Church Bookkeeper

Job DescriptionJob Description

• Prepare weekly offering deposit, including
  • Posting to individual accounts
  • Providing financial information for the Senior Minister, Vice Chair of the Unified Board, and Chair of the Finance Committee
  • Providing memorial acknowledgement information to the Church Administrator
• Pay all church invoices, and maintain numerous church accounts, including the Merrill Lynch investment accounts
• Handle multiple transactions, reimbursements, transfers of funds between numerous accounts
• Tracks and reports on income from Trusts, Endowments, etc.
• Prepare and submit payroll to the payroll provider monthly (Church staff, and Preschool)
• Prepare monthly reports for the Unified Board, Chair of the Finance Committee, and the Church Treasurer
• Work with Chair of the Christian Education Committee and Senior Minister regarding invoices, contributions/revenue, and reimbursements dealing with Christian Education and youth groups/activities
• Work with the Preschool Director and Senior Minister regarding invoices, contributions/revenue, endowment accounts, and reimbursements dealing with the Preschool and its activities
• Handle all financial transactions, and reporting for the annual Pledge Campaign
• Administer Offering Envelopes
  • Prepare and distribute offering envelopes for 350+ giving units
  • Provide envelopes as new members join the church
• Prepare and mail Financial Statements semi-annually
• Provide church auditor with information needed for the annual audit report, and publish the report to the Provincial Elders’ Conference of the Southern Province of the Moravian Church in North America
• Assist with preparing the annual budget
• Prepare reports for the North Carolina Department of Revenue for sales tax refunds semi-annually
• Coordinate pass-through transactions with various groups/organizations within the church
• Assist Church Administrator as needed with phone calls, visitors, etc. Provides additional, agreed-upon duties as needed.

Company DescriptionWe are a Moravian Church. The Moravian Church embraces the basic doctrines affirmed by the wider Christian Church. Our theological statements are in general agreement with “mainline” Protestant churches. Our church lives and operates by the principle: “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; and in all things, love.”

We sit on a large campus in the middle of Kernersville, North Carolina. The church and its congregation are very active and engaged in the community, i.e., we serve people in the community as well as our congregants. We have approximately 400 members, with 100 or so regularly active. We have numerous organizations and activities that operate from our campus, e.g., Scouts, Narcotics Anonymous, Preschool, Sunday School classes, Band, Chancel Choir, Missions, Outreach, and numerous other small groups.Company DescriptionWe are a Moravian Church. The Moravian Church embraces the basic doctrines affirmed by the wider Christian Church. Our theological statements are in general agreement with “mainline” Protestant churches. Our church lives and operates by the principle: “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; and in all things, love.”\r
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We sit on a large campus in the middle of Kernersville, North Carolina. The church and its congregation are very active and engaged in the community, i.e., we serve people in the community as well as our congregants. We have approximately 400 members, with 100 or so regularly active. We have numerous organizations and activities that operate from our campus, e.g., Scouts, Narcotics Anonymous, Preschool, Sunday School classes, Band, Chancel Choir, Missions, Outreach, and numerous other small groups.

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