Finance Specialist

**ORGANIZATION SUMMARY**:
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems - disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.

In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.

World Relief seeks a Finance Specialist to provide support to the Finance Manager in all financial aspects of office operations in order to ensure smooth functioning of the World Relief Fox Valley and supported offices.

**Roles & Responsibilities**:
Accounts Payable
- Issue checks with appropriate documentation, coding, and approvals on a regular schedule
- Issue checks or disburse cash on an as needed basis for new refugee arrivals
- Initiate payment for all recurring office bills
- Ensure distribution of checks to the appropriate recipient
- Maintain back-up files of all checks written

Accounts Receivable
- Process all office income by verifying totals of receipts and preparing appropriate income forms for approval by the World Relief Home Office.
- Transfer funds to the World Relief Home Office in a timely manner.
- Monitor grants receivable to ensure accurate reimbursement.
- Receive all earned revenue, deposit to Local Bank Account and complete appropriate process to batch income to Home Office.

Grant Reporting
- Prepare reports and invoices for specific grants to ensure compliance with grant requirements, in particular grants from the State of Wisconsin.
- Maintain appropriate documentation for grants based on organization and funding partner guidelines.
- Monitor monthly expenses on grants and other income, reconcile with ERP, and report variances to the Operations and Finance Manager.
- Prepare financial data for grant proposals, etc.

General Accounting
- Input local bank statement into the ERP and reconcile the local bank accounts monthly. Forward reconciliation to the World Relief Home Office. Provide appropriate follow-up for outstanding checks.
- Assist in payroll preparation including verification of allocation coding based on contractor agreements and help staff with entering data in the electronic payroll system as needed.
- With the approval of the Finance Manager, prepare journal entries/reclassifications and forward to the World Relief Home Office for approval and implementation.
- Enter refugee expenses and prepare 90-day reports to ensure appropriate payments to clients and report problems to the Resettlement Manager
- Ensure proper documentation is administered and maintained for World Relief Fox Valley contractors.
- Ensure all expense receipts are turned in with the appropriate detail for reconciliation purposes.
- Reconcile all credit cards monthly; allocating transactions to the appropriate grants and/or funds.
- Budget, expense, and revenue tracking in collaboration with department directors and managers.
- Provide updates and corrective recommendations to department directors and managers.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities**:

- Accounting or bookkeeping experience required
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite required, specifically Excel
- Experience in not-for-profit organization preferred
- Experience managing federal, state, and/or local government grants preferred
- Strong organizational skills and detail-oriented
- Able to sort through significant information to solve complex problems
- Able to work in a fast-paced, challenging, and multi-cultural environment
- Able to work well with others in a professional, friendly, and flexible manner
- Cross-cultural experience desired

**Requirements**:

- Mature and personal Christian faith
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
- Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
- Bachelor’s degree or previous related experience

**PHYSICAL DEMANDS**:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
- The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (li