The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Job Description

Finance employees receive, account for, monitor, and design internal controls to safeguard sacred funds (donated confidentially in obedience to God's commandments) for the Church's religious mission under the direction of senior ecclesiastical leaders. Coordinate and review the preparation and analysis of consolidated department budgets and financial statements, prepare management reports, help train personnel as assigned in financial principles and department procedures, prepare policies and procedures impacting the entire department, and perform and coordinate the performance of internal control reviews and some accounting functions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and review the preparation and development of AP disbursement reports and statistics, prepare management reports, help train personnel as assigned, and perform and coordinate the performance of internal control reviews and some accounting functions. Customers, including division directors, operational and financial management and supervisors, will receive information that will help them conduct the business and financial affairs of the department in a legal and professional manner. Perform technical projects with minimum supervision. Be a project manager or team member for technical projects impacting the entire department dealing with complex payment processes and systems. Administer and control large financial databases. Assist in the design, development, and implementation of financial information systems, including receiving, prioritizing, documenting system requirements for enhancements. Other responsibilities specific to this role may include:
• Provide global product support for ERP intercompany module including coordination of small enhancements or system tuning, communication of new key initiatives or updates, documentation and distribution of functionality, and error resolution.
• Provide analysis of complex transaction processing for Global Accounts Payable (GlobalAP), in addition to maintaining a good working relationship with AP stake holders and the GlobalAP team.
• As required, works with business analysts and system developers in testing new tools and solutioning, testing and providing feedback on new functionality in existing tools.
• Handle the most complex and non-standard issues and requests for payment functionality that arise within the Accounts Payable group or from area offices and departments.
• Identify and analyze payment file and system errors and challenges and communicate those challenges and improvements and solutions to department and international area leadership, banking institutions, vendors, and process owners.
• Analyze and adapt payment practices and policies.
• Comprehend operations and improve controls and help to support FRD and Treasury policies and processes.
• Help to resolve Church auditing and operational review issues.
• Help to maintain process documentation flows for financial standards and procedures.
• Help to manage AP steering team initiatives effectively

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting (or Finance or Business Management) is required.
• CMA, CPA, or MBA preferred.
• Five to eight years of relevant experience in accounting, auditing, business management, or equivalent.
• Demonstrate understanding of accounting principles and Church accounting systems.
• Must operate a personal computer and have knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet; in particular, Excel and Microsoft Word.
• Must be able to learn new software.
• This position usually reports to a Finance Manager or Controller.