particularly when handling confidential information.
• Ability to travel locally and diocesan-wide and work evenings and weekends as required.
• Appreciation and respect for the Catholic Church and its teachings, and conduct consistent with the Church’s mission and purpose.
• Ability to meet the listed physical requirements, including walking, extended sitting, bending, stretching, stooping, repeated use of hands and arms, and seeing, hearing, and communicating in person and through telephone and electronic communications.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in accounting or business administration.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
• Experience with a national public accounting firm.
• Community foundation, Catholic foundation, or nonprofit accounting experience.
• Experience with accounting systems and donor database systems; Foundant experience is preferred.
• Fund management software experience; Foundant experience is a plus.
• Bilingual Spanish skills.
• Knowledge of Catholic Church structure, operations, and finance.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accounts payable, cash receipt transactions, and standardized journal entries for review by the Vice President, CFO.
• Close the fund system monthly, including allocating investment returns, distributions, and fees, and communicating with partners and donors.
• Complete monthly bank account, gift, and credit card reconciliations, including accruals and closing journal entries for balance sheet and income statement accounts; research and resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain fixed-asset records, label purchased assets, assign depreciation methods, and record acquisition and related expense entries.
• Assist the Foundation team with monthly payroll labor allocations and prepare the resulting journal entries.
• Print operating and investment account checks.
• Serve as the internal expert for the Foundant fund management system.
• Maintain the Foundation’s general ledger and oversee accounting entries.
• Assist the Vice President, CFO with timely and complete GAAP financial statements, financial and operational management reports, and ad hoc reporting.
• Maintain internal controls over accounting transactions.
• Coordinate processes and information among internal roles, diocesan departments, and entities as needed.
• Maintain documented accounting policies and procedures and accounting source documents.
• Prepare ad hoc financial analysis for the CFOCF leadership team as needed.
• Lead annual audit preparation with the Vice President, CFO, including preparing requested audit schedules, footnotes, disclosures, and other materials.
• Monitor cash flow and advise the CFO on recommended actions, including projections and forecasts for existing and new programs.
• Assist the Vice President, CFO in creating materials for the Board of Directors, committees, advisory councils, and members as requested.
• Maintain confidentiality of financial, contract, and donor information.
• Provide backup for other accounting personnel as needed.
• Embrace the Foundation’s mission and vision and model its organizational values.
• Travel locally and across the Diocese and work evenings and weekends as required for special events, meetings, travel, and related needs.