Financial Accountant III

Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Focus on the Family has nearly 700 employees who work to achieve the mission of enriching the lives of families, engaging the culture, advocating for life and spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The work is meaningful, the culture is rewarding, and the purpose is eternal.

The Financial Accountant III position exists to provide advanced support to assigned ministries in one or more of the following areas: general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, financial analysis, and reporting.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Develops in-depth understanding of assigned Impact Centers’ ministry objectives
• Interfaces with client project managers and facilitators to ensure accurate and timely accounting of ministry activities
• Contributes significantly to planning annual budgets and monitors execution of ongoing financial plans
• Ensures timely and accurate processing of incoming sales invoices and corresponding payments
• Interacts with vendors, Ministry Procurement Services, and other staff to provide invoice/payment resolution
• Ensures outgoing invoices and posting of corresponding payments received are processed in a timely manner
• Maintains customer and supplier accounts and posts transactions to the general ledger
• Prepares and enters accruals and journal entries to the general ledger in compliance with GAAP, ministry policies, and procedures
• Performs financial analysis, reconciliations, and journal entries in support of monthly and annual close processes
• Prepares detailed financial reports and provides other information to clients, staff, and executive leadership as needed
• Develops, maintains, and troubleshoots complex spreadsheets and databases to facilitate monitoring and reporting of financial activities
• Engages other work groups to solve problems, maintain regulatory compliance, and maximize ministry stewardship
• Assists in developing and implementing effective internal controls within areas of responsibility
• Oversees record-keeping in compliance with GAAP and ministry policies
• Participates in cross functional team assignments as required
• Prepares information for internal and external audits

Specific to Charitable Solicitations and Gift Annuities:

• Ensures timely review and filing of state charitable solicitation and charitable gift annuity filings

Specific to Royalties:

• Administers Domestic, International, and Associate Office licensing agreements, including the allocation of related Royalty Income
• Audits Author & Mechanical contracts and makes appropriate revisions to the royalty system
• Reviews Product and Music contracts, ensuring that they are accurately set up in the royalty system, and that all royalty calculations are accurate
• Performs Royalty-related month-end close requirements, including reconciliation and journal entries

Specific to Tax:

• Ensures accurate and timely preparation and filing of monthly, quarterly, and special event sales and use tax returns
• Contributes toward completion of numerous state and federal tax documents and forms, including IRS Forms 990 and 5500, W-9, tax exempt certificates, estimated tax vouchers, ECFA filings, and tax and business license requests
• Analyzes and reports unrelated business income; reconciles sales tax accounts in the general ledger
• Performs or reviews research into tax and business topics as assigned and reports findings to management
• Reviews ministry publications, broadcasts, and other communications related to lobbying activity to ensure compliance with Internal Revenue Code
• Analyzes monthly rental income invoices for inclusion in exempt property tax filing
• Assists in monthly use tax calculation for inclusion into upload to Avalara AvaTax
• Assists in maintaining customer sales tax exemptions in Avalara CertCapture and renewal campaigns
• Analyzes Sales tax errors and reconciliations on an as needed basis

Specific to Fixed Asset Management:

• Posts, reconciles, and maintains Fixed Asset ledger
• Participates in the coordination and development of capital budgets
• Reviews and tracks Capital Appropriation Requests
• Calculates and maintains depreciation schedules

Specific to Inventory Accounting:

• Is responsible for the accurate weighted average costs, item numbers, automated accounting instructions and document types utilized in the inventory module of the accounting enterprise system
• Is responsible for accurate accounting of inventory, Cost of Goods Distributed, product assembly, obsolescence/excess valuations, and disposals
• Provides meaningful and accurate analysis and reporting to management

Other Duties/Responsibilities:

• Assists in the training and development of staff at various levels
• Assists in various insurance renewals
• Performs other duties as assigned

Managerial Breadth/Scope of Job:

• May oversee the work of lower-level staff accountants

Working Environment/Physical Requirements:

• Office environment

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