Bookkeeper/Secretary - Marceline, MO

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Description PARISH: St. Bonaventure Church, Hurricane Branch, Indian Grove LOCATION: Marceline EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Full-Time Hourly (with benefits) Please note: Group insurance and Retirement Plan Eligibility are governed by plan documents. DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE TO: Rev. C.

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PARISH: St. Bonaventure Church, Hurricane Branch, Indian Grove 

LOCATION: Marceline 

EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Full-Time Hourly (with benefits)

Please note: Group insurance and Retirement Plan Eligibility are governed by plan documents.

Responsibilities

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· 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

· All other secretarial duties needed such as scheduling parishioners to meet with Fr. Paschal when needed, running copies of flyers, etc.

· Maintains accurate records of meetings as directed by the pastor (brings principal report/update to meetings; shares important information with the council’s involving diocese/parish by preparing packets a week prior to their meetings and keeping them up to date on financial situations)

· Keeps vital statistics for the parish (including IG and HB)

  •  Statistics including but not limited to:
  1. Sacraments
  2. Deaths
  3. Marriages
  4. Council Minutes
  5. Virtus Training – making sure those who need Virtus training also has their training done as well as any other training and certs needed to volunteer/work
  6. Mass parishioner counts – report turned in monthly

· Keeps pastor informed of vital concerns within the parish

· Creates a weekly Bulletin and Monthly Calendar for St. Bon, HB, and IG and makes sure that the Bulletins are emailed, published to our site, and placed in the Churches.

· Keeps records of Bulletins and makes sure they are published each year

· Schedules Mass Intentions and makes sure they are paid for and deposited for St. Bon, HB, & IG

· Schedules Eucharistic ministers and Liturgical Ministers

· Maintains a positive relationship with parish council and other volunteers

· Maintains a reasonable inventory of church supplies

· Handles routine questions about policies and procedures of the Parish

· Assist with payroll/onboarding when needed

· Obtain payroll reporting for QuickBooks

· Assist onboarding for new employees

· Help employees with Paylocity and walk them thru on how to use Paylocity

· Make sure FMLA, Term, New Hire, Workers Comp, etc. paperwork is sent to the correct place.

· Prepare bank deposits and records of receipts

· Make sure all finances are logged and tracked in QuickBooks

· Reconcile all accounts

· Run 10% Tithe reports monthly

· Run Quarterly and Yearly reports

· Prepare vouchers, including coding and payment of outstanding invoices for the Church, Rectory, and School

· Bills IG, HB, and IC for the priests salary and mileage for reimbursement as well as Priest Institutes and Retreats

· Year End Financials for the Diocese and any other reports the Diocese may ask for

· Prepares financial statements as requested

· Prepare tax statements for the parish yearly

· Makes sure all Parishes (St. Bon, HB, and IG) are following Diocese guidelines and passes along any new information or flyers that come from the Diocese 

· Attends training seminars when they arise

· Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

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· Computer and organizational skills

· Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel

· 3-5 years previous training or experience as a bookkeeper/finances

· Experience with QuickBooks is a plus

· Ability to maintain confidentiality

· Intermediate and accurate mathematical skills

· Great people skills

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job
Marceline, USA
On-site at the office

Listing Details

Posted
February 4, 2026
First seen
May 6, 2026
Last seen
May 9, 2026

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