Vaco has a contract to hire opportunity for a Staff Accountant (non-profit) role, onsite, located on the Southside of Jacksonville
This role offers amazing benefits, pension, great community, and more with normal day hours, Mon-Fri. General Summary: The Staff Accountant will work under the direction of the Manager of Shared Services to provide accounting services to the community and its related entities and organizations. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Accurate and timely recordkeeping of all daily accounting transactions, including but not limited to cash receipts, accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll.
• Process bi-weekly payroll for entities utilizing Shared Services in a timely and accurate manner to ensure employees are paid in accordance with the pay schedule.
• Maintain payroll records in an organized manner.
• Update and maintain accounting journals, ledgers and other records detailing financial business transactions in an accurate, organized manner within prescribed time frames.
• Prepare monthly financial statements and supporting reports comparing to budget and prior year in a timely and accurate manner.
• Responsible for accurate and timely preparation of cash balance report.
• Responsible for reconciliation of point of sale transactions
• Responsible for reconciling balance sheet accounts
• Audit inventory cost and coordinate inventory count
*Responsible for confirmation of cost of sales
• Responsible for preparing monthly and quarterly tax reports accurately and within prescribed time frames
• Maintain internal controls for cash, checking account, vendor charge accounts, invoices and purchase orders.
• Support staff in development of forecasts and variance reports as necessary
• Attend staff meetings and inform staff on financial trends and achievement of budgets
• Provide information to Director of the Shrine and Mission with financial trends on a monthly basis
• Maintain confidentiality
• Perform other duties as assigned Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited university is required
• Minimum two years' experience working with financial statements
• Bilingual (Spanish) is preferred, but not required
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel Skills
• Knowledge of Point of Sale programs
• Knowledge of Accounting programs
• Proficient with 10 key adding - by touch
• Planning and Organization skills are required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Initiative
• Understanding of the Catholic faith, particularly with regard to fiscal matters, is a plus
• Possess the ability to effectively relate and work with clergy, religious and laity of the Catholic Church
• The ability to respect, promote, accommodate, and not be in conflict with the mission and teachings of the Catholic Church
