FINANCIAL SECRETARY

About the role

The Financial Secretary position is part-time located in Lansing, MI. The position is non-exempt and falls under the Financial category.

Responsibilities

• Deposits and Receipting of Donations
• Account Payables
• Payroll and Tax Reporting
• Income/Expense Statements
• Career Development
• Coordinate Annual Review
• Manage Online Giving
• Health Insurance Add and Deletes
• Receptionist Duties When Not Covered By Other Staff

Requirements

• Administrative/Executive Assistant experience required.
• Work with confidential and sensitive information in a professional manner.
• Must keep detailed records at all times and develop a highly efficient electronic and paper filing system.
• Must be comfortable learning and utilizing YFC's Salesforce CRM technology on a daily basis.
• Work on any special projects as requested with the ability to prioritize and reprioritize.
• Relationally driven with natural ability to grow and maintain relationships with significant and influential individuals both internally and externally.
• Strong attention to detail, ability to problem solve, focus and analyze situations and data in the face of conflicting priorities and multiple demands while meeting deadlines and maintaining accuracy.
• Able to listen well, follow directions and work collaboratively with colleagues across many departments and ministries.
• Self-initiated ability to analyze and improve on operations.
• Must be comfortable with a high frequency of electronic communication.
• Must have intermediate/advanced typing and computer skills including: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and general internet knowledge.

Qualifications

• Associates degree
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite
• Minimum 1 year of experience working in an office environment

Skills

• Knowledge of administrative/executive assistant tasks
• Confidentiality and sensitivity handling
• Electronic and paper filing systems
• Salesforce CRM technology
• Special project management
• Relationship building and maintenance
• Attention to detail and problem solving
• Collaboration and communication
• Self-motivation and analysis
• Intermediate/advanced typing and computer skills

Benefits

• Matching funds to help new staff get started with fundraising responsibilities.

Pay

$16-$20/hour

Schedule

13-19.5 hours per week

YFC Cultural Attributes

Our cultural attributes are not about competency. They are an obedience to the call of Christ on our lives. YFC believes that spiritually healthy adults foster healthy relationships with our kids. We place a heavy commitment and emphasis on developing and equipping a Christ-centered life marked by Enduring Humility, Relentless Trust, Joyful Camaraderie, Courageous Faithfulness and Kingdom Inspired Diversity. Our leaders are expected to be willing to demonstrate and/or possess the following:

• Ability to humbly serve and honor others even in difficult situations with prayer, consistency, transparency, and resilience. (Enduring Humility)
• Demonstrates proper reliance on God, others, and self through generous giving of time and skills, by collaboratively incorporating others’ ideas, welcoming candid input, recognizing others' need for grace and extending forgiveness and empathy. (Relentless Trust)
• Prioritizes others' needs for a missional outcome, characterized by joy, with active listening and problem-solving skills, while encouraging and empowering fellow believers. (Joyful Camaraderie)
• Trusts God with new approaches and changes, and communicates needs and limits with emotional intelligence*, while seeking confidence and wisdom in Christ. (Courageous Faithfulness)
• Seeks and fosters authentic Christ-centered relationships with people of various backgrounds and an inviting environment and empowers historically marginalized groups and indigenous populations (within the local context), through active listening, inclusion, advocacy of those who are vulnerable and respect of others' experiences. (Kingdom Inspired Diversity)

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge of administrative/executive assistant tasks, confidentiality and sensitivity handling, electronic and paper filing systems, Salesforce CRM technology, special project management, relationship building and maintenance, attention to detail and problem solving, collaboration and communication, self-motivation and analysis, intermediate/advanced typing and computer skills including: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and general internet knowledge.

Fundraising Responsibilities

The position requires raising 50% of your support by building a "support team" with the help of our staff. (This will be a work in progress over the next year. There are matching funds to help new staff get started.)

Equal Employment Opportunity

YFC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, handicap, marital status, or other unlawful discriminatory characteristics in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Employment Practices

As a religious nonprofit organization, YFC incorporates within each leader role, the requirement to model, teach, share and live the faith. The relationship between YFC’s mission and each of its leaders is its lifeblood and as such does at all times and in all instances reserve the right to make employment decisions based upon a person’s religious beliefs, personal character and lifestyle consistent with our understanding of the Bible or with our overall goals and requirements for Christian ministry.

Intentional Workplace

We seek to create a workplace that is intentional about Kingdom Inspired Diversity. Our commitment to our employees extends to their opportunities for growth, development, promotion, training and compensation.