Finance Volunteer & Donations Coordinator

lifewisecareers; Albany (OH); On-site; USD 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

LifeWise Academy seeks a Program Financial Assistant to support the Program Director in managing financial records for the LifeWise program. You will handle annual budgeting, donations logging in The LIST, and monitoring declined donations, while coordinating payments and expense approvals.

You will prepare monthly financial reports, provide board-level updates, and use Google Workspace tools to keep records and communicate with donors and staff. Faith alignment is required.

Qualifications

• Must have mature Christian faith aligned with LifeWise Academy beliefs.
• Active participation in a local church with aligned doctrine.
• Leadership experience in professional or volunteer roles.
• Experience with budgets, financial reports, spreadsheets, virtual meetings, and Google Workspace.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain an annual budget for the LifeWise program.
• Log donations and manage records online in The LIST.
• Monitor declined donations and contact donors when needed.
• Send thank-you notes and log dates in The LIST.
• Oversee and adjust program payment requests promptly.
• Review and approve expense card purchases against the budget.
• Review monthly financial reports for accuracy against the budget.
• Present financial updates at board meetings.
• Use Google Workspace apps (Gmail, Drive, Meet, Calendar, Sheets, Docs).
• Lead donation collection and record-keeping for fundraising events.

Skills

Budget management

Financial reporting

Spreadsheets

Google Workspace

Tools

The LIST

Google Workspace

Job description

LifeWise Academy seeks a Program Financial Assistant to support the Program Director in managing financial records for the LifeWise program. You will handle annual budgeting, donations logging in The LIST, and monitoring declined donations, while coordinating payments and expense approvals.

You will prepare monthly financial reports, provide board-level updates, and use Google Workspace tools to keep records and communicate with donors and staff. Faith alignment is required.