Finance Director

Center Point Church; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Centerpoint Church in Kalamazoo, MI invites an experienced Finance Director to oversee the day-to-day operations of our Finance and Human Resources functions. You’ll ensure integrity, efficiency, and alignment with our mission while managing general ledger, payroll, and donor reporting.

Leading budgeting, treasury, and HR processes, you will collaborate with ministry leaders to support generous stewardship and compliant financial practices across the church.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business.
• At least 3 years of accounting or finance experience, including general ledger accounting, reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Experience administering payroll, including tax reporting, employee deductions, benefits, and year-end payroll processes.
• Strong proficiency with accounting software and Microsoft Excel, including the ability to analyze and organize complex financial data.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organization, accuracy, and follow-through.
• Discretion and sound judgment when handling confidential financial, personnel, compensation, and donor information.
• Commitment to integrity, accountability, transparency, and responsible stewardship.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all bookkeeping and maintain the general ledger, balance sheet, and chart of accounts using our accounting software (QuickBooks) and credit card software (RAMP).
• Manage the full month-end and year-end close processes.
• Ensure accurate processing of all financial transactions, including deposits, accounts payable/receivable, check requests, and wire transfers.
• Supervise processes to confirm the timely collection of W-9 forms and preparation of 1099s.
• If necessary, advise on and remit all required sales tax payments (e.g., bookstore and merchandise sales).
• Prepare and present accurate monthly and annual financial statements to church leadership.
• Attend Executive Team and Board meetings to provide financial updates and address financial matters, as requested.
• Analyze financial data, giving trends, cash flow, and budget performance to support forecasting and strategic decision-making.
• Provide budget reporting and financial guidance to ministry leaders, including support with expense coding and budget management.
• Prepare monthly congregational financial snapshots and annual donor giving statements.
• Reconcile bank accounts, credit cards, online giving transactions, designated funds, and other financial accounts accurately and on schedule.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external financial reviews, coordinating documentation and communication with relevant stakeholders.
• Co-lead the annual budget process, building new annual budgets and monitoring spending.
• Develop and implement financial policies and best practices to ensure compliance and fiscal integrity.
• Take on other financial duties and special projects as assigned by the Executive Pastor.
• Oversee the effective use of our HR software (Bamboo HR).
• Manage the full biweekly payroll process, ensuring accurate and timely calculation and payment of wages, housing allowances, benefits deductions, reimbursements, and applicable taxes.
• Coordinate payroll compliance and reporting, including quarterly and year-end filings, W-2 preparation, and reconciliation of payroll data with the general ledger.
• Maintain accurate and compliant personnel files and employment records in accordance with applicable federal and state requirements.
• Coordinate onboarding and offboarding procedures.
• Maintain and administer HR policies, procedures, and required government reporting related to payroll, employment, and benefits.
• Serve as a primary resource for staff regarding payroll, benefits, HR processes, and employment-related questions.
• Coordinate employee benefit administration, including health insurance, retirement plans, and other benefits, in partnership with the Executive Pastor and outside vendors.

Skills

Attention to detail

Discretion and judgment

Integrity and accountability

Analytical mindset

Leadership in finance

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business

Advanced degree or CPA preferred

Tools

QuickBooks Online

RAMP

BambooHR

Excel

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Finance Director serves Centerpoint Church by coordinating the day-to-day operations of the Finance and Human Resources functions. This individual helps ensure the church’s financial and personnel systems operate with integrity, efficiency, and alignment with the mission and values of Centerpoint.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business
• At least 3 years of accounting or finance experience, including general ledger accounting, reconciliations, and month-end close
• Experience administering payroll, including tax reporting, employee deductions, benefits, and year-end payroll processes
• Strong proficiency with accounting software and Microsoft Excel, including the ability to analyze and organize complex financial data
• Exceptional attention to detail, organization, accuracy, and follow-through
• Demonstrated discretion and sound judgment when handling confidential financial, personnel, compensation, and donor information
• Demonstrated commitment to integrity, accountability, transparency, and responsible stewardship

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• CPA designation, accounting certification, or advanced degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field.
• Experience working in nonprofit or church accounting with knowledge of fund accounting including designated contributions
• Familiarity with church-specific financial and payroll matters, including clergy compensation, housing allowances, charitable contribution reporting, and other church-related tax considerations.
• Experience with QuickBooks Online, RAMP, BambooHR, and/or online giving and payment-processing platforms

