Senior Compliance Accountant

Description

Join a company that truly impacts others!

Hope Media Group is a multi-brand ministry. Every story we share, every event we host, and every song we play is done to engage people to love Jesus, serve others, and spread Hope. Hope Media Group the home of KSBJ, WayFM, Vida Unida and NGEN radio. 

We invite you to apply for our Senior Compliance Auditor position in New Caney, TX (Greater Houston Area), and be a part of our growing ministry to Love Jesus, Serve Others, and Spread Hope. Our team describes our environment as fun, encouraging, collaborative, engaging, caring, family-oriented, and friendly. We would love for you to join us and be part of what God is doing in our ministry! This is an onsite position. 

Job Summary:

The Senior Compliance Auditor serves as a member of the Finance Department and will report directly to the Controller. The Senior Compliance Auditor is responsible for Contract Administration, Compliance, Reporting and Tax filings and ensuring compliance with internal policies and generally accepted accounting practices and all other applicable accounting standards for HMG. The Compliance Auditor will also assist with preparation and accuracy of the financial statements, perform analysis of financial results, providing explanation of variances. 

Essential Functions:

Accounting

• Prepare, maintain, and reconcile accounting records, financial statements, and financial reports
• Reconcile bank statements and balance sheet accounts
• Perform month-end close process
• Prepare and verify journal entries to general ledger
• Assist with annual audit and 990 preparation 
• Support of budget managers in the annual budget process
• Adhere to internal controls, policies and procedures for financial management, and oversight for the organizations
• Study trends to identify potential impact to the organization
• Assist with monthly financial reports by drafting comments and collecting, analyzing and summarizing financial data and trends
• Support analysis of expenses to advise management on financial results and impact of decisions
• Any other duties as assigned
• Maintain the LeaseQuery database and supporting lease documentation by reviewing, assessing and setting up recording new leases in compliance with ASC842. Develop and make the monthly lease entries.
• Timely filing of property and local tax renditions 

Compliance

• Contracts
• Prepare legal documents from FORM database or counsel draft, including contracts, agreements, amendments, termination notices, leases, MOU’s, letters, policies and other such documents as needed
• Maintain and manage legal request intake system
• Monitor, coordinate and communicate contract renewal and termination deadlines with legal stakeholders
• Maintain system application of physical and digital contract files and lease schedules.
• Monitor, coordinate and communicate contract renewal and termination deadlines with legal stakeholders
• Maintain a knowledge base in FCC compliance for contract review.
• Insurance:
• Maintain and manage daily casualty insurance needs for Houston market including COIs, renewals, endorsements, claims etc.
• Coordinate system-wide casualty insurance needs renewals, endorsement through coordination with other local insurance coordinators.
• Facilitate claims and lawsuit administrative process. 
• Legal/Accounting
• Maintain and manage local, state and federal compliance databases as needed including business code, fundraising disclosure, property tax etc. including coordination with other local compliance coordinators.
• Maintain and manage legal services billing with outside counsel and HMG payables.
• Responsible for month-end legal services data reporting.
• Trademark
• Manage Trademark and Copyright matters, overseeing updates for the marketing team.
• Establish direct communication lines with various outside counsel regarding HMG trademarks for all brands.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure streamlined international trademark renewal processes maintaining deadlines.

Demonstrated Faith

• Pray for coworkers in team meetings or with donors/listeners as needed 
• Participate in Support Drives as needed 
• Participate in ministry wide Christian bible studies
• Attend weekly Hope Huddle and team meetings for prayer and devotions 
• Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ. 
• Maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of the organization

Non-Essential Functions:

• Contribute to department and organization special projects as assigned.

Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting 

Experience:

• 5+ years Accounting and compliance experience 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced Excel skills 
• CPA preferred 
• Knowledge of non-profit regulations (Section 501(c)3 organizations), preferred
• Knowledge of state sales and property tax laws and processes preferred
• Experience with contract management, procurement and legal compliance preferred 
• Knowledge of GAAP lease accounting and ASC 842
• Comfortable with databases and manipulating large amounts of data
• Experience reviewing and determining accounting implications of contracts
• Ability to multi-task 
• Strong attention to detail to ensure financial accuracy 
• Ability to maintain confidentiality. 
• Creative, enthusiastic team player.  
• Strong administrative and organizational skills 
• Effective writing skills and excellent grammatical usage and style 
• Excellent interpersonal skill 
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Power Point, Access and AI tool applications 
• Must be an active member of Bible believing local church

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Travel:

• Working Conditions and Environment
• As needed, for conferences and seminars.

Nights/Weekends/Holidays:

• As needed according to deadlines.

Physical Requirements

• Physical Activity may include Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

Full-Time Benefits Offerings:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Savings Accounts
• Short Term Disability/Long Term Disability
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Paid Time Off
• Service Days
• Paid Holidays
• 403B Retirement 
• Group Life Insurance
• Legal Shield/Identity Theft Protection