Senior Accountant - ICS

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Riverton (UT); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is seeking a Senior Accountant in Utah to perform advanced accounting, financial analysis, and process improvements within the ICS department. You will enhance data integrity, leverage AI-enabled tools, and support senior leadership with actionable insights.

The role emphasizes complex accounting, automation opportunities, and cross‑functional collaboration to streamline financial operations and ensure accuracy across enterprise systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting (or Finance or Business Management) is required.
• Four to five years of professional accounting experience is required.
• Experience with complex automated accounting systems; church accounting system experience preferred.
• Ability to analyze complex accounting problems and propose solutions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint).
• Willingness to learn AI-powered productivity and analytics tools.
• Thorough knowledge of Church financial policies and procedures.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Cardholder administration and prompt resolution of issues raised.
• Process contract labor billing with research and verifying access accuracy and completeness.
• Preparing budget requests and processing routine budget adjustments.
• Reconcile reports with other departments to ensure accuracy and timely delivery; process external billings.
• Analyze and verify accounting/financial information for accuracy and initiate corrections; assist with process redesign.
• Assist in data conversion and reconciliation for systems feeding the General Ledger; prepare journal entries and adjustments.
• Perform other professional duties as assigned.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

AI tools familiarity

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting (or Finance or Business Management)

CMA, CPA, or MBA preferred

Tools

Church accounting systems

General ledger systems

AI-enabled reporting tools

Job description

Job Description

This position serves within the Information and Communication Services (ICS) department and performs professional accounting, financial analysis, and process improvement responsibilities in support of department leadership and operational teams. The Senior Accountant is expected to combine strong accounting expertise with advanced analytical, systems, and technology skills to improve financial processes, ensure data integrity, and support informed decision making. This role leverages enterprise financial systems, reporting tools, automation technologies, and emerging AI capabilities to increase efficiency, accuracy, and business insight. This is a professional level accounting/banking position that:

• performs more complex accounting functions
• resolves unusual or non-recurring problems related to various accounting functions including analyzing accounts, records, reports, journals, vouchers, and other accounting/banking documents for accuracy
• investigates questionable entries and initiates corrections
• helps maintain and ensure accuracy of financial data
• identifies opportunities to improve, automate, and streamline financial and operational processes
• leverages reporting, analytics, AI-enabled tools, and financial systems to improve efficiency, accuracy, and decision-making

Job Description

This position serves within the Information and Communication Services (ICS) department and performs professional accounting, financial analysis, and process improvement responsibilities in support of department leadership and operational teams. The Senior Accountant is expected to combine strong accounting expertise with advanced analytical, systems, and technology skills to improve financial processes, ensure data integrity, and support informed decision making. This role leverages enterprise financial systems, reporting tools, automation technologies, and emerging AI capabilities to increase efficiency, accuracy, and business insight. This is a professional level accounting/banking position that:

• performs more complex accounting functions
• resolves unusual or non-recurring problems related to various accounting functions including analyzing accounts, records, reports, journals, vouchers, and other accounting/banking documents for accuracy
• investigates questionable entries and initiates corrections
• helps maintain and ensure accuracy of financial data
• identifies opportunities to improve, automate, and streamline financial and operational processes
• leverages reporting, analytics, AI-enabled tools, and financial systems to improve efficiency, accuracy, and decision-making

Responsibilities

• Cardholder administration and prompt resolution of issues raised
• Process contract labor billing which includes research and verifying access accuracy and completeness
• Assisting management by preparing budget requests and processing routine budget adjustments
• Work with other departments to reconcile reports in an accurate and timely mannerProcess external billings which may include research, creating invoices, and providing detailed accurate supporting information
• Accurately analyzes and verifies accounting/financial/operational information for accuracy and completeness and initiates appropriate correction processes. May assist with process redesign to prevent future errors.
• Assists in data conversion and reconciliation for systems feeding the General Ledger
• Prepare journal entries and other adjustments to correct errors
• Perform other professional duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting (or Finance or Business Management)
• CMA, CPA, or MBA preferred
• Four to five years of professional accounting experience is required (A graduate degree in Accounting or Finance, MBA, CMA, or CPA, may be substituted for work experience)
• Experience and proven ability to work complex automated accounting systems (experience in Church accounting systems preferred)
• Ability to analyze complex accounting problems and propose solutions
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)
• Demonstrated ability or willingness to learn and effectively utilize AI-powered productivity, reporting, and analytical tools to improve business processes and decision making.
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of Church financial policies and procedures
• Sound judgement and analytical skills
• Ability to handle multiple assignments and priorities under minimal supervision

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.