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES (with % emphasis for each):

Accounting & Bookkeeping - 30-35%

• Oversee all bookkeeping functions, including maintaining the general ledger, balance sheet, and chart of accounts using our accounting software (QuickBooks) and credit card software (RAMP).
• Manage the full month-end and year-end close processes.
• Ensure accurate processing of all financial transactions, including deposits, accounts payable/receivable, check requests, and wire transfers.
• Supervise processes to confirm the timely collection of W-9 forms and preparation of 1099s.
• If necessary, advise on and remit all required sales tax payments (e.g., bookstore and merchandise sales).

Financial Analysis & Reporting - 15-20%

• Prepare and present accurate monthly and annual financial statements to church leadership.
• Attend Executive Team and Board meetings to provide financial updates and address financial matters, as requested.
• Analyze financial data, giving trends, cash flow, and budget performance to support forecasting and strategic decision-making.
• Provide budget reporting and financial guidance to ministry leaders, including support with expense coding and budget management.
• Prepare monthly congregational financial snapshots and annual donor giving statements.

Financial Reconciliation - 10-15%

• Reconcile bank accounts, credit cards, online giving transactions, designated funds, and other financial accounts accurately and on schedule.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external financial reviews, coordinating documentation and communication with relevant stakeholders.

Financial Leadership & Policy - 10-15%

• Co-lead the annual budget process, building new annual budgets and monitoring spending.
• Develop and implement financial policies and best practices to ensure compliance and fiscal integrity.
• Take on other financial duties and special projects as assigned by the Executive Pastor.

Human Resources & Payroll Administration - 20-25%

• Oversee the effective use of our HR software (Bamboo HR).
• Manage the full biweekly payroll process, ensuring accurate and timely calculation and payment of wages, housing allowances, benefits deductions, reimbursements, and applicable taxes.
• Coordinate payroll compliance and reporting, including quarterly and year-end filings, W-2 preparation, and reconciliation of payroll data with the general ledger.
• Maintain accurate and compliant personnel files and employment records in accordance with applicable federal and state requirements.
• Coordinate onboarding and offboarding procedures.
• Maintain and administer HR policies, procedures, and required government reporting related to payroll, employment, and benefits.
• Serve as a primary resource for staff regarding payroll, benefits, HR processes, and employment-related questions.
• Coordinate employee benefit administration, including health insurance, retirement plans, and other benefits, in partnership with the Executive Pastor and outside vendors.

Core Leadership Competencies

• Strategic Agility: Future-oriented and can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities.
• Priority Setting: Creates focus and can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal.
• Integrity and Trust: Keeps confidences and can present the unvarnished truth appropriately and helpfully.
• Detail-Oriented and Organized – Accuracy is paramount. The finance director must be meticulous in their work.
• Strategic Thinker – Consistently making data-driven decisions of how to use resources, willing to improve existing systems, big picture minded.

Spiritual Characteristics

• Theologically and Missionally Aligned: Agrees with and supports the theology and mission of Centerpoint Church.
• Humble Learner: Can take direction and feedback well and has a great desire to learn.
• Co-Laborer: Comes alongside other leaders to help them achieve the mission-aligned goals of our church.
• Conflict resolver: Able and unafraid to work through interpersonal conflicts, ministry misalignment, or issues of sin. True peacemaker.
• Person of Integrity: At the core, he or she makes solid decisions based on Biblical values.
• Disciple: Fully devoted to following Jesus in everything he or she does.

What Does Success Look Like?

• All bookkeeping, reconciliation, and month-end/year-end close processes are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Financial statements are timely, easy to understand, and strategically insightful—supporting informed decision-making, forecasting, and stewardship.
• The annual budget process is collaborative, mission-aligned, and completed by target deadlines.
• Ministries receive proactive financial insights that genuinely guide decision-making and stewardship.
• Church finances demonstrate integrity, transparency, and alignment with mission and values.
• Onboarding/offboarding processes are clear, consistent, and welcoming.
• Staff personnel files and HR documentation are consistently up-to-date and compliant.
• Staff feel supported, heard, and cared for when navigating HR needs or concerns.