Treasurer of St Faiths Church, St Faiths Hub Leesland

St Faiths Treasurer Vacancy St Faith’s Leesland is currently seeking a Treasurer to join our team and help manage the church’s finances. This important role involves overseeing income and expenditure, keeping clear financial records, and supporting the life and mission of the parish. The new Treasurer will begin alongside the current Treasurer in October for a smooth handover, and take on the role fully in the New Year.

If you are organised with a head for numbers -  and would like to serve the church community in this way -  please contact the Parish Administrator

*Work from Home position

* Hours, days & times to suit you

* Job share considered

* DBS covered, x2 References needed and follow recruitment process

* Free training and ongoing support

* Support Deputy Churchwarden in her duties and information for Capital Grant Applications as required

* Church available for use, free WIFI, refreshments if needed.

* Computer available if needed

Skills

Things to do weekly

 

·         Collect cash from church

·         Count cash and assign to appropriate cost centre: e.g.

-        Church service (separately recording Gift Aid and tax efficient giving),

-        Chill n’Chat,

-        Hub (monthly),

-        Chatting Faith (monthly),

-        Hall hire,

-        etc (see ‘TEMPLATE St Faiths Monthly Income.xlsx’)

 

·         Top-up Cash Float (£20) if required.

·         Pay, by Bank Transfer, any refunds due for church expenditure.

·         Receive SumUp (card payment) statement weekly on Tuesdays.  Assign receipts to appropriate cost centre.

·         Monitor utilities (gas, electricity, water, Internet) sending meter readings and adjusting Direct Debits as required.

Things to do monthly

 

·         Count and reconcile cash receipts and cash-in-hand.

·         Bag coins and complete Paying-in Book and Deferred Checking envelope.

·         Deposit cash at bank (Lloyds, Gosport) and collect last month’s Paying-in book.

·         Transfer any excess balance (over circa £2K) from Treasurer’s account to Savings account.
 

·         Using Data Development’s Finance 3 software:

-        Enter all income, expenditure and transfers, assigning to appropriate activity or cost centre, and allocating Audit Number.

-        Reconcile bank statement(s).

 

·         File hard copy vouchers for all transactions, by Audit Number, to annual accounts box file.

·         File reconciliation reports, from Finance 3, to annual accounts.

 

·         Prepare and email monthly regular giving and Gift Aid report to parish Gift Aid co-ordinator (Jan Wynton).

·         Prepare regular giving and Gift Aid envelopes for retention.  Take to Parish Office.

 

 

Things to do Quarterly or as required

 

·         Prepare reports for District Committee meetings:

-        Statement of Financial Affairs (SOFA),

-        Cost Centre Report by Month,

-        Income/Expenditure Report by Month,

-        Net Worth Report by Month.

-        with narrative if necessary.

Reports are produced from Finance 3.

 

·         Pay share of Parish Quota (‘Fairer Shares’).

 

Things to do Annually

·         Liaise with PCC Treasurer regarding balancing payments for central parish services (e.g. cleaner, facilities manager, communications, etc).

·         Prepare SOFA for financial year (1 Jan – 31 Dec).

·         Calculate annual figures for inclusion in PCC accounts.

·         Perform year-end procedures and backup Finance 3 software.

·         Prepare paper and software accounts for the Independent Examiner.

·         Prepare Report for St Faith’s Annual Church Meeting.