Staff Accountant

The Staff Accountant performs professional accounting work, posting accounts payable invoices, payments processing, recording cash receipts, payroll journal entry preparation, bank account reconciliations, reconciling general ledger accounts, compiling and verifying financial data and reports, as well as providing overall support to the shared service parishes and schools served by the office of Diocesan Shared Account Services (DSAS).

The following duties and functions, as outlined herein, are intended to be representative of the type of tasks performed within this classification. They are not listed in any order of importance. The omission of specific statements of the duties or functions does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

General functions:

• Process and post daily cash receipts

• Process and post accounts payable invoices

• Support the monthly preparation of the Financial Library

• Update schedules and dashboard reports

• Maintain electronic filing requirements following policy

• Prepare and post-month-end closing journal entries

• Prepare and process all Balance Sheet reconciliations monthly

Other Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist in the review of financial statements

• Identify risks and process improvement opportunities, and suggest solutions for improvements

• Perform special projects as assigned

• Exhibit good customer service acumen