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Description St. Clement Parish in Bowling Green, MO has an immediate opening for a full-time Parish Secretary/Bookkeeper. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: · Greets visitors to the office in a professional and friendly manner · Responds to mail, emails, voicemails and telephone calls · Assists other staff members when time, energy and skill permit · Maintains accurate records and takes minutes of meetings as directed by pastor · Serves as secretary to the pastor · Performs all payroll activities related to new hire, termination, change of hour worksheets and sending garnishments to chancery office · Attends parish meetings as required · Keeps vital statistics for the parish · Keeps pastor informed of vital concerns within the parish · Creates a weekly bulletin · Schedules Eucharistic ministers · Clips and files all newspaper ads and articles concerning the parish · Maintains positive relationship with parish council members and other volunteers · Maintains a reasonable inventory of church supplies · Handles routine questions about policies · Prepare bank deposits and records receipts · Prepare vouchers, including coding and payment of outstanding invoices · Reconciles parish, school and cemetery books, if applicable · Prepares financial statements as requested · Prepares various chancery reports including tithing calculator · Attends parish finance council meetings, as requested · Maintains tuition and school accounts, if applicable · Schedules rentals for the gym and campus activities · Performs other duties as assigned JOB QUALIFICATIONS · Computer and organizational skills · Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel · 3 – 5 years previous training or experience as a bookkeeper · Ability to maintain confidentiality · Intermediate and accurate mathematical skills · Experience with QuickBooks or other similar accounting software