Position summary: Coordinates and oversees all aspects of the day-to-day finances for the ministry and ensures compliance with both US and local ministry site financial requirements.
Primary responsibilities:
- Knows at all times where the financial resources of the ministry are, by knowing what came in, what is currently out to staff, and what has been spent.
- Enters receipts and sign outs at least once a month in a way that is traceable to ensure correct balances of all accounts.
- Reports to the Site Director what these balances are and ensures that the Site Director receives a monthly report of the Balance of Accounts.
- Receives requests from staff for resources. Knows whether the money they are requesting is approved, or seeks approval with a staff member requesting resources from the Site Director.
- Processes request and gets staff signout with the money requested.
- Communicates with staff on a monthly basis to get back from them sign outs from the previous month.
- Ensures that money is being spent in the way that it was intended by auditing receipts as needed.
- Assists Site Director in coming up with annual budget numbers.
- Works alongside In-House Legal/local Financial Expert to ensure compliance with all local laws and requirements, as well as with internal systems.
- Tracks specific donations and expenses to ensure that resources are being spent as requested by donor.
- Creates solid systems and procedures for the ministry finances, and ensures all staff know any pertinent changes to these systems and procedures as needed.
- Receives reports from the home office and creates monthly transfer allocation sheet.
- Enters monthly allocation sheet into the Financial System.
- Communicates income to staff as needed.
- Coordinates with the US home office in financial matters.
- Ensures payment of all ministry bills.
- Prepares payments for and pays national staff in a timely manner.
- Creates financial reports as requested by Site Director.
- Assist as needed with organizational special events.
- Develop and maintain a team of ministry partners that fully fund the position.
Required education and experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Mission Field Experience Preferred
- Mature Christian
Required skills and abilities:
- Have a clear understanding of and commitment to Back2Back’s mission and vision.
- Adhere to and share the Back2Back Statement of Faith, Cultural Values, and Standards of a Staff Member.
- Operate with basic competency in Microsoft Office and Google Applications.
- Good critical thinking skills.
- Understanding of basic accounting and finance principles.
- Knowledge of methods of financial analysis and presentation of findings.
- Strong organization and planning skills.
- High level of integrity.
- Detail-oriented.
- Ability to multi-task and deal with frequent change or unexpected events.
- Strong communications skills in English (written and verbal).
- Desire to see the ministry stay strong and healthy from a foundational standpoint.
- Honest, mature, loyal and dependable.
This job description is intended to convey essential information about the scope and requirements of the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, duties or responsibilities associated with the role. Staff may be assigned tasks other than those specifically listed in this description in order to further the goals of the role or of the organization.
Back2Back Ministries is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults as outlined in the Back2Back Safeguarding Policy. We recognize the effectiveness of safe recruitment and are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding.
