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Donation Processing Specialist (Contract)

Ashanti

Position : Donation Processing Specialist (Contract)

Donation Processing Specialist (Contract)

Summary: Perform offline gift data entry as assigned for the Payments team

Responsibilities:

Support the Payments team in ensuring all manual offline donations are entered quickly and accurately into our database (CiviCRM) as well as small administrative tasks as needed. Examples of data assignments:
Provide batch summary reports to Finance monthly (END/WMF)
Update soft credits in Civi monthly for paypal giving fund deposits
Check the weekly flag files from Lock box provider and communication to stakeholders
Printed Check processing
Updating any canceled checks in CRM database
Send check scans to Engage to create import file and once received - import
Perform data entry of manual offline revenue streams, providing data files when applicable to the gift stream such as:
Complete data entry for Lock Box vendor, matching gifts and Donor Advised Fund gifts (check gifts)
Data entry into 3 import files weekly
Complete data entry for Paypal Grant DAF EFT gifts
Review and update donor information in the database to make sure donor data associated with offline gifts is entered correctly into CiviCRM and that all data is up to date and accurate
Coordinate with Gift Processing Specialist and lock box vendor to process offline donations efficiently, accurately, and in a timely manner to ensure a positive donor experience
Complete thank you letter mail merges and supply to mail house weekly
Assist with other donation processing activities as assigned

Required profile for job ad : Donation Processing Specialist (Contract)

Skills and Experience

2-4 years of experience in fundraising
Experience managing a database and comfortable using a CRM
Comfortable in Excel and working with high volume of donations
Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and accountability
Organized, efficient, and consistently meets deadlines
Detail-oriented and a fact checker
Resourceful problem solver who finds ways around roadblocks
Ability to maintain confidentiality of donor information
A team player with strong communications skills
Knowledge of fundraising campaigns
Team player, who cares deeply about his or her own work
Highly motivated and enthusiastic; Not easily discouraged

Job criteria for job ad : Donation Processing Specialist (Contract)

Job Sector

IT, software engineering, Internet

Job Category

Accounting, controlling, finance

Job Region

Ashanti - Brong Ahafo - Central - Eastern - Greater Accra - Northern - Upper East - Upper West - Volta - Western - International

Job Type

Fixed-term contract

Educational Requirements

Bachelor

Experience Requirements

2 to 5 years

Skills Needed

finance
controlling
accounting

About Employer

About the Wikimedia Foundation The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive. The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.