Manager of Camp Accounting - Young Life

Essential Duties:

Management

• Supervise Camp Accountant(s) and Bookkeeper Supervisor ensuring they are equipped for success through the provision of knowledge, training and guidance. Remove obstacles that prevent staff from accomplishing tasks

• Conduct annual performance evaluations and present new opportunities to develop and challenge staff.

• Review and approve staff journal entries to ensure all transactions are accurate, supported and recorded timely

• Oversee camp accounting operations to ensure that core responsibilities are completed consistently and timely: Capital and Major Maintenance CARs are approved, AP edits are worked, US Foods wire is made timely

• Take responsibility for generating monthly financial reports that are consistently accurate and timely (e.g. Monthly Financial Report (MFR) analysis, ad-hoc management reporting and analysis, etc.)

• Answer inquiries from CLT and Camp Managers and customers, as needed

• Review key work performed by camp accountant(s): JE’s, Capital Reports, Fixed Asset adjustments, etc.

• Review key work performed by camp bookkeeper(s): Retail/FS entries, CIP/MM funding, balance sheet reconciliations and US Foods reconciliations.

• Utilize creative problem-solving in identifying and implementing new process enhancements and better financial reporting, so as to keep Young Life ‘cutting-edge’ in these areas.

Camp Accounting

• Complete and review various monthly capital camp accounting reports.
• Prepare capital related monthly journal entries.
• Review bank and other balance sheet account reconciliations prepared by bookkeepers to ensure accuracy.
• Serve as point of contact to address camp leadership inquiries and prepare ad-hoc analysis and reporting, with exceptional turn-around time (e.g. requests often come up with short notice, which require a thorough and quick response).
• Provide accounting assistance to camp leadership (managers and coordinators), camping services, camp construction and development leadership.
• Send out approved Capital Authorization Requests and ensure they are set up properly in Lawson and reflected on the Capital Reports.
• Review Malibu Club ministry affiliates transactions to ensure gifts are properly reported in Young Life.
• Address unique International camp accounting and reporting needs and develop best practices for this business segment, accordingly.
• Maintain engagement with Retail, Camp Admins and Bookkeeping to ensure roles and interdependencies are clearly identified and are functioning.

Development Leadership Support

• Effectively present complex subject matter to development leadership.

• Develop clear meaningful reports and executive summaries as requested by development leadership.

• Work closely with Campaign Directors to ensure sufficient training/engagement in the monthly giving projection process.

Fixed Asset Management

• Close the Fixed Assets system monthly.

• Place construction projects into service, dispose of sold or obsolete assets and adjust assets according to GAAP as needed.

• Prepare fixed asset reconciliations monthly.

• Prepare fixed asset roll-forward for the audit

• Continue to resolve unreconciled balances until resolved

Working Conditions:

• Office or remote environment.
• Anticipated salary for this position can range from $55,557-$69,531.50 depending on relevant education and experience.

Education:

• Finance related BSBA. Accounting BSBA highly preferred

Experience Required For The Job:

• Two to five years of non-profit accounting or comparable experience.

• Demonstrate exceptional customer service and work product while filtering frequent interruptions and questions.

• Ability to pay extreme attention to detail and handle daily shifting priorities.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel.

• Excellent professional communication skills (verbal and written).

• Experience with Workday , Office Connect and Vena.