St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
5630 Route 9 New Gretna, NJ 08224
BOOKKEEPER JOB DESCRIPTION
Primary Function: Responsible for the financial bookkeeping of the church under the direction of the Finance Committee and Senior Pastor
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support the Church’s spiritual and pastoral mission
- Record weekly collections and other cash receipts in the accounting records, coordinate donations with the financial secretary
- Process payments to vendors and others including obtaining proper support and authorization, maintaining vendor files
- Prepare payroll; the Paychex service provider handles this
- Prepare monthly financial reports for committees and staff; provide timely responses to financial inquiries from committees and staff
- Balance and reconcile all accounts every month
- Maintain accounting records; ensure the existence of a verifiable audit trail for all financial transactions
- Maintain required property and other insurance records
- Attend Finance Committee meetings when requested
- Assist in the preparation of the annual budget
- Perform other duties as assigned
- This role should only take 8-10 hours a month
Basic Qualifications:
- Be a professing Christian
- Proficient with Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Excel
- General skills in bookkeeping or accounting; detail-oriented
- Background check required
Please contact Pastor Ron Wilkinson, at 609-296-9134, for more information.