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Board of Retirement Seeks Accounting Representative

Antioch, Tennessee—The Board of Retirement is seeking to fill a full-time office position for accounting administrator. The position will require, but is not limited to: accounting, bookkeeping, promotion, and personal finance education. Travel will also be required. The applicant must be willing to relocate to the Nashville, Tennessee, area.

Job Title: Accounting Administrator

Skills and Strengths: Should have positive attitude, be a team player, a creative problem solver, and a self-starter. He should be dependable, detail oriented, possess excellent organizational skills, and be comfortable multi-tasking.

Description of Position:

• Responsible for accounting/bookkeeping
  

• Maintain and updating our custom database
  

• Travel and promotion of office
  

• Weekly payroll
  

• Responsible for filing 1099s at end of year and 941 and 945 reporting
  

• Must become expert in 403(b)(9) plans as well as other types of retirement
  

• Financial reporting
  

• Responding to clients’ emails and phone calls in a professional and knowledgeable manner
  

• Presentations for office

Qualifications

• Be a follower of Christ
  

• BS in accounting, business administration or like field
  

• Experience working in accounting/bookkeeping
  

• Skills in Excel and Lotus
  

• Good oral and written communications
  

• Strong financial understanding
  

• Strong personal finance philosophy
  

• Willingness to travel
  

• Have relationship with Free Will Baptists

Bonus

• CPA or MBA
  

• Working knowledge of FileMaker Database programming

If interested in the position please send the following to John Brummitt: resume, personal/professional references, Christian testimony, and personal finance philosophy.

Mail: Board of Retirement, Attention: John Brummitt, PO Box 5002, Antioch, TN 37011

Email: john@nafwb.org

Family Ministries to Sponsor Regional Conference

Greenville, TN—Free Will Baptist Family Ministries will sponsor a regional conference September 28-29, to address the theme, “Defending Biblical Marriage and Traditional Marriage in a World of Shifting Values.” The conference will begin and end at noon.

Keynote speakers include Dr. David Gibbs III, President and General Counsel of the National Center for Life and Liberty; Dr. Matt Pinson, president of Welch College; and Dr. Eddie Moody, Christian pastor, counselor, and chairman of the Psychology program at East Carolina University.

Registration is free for pastors and church leaders, and lodging is available. For more information, visit www.fwbfm.com or call (423) 470-2100 (conference) or (423) 278-1562 (lodging).