Chief Accountant

Responsible to the DIvisional Finance Secretary for all phases of the Divisional Accounting System and the Divisional Payroll System.  Supervises the Payroll Administrator, Cincinnati City Accountant, DHQ Accountant II, Divisional Accountant/Serenic Administrator, Corps Serenic Administrator, DHQ EDP Electronic Data Processing Operator, and Finance Clerk.

Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Supervises accounting personnel within the Finance Department, as listed above.  This includes job performance as well as monitoring benefit days and annual employee evaluations.
• Coordinates the preparations of all Divisional annual budgets, with department head input for submission to Command Finance Council for approval prior to submission to THQ.
• Prepare financial statements, in keeping with GAAP standards, for any location needing the statements for various funding sources.
• Supervise fiscal closing procedures to validate that all entries are entered to insure proper closing balances for the fiscal year.
• Serve as the liaison to THQ for the preparation and submission of the Consolidated Financial Statements and all supporting schedules.
• Supervises the preparation and review and sign all journal entries, billings to subsidiary units, debit memos, and credit memos for accounting system processing.
• Review and sign bank reconciliations prepared by City accountant and Staff accountant.
• Serve as the liaison with external auditors throughout the Division to insure conformity with THQ guidelines.
• Review and analyze the monthly financial reports for DHQ and Trust accounts.  Review concerns with department heads as needed.
• Monitor daily cash balance.
• Monitor AP/AR for DHQ and Cincinnati City Activities to insure payment of all invoices and timeliness of the billing process.
• Supervise the preparation of all invoices and reports as required by Governmental Funding Agencies for Cincinnati activities.
• Serve as liaison for banking relationship with Fifth Third Bank and Bank of America.
• Prepare special analysis/reports as requested by the Divisional Financial Secretary.
• Serves as a member of the Command Finance Council.
• Other duties as directed to maintain the smooth operation of the Finance Department.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

        Master’s degree in accounting or Bachelor’s Degree with CPA Certification or equivalent experienc

        Proficient knowledge of accounting, spreadsheets, and Microsoft Office software

        Knowledge of Salvation Army accounting system (Microsoft Dynamics NAV aka Serenic)

        Analytical ability

        Self-motivated

        Maintain high level of confidentiality.

        Experience in supervision of financial staff

        Ability to embrace the mission of The Salvation Army