Temporary Accounting Clerk
Salt Lake City, UT
Full-time
Hybrid
1 month ago
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Temporary Accounting Clerk
Salt Lake City, UT, United States (Híbrido)
To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.
Job Description
Finance employees receive, account for, monitor, and design internal controls to safeguard sacred funds (donated confidentially in obedience to God's commandments) for the Church's religious mission under the direction of senior ecclesiastical leaders.
Incumbents in this position perform a variety of routine accounting/banking clerical support functions such as verifying, posting, adding, computing, comparing, and summarizing standard accounting, bookkeeping, and/or banking entries to help maintain and ensure accuracy of financial data. (After two years of satisfactory performance in this position, an incumbent may be considered for promotion to the journey-level accounting clerk position, Clerk, Accounting 2. The nature and complexity of the regular job duties are the major determining factors.)
Responsibilities
Specific work performed may vary between the different sections, divisions, and departments for this position. However, duties will typically be of similar complexity and difficulty and will usually include the following types of accounting clerical tasks:
While expected results of various individual positions may vary, they will all typically center around timeliness, accuracy, throughput, and integrity of information.
Qualifications
This is an entry level position. No experience is required, but one year of previous clerical experience or equivalent is preferred.
Requires basic knowledge of bookkeeping practices and the ability to operate a calculator to make rapid and accurate arithmetic calculations.
Requires basic knowledge of personal computers operating in a network environment. Previous experience with word processing, spreadsheet, and/or database applications is preferred.
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.
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Temporary Accounting Clerk
Salt Lake City, UT, United States (Híbrido)
To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.
Job Description
Finance employees receive, account for, monitor, and design internal controls to safeguard sacred funds (donated confidentially in obedience to God's commandments) for the Church's religious mission under the direction of senior ecclesiastical leaders.
Incumbents in this position perform a variety of routine accounting/banking clerical support functions such as verifying, posting, adding, computing, comparing, and summarizing standard accounting, bookkeeping, and/or banking entries to help maintain and ensure accuracy of financial data. (After two years of satisfactory performance in this position, an incumbent may be considered for promotion to the journey-level accounting clerk position, Clerk, Accounting 2. The nature and complexity of the regular job duties are the major determining factors.)
Responsibilities
Specific work performed may vary between the different sections, divisions, and departments for this position. However, duties will typically be of similar complexity and difficulty and will usually include the following types of accounting clerical tasks:
- Processing accounting/banking information including posting, comparing, computing, and reconciling standard debit and credit entries in an accurate and timely manner.
- Reviewing and verifying accounting/banking information for accuracy and completeness.
- Summarizing basic accounting/banking information in an accurate and timely manner.
- Maintaining accurate logs of accounting/banking information that has been processed.
- Responding in a courteous and professional manner to basic/standard questions and telephone inquiries regarding accounting/banking information that has been processed.
- Distributing information to assigned locations in a timely manner.
- Filing and maintaining files that are accurate and up to date.
While expected results of various individual positions may vary, they will all typically center around timeliness, accuracy, throughput, and integrity of information.
Qualifications
This is an entry level position. No experience is required, but one year of previous clerical experience or equivalent is preferred.
Requires basic knowledge of bookkeeping practices and the ability to operate a calculator to make rapid and accurate arithmetic calculations.
Requires basic knowledge of personal computers operating in a network environment. Previous experience with word processing, spreadsheet, and/or database applications is preferred.
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.
- Job Identification 374159
- Job Category FA - Finance & Accounting
- Posting Date 04/09/2026, 07:11 PM
- Locations 385 S 5200 W, Salt Lake City, UT, 84104, US (Híbrido)
- Job Schedule Full time
- Regular or Temporary Temporary
- Worker Type Employee
- Number of Openings 1
- Qualificação de dignidade Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy.
- Anúncio/Mais informações Please note that this job posting may close at any time without prior notice. Find out more about the many benefits of Church Employment at https://careers.churchofjesuschrist.org.
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