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Accountant, Snr – Finance and Record Department

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  • Job ID 1019102
  • Qualifications  Degree Bachelor

Job Description

JOB BACKGROUND
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 is a mid-level professional accounting position in which the incumbent applies
accounting principles in working with specialized accounting records and reports and is responsible for assisting in
the running of day-to-day financial matters, such as General ledger maintenance and assisting in preparing related
financial reports.

Responsibilities

Preparing journal entries and other Ledger adjustments
• Initiating general ledger file maintenance, account reconciliations, and reviews, and clearing outstanding items in
the ledgers
• Reviewing expenditures against budget, preparing necessary reconciliations, conducting investigations, and
Processing correcting entries
• Assisting in preparing various financial estimates and expense reports
• Auditing of project accounts for compliance with policy and corresponding with appropriate parties regarding the
status of these projects
• Help in training and supporting priesthood leaders and other junior accountants
• Reconcile accounts, review reconciliation and make sure that all outstanding items are properly cleared

Qualifications

Must be worthy to hold a current temple recommend
• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business management, majoring in financial accounting
• Professional qualification and membership in any relevant professional bodies such as ICPAK, ACCA, CISA, etc
• Incumbent must understand the accountant code of conduct, demonstrate a well-grounded knowledge of
financial and accounting theory and policies, including a knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles
• Must have a minimum of four to six years of professional accounting experience
• Must have extensive experience in the use of computerized accounting systems
• Must know of, and have extensive experience in computer skills, including MS Excel, MS Word, and MS
PowerPoint. Experience with Oracle or PeopleSoft, or other accounting software, will be an added advantage
• Must have the ability to analyze and understand complex accounting problems, financial reports
• Must have the ability to develop an accounting system to mitigate risks
• Must have a strong understanding of Financial Knowledge and skills
• Must be self-driven, proactive, and goal-oriented
• Must be proficient in English and have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with colleagues, management and
priesthood leaders
• Must have a comprehensive and deeper understanding of church organization.

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