Position Title: Staff Accountant I
Department: Global Resource Team (GRT)
Reports to: Lead Accountant
This position is: Full-time and Exempt
Position Location: Dallas, TX
Position Summary
The Staff Accountant is responsible for assisting the Lead Accountant with maintaining accounting principles to prepare financial reports, and financial statements, analysis of financial data, and ensuring financial compliance. The Staff Accountant will execute a variety of financial tasks, including assistance with month-end and year-end closings, accounts payable, general ledger entries, and expense reporting compliance.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Launch Global is both an equal-opportunity employer and a Christian organization. We conduct hiring without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, marital status, parental status, political ideology, or disability of an otherwise qualified individual.
Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e I(a)), Launch has the right to, and does, hire only applicants who agree with Launch Global’s Statement of Faith, vision and mission, and conduct themselves in accordance with our religious beliefs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Assist Lead Accountant with full-cycle accounting including assigned tasks to complete:
- Monthly and annual financial close timely and accurately
- Ensure administration fees, team fees, and credit card fees are accurately applied and collected
- from staff ministry accounts
- Ensure staff ministry accounts are accurately closed monthly and communicated to ministry team
- leaders and staff members timely
- Prepare general journal entries and accrue expenses
- Accounts payable and ensure vendors are paid timely
- Review monthly staff expense reimbursements for compliance
- Prepare and import expense reimbursement journal entries
- Monthly reconciliation and recording of corporate credit card charges
- Annual audit process
- Annual 1099 process
- Administration of the company admin email to respond to employee inquiries
- Education and Experience
- Undergraduate degree in accounting (or experience), preferred
- Experience working in accounting, a plus
- Ministry/nonprofit experience, a plus
Skills and Abilities
- Displays core values of humility, eagerness, and excellence
- Excellent organizational and time management skills, including ability to prioritize appropriately
- Ability to juggle multiple tasks seamlessly
- Solid judgment and decision-making skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Interpersonal skills to handle situations with confidentiality, poise, and tact
- Ability to contribute to healthy team culture and development
- Work well under pressure with deadlines
- Willingness to pursue a healthy work-life balance
- Ability to think critically and resourcefully
- Ability to balance the needs of individuals with the needs of the ministry
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to listen well and accept constructive feedback
- Actively engage in personal and professional development
- Promote a positive, healthy, and safe working environment
Additional Qualifications
- Proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel
- Experience with QuickBooks Online, a plus
Additional Job Requirements
- Participation in monthly Day of Prayer and Evaluation
- Understand, affirm and adhere to Launch Global’s Statement of Faith; to view, visit: launchglobal.org/statement-of-faith
- Agree to uphold Launch Global’s vision and mission
- Vision: The multiplication of healthy churches among unreached people groups
- Mission: Launch Global exists to mobilize churches to develop laborers and leaders who multiply healthy churches among unreached people groups
- Demonstrate all the character, Launch Global, and biblical values as stated in the Launch Global Staff Handbook (to be verified before hire)
- Uphold a close and growing relationship with Jesus Christ
- Participate in a child safety training program upon hire and other similar employment-related requirements.
To APPLY, please follow this link: https://launchglobal.bamboohr.com/careers/4?source=aWQ9OA%3D%3D
