Senior Accountant

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Hope Media Group is a multi-brand ministry. Every story we share, every event we host, and every song we play is done to engage people to love Jesus, serve others, and spread Hope.

Hope Media Group the home of KSBJ, WayFM, Vida Unida and NGEN radio.

We invite you to apply for our Senior Accountant and be a part of our growing ministry to Love Jesus, Serve Others, and Spread Hope. Our team describes our environment as fun, encouraging, collaborative, engaging, caring, family oriented, and friendly. We would love for you to join us and be part of what God is doing in our ministry!

Job Summary

• The Senior Accountant serves as a member of the Accounting Department and will report directly to the Controller. The Senior Accountant is responsible for preparation and accuracy of the financial statements, performing analysis of financial results, providing explanation of variances and ensuring compliance with internal policies and generally accepted accounting principles and all other applicable accounting standards for HMG.

Essential Functions

Accounting:

• Prepare, maintain, and reconcile accounting records, financial statements, and financial reports
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts
• Perform various activities to support the month-end close process
• Prepare and verify journal entries to the general ledger
• Assist with annual audit and budgeting process
• Support Financial, Planning & Analysis team with determining financial details and drivers of reporting results
• Make monthly expense accrual entries and ensure the accuracy of expense coding and reporting
• Adhere to internal controls, policies and procedures for financial management; and oversight for the organizations
• Record and report on capital expenditure, project and fixed assets accounting and financial implications
• Maintain financial elements of the fixed asset sub-ledger (including additions and disposals)
• Record and ensure accuracy of monthly capitalization and depreciation entries and roll forward schedules
• Any other duties as assigned

Financial:

• Study financial trends to identify potential impact to the organization and identify drivers, root causes of results to share with management in monthly close reporting
• Assist with monthly financial reports by drafting comments and collecting, analyzing and summarizing financial data and trends
• Advise budget managers on their functional and brand results to assist them in understanding, managing, forecasting and budgeting their departmental expenses
• Support ROI evaluations
• Any other duties as assigned

Demonstrated Faith:

• Pray for coworkers in team meetings
• Lead prayer in large group settings as needed
• Pray for donors when called upon to do so
• Use Christian principles to work through conflict as outlined by the Culture tool kit
• Participate in on-air fundraising, and pray for donors over the phone as needed
• Participate in ministry wide Christian bible studies
• Attend weekly Staff Gatherings for prayer and devotions
• Passion for the ministries mission and Christian objectives

Non-Essential Functions:

• Contribute to department and organization special projects as assigned.

Requirements

Education:

• Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Experience:

• 5+ years Accounting or financial reporting experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced Excel skills
• CPA preferred
• Knowledge of non-profit regulations (Section 501(c)3 organizations), preferred
• Ability to multi-task
• Strong attention to detail to ensure financial accuracy
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Creative and enthusiastic, team player
• Comfortable and excited about a growing and innovated environment
• Strong administrative and organizational skills
• Effective writing skills and excellent grammatical usage and style
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Power Point, Access and Google tool applications

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None.

Working Conditions and Environment

Travel:

• As needed, for conferences and seminars.

Nights/Weekends/Holidays:

• As needed

Physical Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Physical Activity may include Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading

Full-Time Benefits Offerings:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account w/employer contribution
• Flexible Savings Accounts
• Company Paid Short Term Disability/Long Term Disability
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Three (3) Paid Mission Days
• Twelve (12) Company-Paid Holidays
• 403B Retirement with Company Match
• Group Life Insurance
• Legal Shield/Identity Theft Protection
• Access to Marketplace Ministry Chaplains

Third-Party Recruiter Policy:

We are grateful for the interest of those who wish to support our hiring efforts. However, Hope Media Group does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate referrals from external staffing agencies or search firms. Submissions from third parties will not be considered and may be retained without obligation or payment or fees.

Salary Description

$80,000