Accounting Assistant - Contributions

Position Summary

The Accounting Assistant – Contributions supports the daily accounting functions of the finance office, including contribution processing, reconciliations and transaction recording, and helps the accounting team meet monthly close deadlines. This position needs someone with a solid accounting foundation who is detail-oriented, flexible and ready to help with projects that serve team goals.

Experience and Knowledge Required

• Agree to ACC’s doc­tri­nal dis­tinc­tive and vision as found in our What We Believe/Vision statement
• At least 1-2 years of account­ing or book­keep­ing experience
• Associate’s degree or course­work in account­ing, or equiv­a­lent work experience
• Work­ing knowl­edge of basic account­ing prin­ci­ples, includ­ing deb­its and cred­its, jour­nal entries, and the gen­er­al ledger
• Expe­ri­ence rec­on­cil­ing bank, cred­it card, or cash accounts
• Expe­ri­ence with account­ing soft­ware (such as Quick­Books, Sage Intac­ct, or a sim­i­lar system)
• Inter­me­di­ate Excel skills (for­mu­las, sort­ing and fil­ter­ing, basic piv­ot tables)
• Strong atten­tion to detail and accu­ra­cy with numbers
• Expe­ri­ence in prob­lem-solv­ing and han­dling mul­ti­ple projects effectively
• Excel­lent ver­bal and inter­per­son­al skills
• Com­fort­able with data sys­tems and able to learn new systems
  

Duties and Responsibilities

• Par­tic­i­pate in week­ly staff meetings
• Accu­rate­ly process and record var­i­ous types of finan­cial contributions
• Sup­port cred­it card trans­ac­tion pro­cess­ing and reconciliations
• Sup­port and ensure the secure col­lec­tion of tithes and offerings
• Assist with the online fil­ing of records
• Assist with prepar­ing and dis­trib­ut­ing annu­al giv­ing statements
• Respond to donor inquiries about con­tri­bu­tions and giv­ing state­ments with care and professionalism
• Inves­ti­gate and resolve account­ing dis­crep­an­cies or doc­u­men­ta­tion issues
• Assist with month-end close tasks as directed
• Main­tain strict con­fi­den­tial­i­ty of all finan­cial data and donor information
• Demon­strate strong time man­age­ment to meet deadlines
• Par­tic­i­pate in spe­cial projects and com­plete oth­er duties as assigned
• Engage as part of a team with Athey Creek staff, always being edi­fy­ing to one another