Job Title: Temporary Accounting Specialist

Division: Finance           

Reports to: Controller 

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

GENERAL SUMMARY

Founded in 1838, the Episcopal Diocese of Texas serves over 180 churches across 80 counties in Texas headquartered in downtown Houston. We are seeking a full-time Temporary Accounting Specialist with strong organizational skills, proficiency at managing data and digital records, and great attention to detail to join the Finance Team for up to 12 weeks.

Assignment Duration: This is a temporary position expected to last approximately 12 weeks, assignment is anticipated to conclude by September 30, 2025. 

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Review invoices, check requests and expense reports for accuracy and completeness, and obtain approval where necessary
• Maintain recurring monthly payments
• Assign General Ledger account numbers for disbursements, using each entity’s individual Chart of Accounts
• Maintain grants payable records
• Enter bills into the AccuFund accounting system, including vendor invoices, staff check requests and recurring monthly support payments
• Work with vendors to investigate and resolve past due invoices or other issues
• Create ad hoc reports and ledgers as needed by the Controller as well as staff members
• Maintain various spreadsheets, such as recurring support payments, grants, pension payments and credit card charges
• Enter journal entries as needed to adjust accounts
• Maintain 1099 information of vendors and create 1099/1096 forms at close of year
• Perform all other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

• Some college preferred
• Minimum of 3 years work experience
• Proficiency in MS Outlook, MS Excel, MS Word, Adobe Reader

Qualifications Desired

• Develop healthy, positive relationships with a diverse set of diocesan stakeholders
• Ability and desire to work independently, multi-task, and prioritize work
• Personable and professional in communicating in-person, on phone, and online
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information
• Have or develop knowledge of protocols for communications within the Episcopal Church
• Familiarity with electronic communications, word and data processing
• Have strong organizational and administrative skills, highly attentive to detail
• Meet deadlines with consistency
• Capacity to grapple with complexity and to strategically navigate ambitious situations with integrity, diplomacy, professionalism.

Physical and Mental demands and Work environment

The physical and mental demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions.

• Physical and Mental demands: Regularly see, talk, listen and easily remember things, any one of which could last for extended hours; stand, walk, climb stairs, bend, and sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and lift up to 15 lbs.
• Have face-to-face interactions with others throughout the workday; handle frequent interruptions
• Easily follow instructions oral and written instructions; sustain concentration; and make quick and accurate decisions
• Perform under circumstances of emotional stress, such as yet not limited to, stress from work deadlines, employee complaints, work complexity, competing priorities and occasional under staffing
• Work environment: The work takes place almost entirely indoors in office environment
• The setting is moderately noisy due to employee traffic and ongoing phone calls
• The work requires the continuous use of telephones, computers, copiers, and similar business devices