First Bethel United Methodist Church

FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR

Responsibilities

Maintain daily financial affairs of the church paying careful attention to issues of confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Business and financial training and practical experience in accounting and purchasing tasks
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Computer literacy to include: Excel, Quicken and QuickBooks, word processing (Word Perfect), desktop publishing and knowledge of windows operating systems
• Internet usage skills
• Above average organizational and interpersonal skills
• Strong commitment to the church with a basic understanding of volunteer, non-profit organizations

Specific duties

• General oversight of all business affairs, including contracts, insurance and vendors
• Preparing checks for accounts payable and payroll
• Establishing, tracking and reporting annual church budget
• Presenting monthly financial reports to Finance and Church Councils the third Monday of each month, 6:30 to 9:00 pm.
• Act as purchasing agent, tracking cash flow, and managing petty cash
• Regular communications with the Director and the Administrative Assistant for Kings School Kids regarding:  budgeting, billing and collection procedures and purchasing for Kings School.
• Entering weekly church contributions
• Printing and mailing quarterly contribution statements
• Other duties as assigned

Compensation

This is a salaried part-time position with no health benefits or paid vacation. 

Compensation is based on a 3 days a week, 5 hours per day schedule, ideally 9:30 am to 2:30 pm

Salary range is set at $11,000 - $13,000 annually.

Accountability

Accountability is to Lead Pastor and Staff Parish Relations Committee.  All staff will have an annual review with the Lead Pastor and a member of the Staff Parish Relations Committee.

A PDF version of this job description is located here.

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Interested applicants should send a resume to the church office at: First Bethel UMC, 5901 Library Road, Bethel Park, PA 15102, Attn: Rev. Sandra Marsh-McClain by April 7.