Sr Accountant - Global Distribution

Salt Lake City, UT, United States (On-site)

To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

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.

This position is a fully-qualified or journey-level professional accounting position in which the incumbent provides professional accounting expertise in applying appropriate accounting principles to analyze present financial operations, administrative costs and obligations, and estimate future income and expenditures; assembling and analyzing data and transactions; preparing statements and reports; and performing internal audits of system accounts. As such, an incumbent is responsible for the more complex activities associated with maintaining ledger accounts and developing financial statements and reports.

An Accountant, Senior performs the more complex accounting functions in a variety of different settings throughout the Church.

Ensure the accurate and timely reconciliation of general ledger accounts within the Materials Management Department Finance group. This includes resolving complex supply chain accounting transactions and making sure all outstanding items are accounted for properly. Help develop solutions to improve and simplify reconciliations through automation and system knowledge. Apply accounting principles in working with specialized accounting records and is responsible for assisting in the day-to-day maintenance of a complete and accurate general ledger.

Specific responsibilities are subject to change to adapt to business needs as required.

General Responsibilities:

Perform general ledger activities so that financial statement presentations will be accurate and meaningful. Prepare journal entries and other adjustments to correct errors.

Reconcile accounts, review reconciliations, and make sure that all outstanding items are properly cleared.

Prepare special studies and reports for departments and organizations as required.

Analyze budget requests and explain any budgetary changes resulting from increased costs or changes in programs.

Consolidate accounting information for use in accounting statements and summaries.

Review expenditures against budget and make necessary reconciliations, investigations, and correcting entries.

Assist in preparing various financial estimates and expense reports. Draft correspondence to appropriate parties regarding any differences that require investigation or further action.

Review and monitor invoices submitted for payment which exceed certain dollar amounts as defined by policy.

Audit project accounts for compliance to policy and correspond with appropriate parties regarding the status of these projects.

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is required. CMA, CPA or MBA preferred.

Minimum of four to five years of professional accounting experience is required. Familiarity with Church accounting systems is preferred. A graduate degree in accounting or Finance, MBA, or CPA may ne considered an equivalent of one year of this experience.

Must demonstrate a well-grounded knowledge of financial and accounting theory.

Strong competency in Microsoft Excel and able to learn new software systems.

Experience with Microsoft Dynamics D365 and People Soft a plus.

Have the ability to analyze complex accounting problems and propose changes in the accounting system.

Good verbal and written communication skills.

Requires someone who is analytically minded, highly motivated, and is proactive in finding solutions.

Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy.

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