Manager, Accounting

Manager, Accounting

Archdiocese of St. Louis

Location:

St Louis, 배15‑5738, MO, US 籍0

The Archdiocese of St. Louis strives to teach and share our faith, serve others, and foster unity throughout the St. Louis area. Once a part of Kenrick‑Glennon Seminary's campus, the Cardinal Rigali Center in Shrewsbury, MO is today the headquarters and curia (governing body) for the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

Applies principles of accounting to analyze financial information to prepare and/or review financial analyses or reports. Manages and supports several accounting professionals and paraprofessionals and supports the overall finance function of the Archdiocese. Support for the finance function of the Archdiocese includes, but is not limited to, the monthly financial close, additional work needed for the quarter and year‑end financial closes and the annual audit.

ENDOFFERING
• Review and approve selected journal entries from accountants and clerical staff under direct supervision.
• Monitors tasks to be completed by his/her assigned area of responsibility and follows up with each person responsible to ensure tasks are completed timely and accurately, including all agency‑wide data gathering needs for consolidated information for quarterly needs and the annual audit.
• Depending on the meeting topic(s) and attendees, actively participate in and/or lead portions or all of various department meetings.
• Establish positive relationships with and communicate with team members at agencies, offices and schools as necessary.
• Creates or reviews end‑of‑month reports as requested by agency directors and/or their supervisor.
• Review and recommend changes to agency budgets or projections.
• Conduct annual staff reviews.
• Review and approve end‑of‑month  reconciliations.
• Review reports prepared by professional accounting staff.
• Monitors general ledger coding of invoices to ensure integrity and consistency.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Possess a positive, approachable attitude, be service‑oriented and be able to motivate a team.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Effectively present information and respond to questions from agency representatives and accounting staff.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages. Apply concepts of basic algebra.
• Computer literacy, accuracy, attention to detail, organized, assertive yet courteous, flexible, communicates well.
• Able to travel within the Archdiocese to attend meetings at Archdiocese agencies, offices or schools.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Experience with Infor/Lawson accounting software is considered a strong plus.
• Well organized, extremely efficient and pro‑active. Meet deadlines ahead of schedule. Take on special projects without sacrificing quality of the normal workload. Anticipate the needs of directors or managers by providing financial reports or spreadsheets. Needs minimal supervision.
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• The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Attends periodic financial statement review meetings with agency management.
• Formal and informal communications with direct reports, the Chief Financial Officer, Controller, Assistant Controller, team members at agencies, offices or schools, and others that work in the finance function or within the Curia.

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