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Assistant Treasurer Job Description

Qualifications and Gifts:

• Have a love of God and demonstrate a commitment to following the way of

Christ

• Have experience in the use of standard accounting procedures

• Ability to establish and maintain appropriate safeguards

• Have an enthusiasm and vitality for this vocation

Time Commitment:

• Vestry meetings

• Vestry retreat (if applicable)

• Weekly oversight of collection tabulations and deposits

• Diocesan meetings, as necessary

• Annual Meeting

Responsibilities:

• Collect, count and deposit all contributions to the congregation, ensuring that at

least two persons are present at all times during collection and counting

• Assist the Treasurer with all accounts maintained by any organization that is a

part of the congregation ensuring that they follow established accounting

procedures and appropriate safeguards

• Determine that the income portion of the books and accounts of the

congregation are in accordance with standard accounting procedures

and the requirements of the canons

• Ensure that the congregation's financial operations are in accordance

with national and diocesan canons, the congregation's by-laws and state

and federal laws

• Meet regularly with the Treasurer for planning and evaluation

• Develop, and be an active member of, the Finance Committee

• Assist in the development of budgets

• Be available for other committees that might need help in planning

budgets or need other assistance in financial matters

• Fill-in for the Treasurer in cases of absence or inability to perform his/her

required duties (see description for Treasurer)

• Submit a yearly financial report to the vestry and congregation, and more

frequently as requested by the vestry

St. Paul’s Church

update: 15-Feb-2007

Hopkinton, MA 01748

Assistant Treasurer Job Description