Job Description
DIOCESE OF TUCSON CATHOLIC CEMETERIES
Job Description
Job Title: Accountant Exemption Status: Exempt
Status: Full-time 40 hours per week
Department/Location: Catholic Cemeteries/Tucson, AZ
Benefits:
- Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Dependent FSA, Health FSA, Life Insurance) - 1st of the month following 30 days
- Retirement Benefits - 403(b) Plan Eligible
- Employee Pre-Tax Deferrals - immediately as of date of hire
- Employer Match - 50% match after two years of service, maximum of $2,000 per calendar year
- Employer Discretionary Contribution - 4% of salary after two years of service per calendar year
Paid Time Off:
- Vacation - accrue 10 days (2 weeks) of paid vacation
- DOT Sick - accrue 8 days of employee sick time
- AZ Sick - accrue 5 days of employee or dependent sick time
- Holidays - 10 paid holidays per year
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs in support of the mission of the Diocese and the Catholic Church.
- Abide by Catholic principles in the individuals professional and private life, and shall govern his/her professional and private life in strict accordance with Catholic morals and principles to demonstrate complete adherence to Catholic moral strictures
- Record cash receipts: post journal entries and reconcile the general ledger investment account activity
- Performs all bank reconciliations; reconcile financials with cemetery records
- Reconciles monthly credit card activity report to bank activity and credit card slips
- Maintains and oversees all petty cash funds
- Analyze expenses and shop for savings
- Maintain asset and vendor contract files
- Process payments to vendors and others, maintain payable files
- Track receivables for leased properties
- Tracking of project expenditures
- Prepare annual financial and other financial reports as necessary
- Prepare operating and capital budgets for review and approval
- Enters and transmits payroll data to the Diocese of Tucson
- Maintains all payroll records and writes all payroll journal entries
- Serves as main contact and works with the Diocese personnel and fiscal departments
- Enforce adherence to current personnel policies and practices
- Oversee financial aspects of cemetery and other cemetery related fundraisers
- Work with financial auditors
- Assist in preparation of Board meetings, committee meetings and special events
- Coordinate Risk Management and Safety items with Safety Coordinator and Executive Director
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Executive Director or his representative
Physical / Mental Requirements: Requires coordination and manual dexterity, normal mental and visual ability; ability to lift as required in normal office environment.
Required Activities: Walking; sitting; standing; stooping; reaching; talking; hearing, carrying; and keyboarding.
Basic Qualifications:
Required Activities: Walking; sitting; standing; stooping; reaching; talking; hearing, carrying; and keyboarding.
Basic Qualifications:
- Must have a working knowledge of and a strong commitment to the mission of the Diocese and Catholic Church; be in full communion with the Church
- Excellent communications skills, verbal and written; excellent human relations and interpersonal skills; adept at public speaking and possess presentation skills.
- Exercise courtesy to fellow employees, parishioners and the public
- Flexibility in assessing needs and strategies; adapt appropriately in a ministerial environment
- Excellent project management skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously; must be detail-oriented
- Carries out all responsibilities with balance, empathy, sensitivity and patience, exercising prudent judgment in the application and interpretation of DOTCC personnel policies, practices, and procedures
- Must be a self-starter; well organized; perform multiple tasks simultaneously and work with a sense of urgency
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment; punctuality is always a must; ability to travel locally as required; have a valid Arizona drivers license
- A well-rounded business background to include business and financial controls experience
- Proficiency in computer technology to include word-processing, spreadsheets and power point
- Professional bearing; clean and neat personal appearance
- Be able to work with volunteers
- Ability to successfully pass a background, criminal history, and credit history check
Education and Experience:
- Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Business, Public Administration, a related field or equivalent with five years experience as an Accountant in a medium to large firm or equivalent experience or;
- Masters degree in accounting, Business, Public Administration, a related field or equivalent with three years experience as an Accountant in a medium to large firm or equivalent experience
- Working knowledge of automated accounting and payroll systems
Other/Preferred Skills:
- Proficiency in Spanish is preferred
- Type 50 WPM; proficient with 10 key calculators
- Preference will be given to candidates who are Certified as Public Accountants or with a Masters degree in Business, Finance or Accounting.
Covenants of Employment:
The Diocese of Tucson is a Roman Catholic religious organization and that all employees are expected to respect and conduct themselves in accordance with the values, teachings, and morals of the Roman Catholic Church and by Arizona state law.? Under the "Zero Tolerance Policy", no one will be knowingly assigned or retained to serve in the Diocese when that person is determined to have engaged in the abuse of a minor or to have violated boundaries in dealing with minors.
The Diocese of Tucson is a Roman Catholic religious organization and that all employees are expected to respect and conduct themselves in accordance with the values, teachings, and morals of the Roman Catholic Church and by Arizona state law.? Under the "Zero Tolerance Policy", no one will be knowingly assigned or retained to serve in the Diocese when that person is determined to have engaged in the abuse of a minor or to have violated boundaries in dealing with minors.
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