Our mission is prophetically reimagining the Church by incubating new ministries, centering the margins of the Church, and accompanying one another through prophetic discernment and ministry formation.

Juniper Formation is invested in shared liberation and disrupting the cornerstones of oppression; and committed to radical love and justice for the diversity of God’s creation, especially the marginalized and oppressed. Our ministry is womxn-led, multiethnic and antiracist, affirming of undocumented neighbors, celebrating of different abilities, and Open & Affirming of LGBTQ+ individuals and families in the life and leadership of our church. We are centering the margins of the Church.

Our ministry and financial model prioritizes people and relationships. In practice, this means a progressive, just, and equitable staff compensation structure; supporting people starting new ministries by co-creating ministry projects together and offering contract pay and ministry project expenses; and leveraging our financial resources to address historic and present-day wealth inequality and discrimination in the Church; and centering the margins of the Church in ministry. Our ministry is supported by donations, grants, and fees for service. 

Position Overview: The Juniper Formation Bookkeeper maintains accurate financial records and processes in support of our mission, values, and ethos. This includes, but is not limited to: donor, grant, and fee for service records and processes; accounts payable; donor restricted and unrestricted contributions and disbursements; expense reimbursements; payroll; financial reports, budgets, and compliance; 

This is an hourly position of approximately 10 hours/month on average. See below for more details.

Position Responsibilities:

• Process payroll for staff and contractors, including quarterly reporting required by law
• Maintain donor and grant records, including managing restricted funds
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports
• Meet monthly with the Leadership Team to report on financial activities, status, and forecasts
• Work with staff and Leadership Team to support fundraising efforts, grant proposals, and campaigns
• Maintain records of financial transactions by establishing accounts,  posting transactions, and ensuring legal requirements compliance.
• Develop systems to account for and tell the story of ministry finances that align with ministry mission, values, and ethos. Including, but not limited to financial transactions, updating chart of accounts, and co-creating bookkeeping policies and procedures.
• Maintain and balance subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting transactions, and reconciling entries.
• Maintains and balances general ledger by transferring subsidiary account summaries, preparing a trial balance, and reconciling entries.
• Maintains historical records by filing documents.
• Prepares regular financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends. (monthly, quarterly, annual)
• Maintain new hire documents, staff and contract payroll, and compliance 
• Manage fee for service invoicing and billing, donations, and grants, including restricted and unrestricted funds in coordination with Minister of Prophetic Formation
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying requirements; enforcing adherence to requirements; filing reports; advising management on needed actions.

Hours & Context: The first few months will require a higher hourly investment to get to know one another, the ministry, and financials; and to update current books and systems. After this initial establishment period, we anticipate an average of 10 hours/month, which will expand as Juniper Formation grows.

Hours are flexible, we do not have standard “office hours,” and all of our staff work from home/remotely.

Juniper Formation is an entrepreneurial ministry context, which means we prioritize co-creating, rather than adhering to long-established expectations. We seek to co-create ways of being together that deeply integrate our mission, values, and ethos, which may be counter-cultural to unjust and inequitable traditional institutional systems and structures. 

Compensation: This is an hourly, contract position. Juniper Formation is committed to equitable and just compensation for all employees, and our minimum wage for any position is $25/hour. Hourly compensation for this position will be identified through a transparent and collaborative process where the candidate and Juniper Formation hiring manager will complete a written assessment comparing and evaluating the position description with the candidate’s relevant experience and knowledge, and then align this assessment with Juniper Formation’s pay structure to identify an hourly wage together.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Relational
• Motivated by a mixture of self-directed, independent, and co-creative work as part of a larger ministry team.
• Ability to co-create mission-aligned systems and policy 
• Information analysis
• Creative thinking and flexibility 
• Energized by new ideas and opportunities, and able to engage the complexities of aligning systems and ministry opportunities with mission, values, and ethos
• Reporting research results
• Data entry
• Accounting
• Ethical and transparent accounting practices, including alignment with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS)
• Confidentiality
• Attention to Detail

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field
• Previous bookkeeping experience (2-5 years)
• Experience and comfort with Quickbooks Online and Google Drive (Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides)
• Experience working with nonprofits and churches, grants, and restricted funds 
• CPA, Master’s in a related field or related certification is a plus, but not required