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The Finance & HR Lead will provide hands-on leadership for New Hope Church’s financial and human-resource operations. This includes overseeing accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, banking, internal controls and compliance; supporting staff and ministry leaders with financial insight and resources; and managing key financial relationships, systems and processes.

On the HR side, this role will oversee staff payroll, benefits, insurance, and HR systems while helping support hiring, onboarding and offboarding processes. The Finance & HR Lead will also supervise the Finance Assistant, collaborate closely with the senior pastor and ministry leaders and serve the finance and personnel committees.

Above all, this role will help ensure that NHC’s financial and human resources are stewarded with wisdom, integrity, excellence and a heart for advancing the church’s mission.

NHC Staff

• Lover of Christ and His Church
• Be a champion of NHC’s Statement of Faith, vision and mission and ministries
• Work collaboratively with other NHC ministry leaders to cultivate partnership and effectiveness
• Participate and invest in NHC staff team and congregation
• Embrace additional opportunities as assigned to contribute to NHC’s ministry impact

Finance

• Provide hands-on oversight to all accounting functions, maintaining accurate records of revenue and expenses
• Innovate and administrate financial processes and systems that promote accuracy, efficiency and accessibility
• Serve the staff, ELT and congregation by creating regular financial reports and being a financial resource
• Ensure proper internal financial controls, policies, separation of duties and regulatory compliance
• Manage the church’s funds between external bank and investment accounts and internal designated accounts
• Oversee finance assistant’s management of accounts payable, ministry deposits and church giving platforms
• Recruit, train and oversee weekly offering counting teams
• Work alongside the senior pastor to lead the yearly budgeting process and ongoing budget decisions
• Advise finance and personnel committees, providing insight and initiative
• Resource external and internal auditors by providing access, information and follow up adjustments
• Develop and maintain relationships with select banks and vendors for ongoing needs and special projects
• Current key relationships: Wells Fargo, Christian Investors Financial, Guide One Insurance, One-Digital
• Be a student of church, technology and market in order to envision ways to drive NHC forward
• Current Technology Platforms: Church Community Builder, Pushpay, Zenefits, ADP, Peachtree, Excel

Human Resources

• Oversee selection, implementation and administration of staff benefits and insurances
• Administrate HR platforms to manage staff payroll, hours, time off and benefits
• Provide benefits expertise and HR support for all staff
• Assist in shaping job descriptions, search processes and interviews
• Collaborate with senior pastor and other staff leaders to oversee onboarding and offboarding of staff

PROFILE OF PREFERENCE

• Committed to NHC as a local church and eligible for church membership
• Exceptional wisdom, discernment and culturally responsive leadership
• High attention to detail and resourcefulness
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting or finance
• Proven leadership and experience managing complex organizational finances; non-profit experience preferred
• Knowledge of accounting, HR and religious organization best practices, including clergy dynamics
• Innovative, resourceful and driven
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and grasp of finance and HR technology integrations
• High integrity and confidentiality

About this Church

New Hope Church (NHC) is a Christ-centered community for all peoples, moving toward Jesus and taking others with us. A legacy church of the Evangelical Free Church of America, we are in the greater Minneapolis area, care deeply about our region and enjoy meaningful partnerships around the world. We seek to be a congregation growing together, reaching out and giving all.