Accountant,Sr (Finance and Records Dept.)

A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City seeks a Sr Accountant in the Finance and Records Dept. You will manage project accounting, account for facility projects, and support internal controls.

Requires a Bachelor's in accounting or related field and 4+ years of experience, familiarity with Oracle/CFIS, Excel, and Microsoft Office. This role offers a hybrid work arrangement and opportunities to improve processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business management, or related field.
• Four or more years of professional experience in accounting, finance, auditing, business management, or related field.
• Intermediate Excel skills and information database experience with PeopleSoft (CFIS) queries.
• Experience with Oracle and other systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Approve project invoices, purchase requisitions, and purchase orders.
• Account for facility projects in domestic and international areas.
• Monitor and correct project ledgers and exception reports.
• Perform financial reviews of completed projects.
• Reconcile data from accounting systems and clear exceptions.
• Identify, propose, and implement process improvements using electronic technology.
• Use electronic technology to extract data and create queries.
• Provide coaching and training to staff.
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving accounting issues.
• Prepare financial analysis, reports, charts, and recommendations.

Skills

Excel

Analytical skills

English proficiency

Microsoft Office

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field

Tools

PeopleSoft (CFIS) queries

Oracle

Outlook

SharePoint

Teams

Word

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Accountant,Sr (Finance and Records Dept.)

Salt Lake City, UT, United States (Híbrido)

To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

Job Description

Finance employees receive, account for, monitor, and design internal controls to safeguard sacred funds (donated confidentially in obedience to God's commandments) for the Church's religious mission under the direction of senior ecclesiastical leaders.

The purpose of this position is to provide Project Accounting directive and services to Church departments and international areas. The candidate will be expected to contribute to the implementation and use of Oracle, other systems, and process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide approval of project invoices, purchase requisitions, and purchase orders.
• Account for facility projects in domestic and international areas.
• Monitor and correct project ledgers and exception reports.
• Perform financial reviews of completed projects.
• Reconcile data from accounting systems and clear exceptions.
• Assist in improving accounting and work processes by identifying, proposing, and implementing solutions using electronic technology.
• Use electronic technology to extract data, analyze data, and create queries to extract system data.
• Provide coaching, training, and support to lower-level employees, departments, and areas.
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving technology and accounting issues that arise.
• Assist in preparing financial analysis, reports, charts, graphs, recommendations, and alternatives to the team, management, areas, and departments.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, international accounting standards and Church financial standards and procedures.
• Must be proactive and willing to learn new skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business management, or related field.
• Four or more years of professional experience in accounting, finance, auditing, business management, or related field. (Information systems experience is preferred.)
• Intermediate Excel skills and information database experience with PeopleSoft (CFIS) queries, preferred. Must have a desire and aptitude to improve these skills.
• Systems skills and experience with Microsoft Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, Word, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to operate a computer in a network environment and strong analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of accounting principles and Church accounting systems, preferred.
• Ability to simplify and improve work processes using electronic technology.
• Proficient at speaking, reading, and writing in English with the ability to work effectively with others. Additional foreign language skills are beneficial.

About Us

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.

Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.

• Job Identification 378968
• Job Category FA - Finance & Accounting
• Posting Date 11/05/2026, 09:52 PM
• Locations Social Hall Plaza, Salt Lake City, UT, 84111, US (Híbrido)
• Apply Before 11/21/2026, 06:55 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Regular or Temporary Regular
• Worker Type Employee
• Number of Openings 2
• Qualificação de dignidade Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy.
• Anúncio/Mais informações Please note that this job posting may close at any time without prior notice. Find out more about the many benefits of Church Employment at https://careers.churchofjesuschrist.org.

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