Parish and School Business Manager
Located in Aiken, SC, the Parish and School Business Manager keeps St. Mary Help of Christians’ financial house in order. Because the Parish is a moral leader in the Aiken community, he/she it must exhibit exemplary ethical and legal performance, controls and reporting in the financial area. The Parish and School Business Manage performs a key role in maintaining the integrity of St. Mary through oversight of Parish financial policies, requirements, and processes.
The Parish and School Business Manager also completes the role by:
- overseeing Parish and School financial policies, requirements and processes
- reporting the financial status of ongoing programs and/or new initiatives
- overseeing Parish Human Resources policies, requirements and processes
- consult with vendors on employee health, vision, and life insurance benefits as well as employee retirement services, benefits and processes.
- maintaining cemetery and columbarium transactions
- Accuracy and precision in working in Serenic Accounting Program, Our Sunday, Visitor Online Giving Program, Excel, PDS [Parish Data System], MSWord, and using the internet.
- A thorough working knowledge of GAAP [Generally Accepted Accounting Principles], financial, and general business practices.
- Ability to construct spreadsheets in Excel
- General office management and customer service skills
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality where required
- Draft and present the annual Parish and School fiscal budgets for consideration and approval
- Prepare Parish and School financial reports for pastor and the pertinent committees
