Gift Administration Coordinator

Gift Administration Coordinator

The UND Alumni Association & Foundation is seeking a Gift Administration Coordinator to play a key role in ensuring our donors contributions are efficiently and accurately recorded acknowledged and aligned with their philanthropic intent.

In this position youll focus on the gift entry process maintain the accuracy of our Salesforce CRM adhere to gift entry policies and uphold donor satisfaction through timely acknowledgments. Youll work with resolving data issues performing donor research and supporting seamless communication to enhance the donor experience.

Were looking for someone who thrives on precision and embraces challenges. If youre adaptable committed to excellence and excited to contribute to a culture of gratitude and generosity we want to hear from you!

The Gift Administration Coordinator is responsible for recording and acknowledging gifts to the UND Alumni Association & Foundation to ensure that charitable contributions are efficiently and accurately processed. This individual ensures efficiency and timeliness in processing donor information and donations using best practices to maintain optimal data integrity as well as performs other financial responsibilities. This position plays a key role in maintaining Salesforce integrity and in maintaining donor communication and satisfaction through timely donor acknowledgement. This position exercises independent judgment in applying organizational policies charitable giving regulations and gift administration standards to ensure gifts are recorded accurately and in accordance with donor intent and regulatory requirements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

GIFTS

1. Responsible for recording gifts to ensure compliance with gift policy and coding protocols for each gift to be credited in a manner that enables the fulfillment of the donors intent and the donor is properly acknowledged.
2. Develop and maintain a working knowledge of IRS charitable giving regulations gift administration best practices organizational policies and reporting standards to ensure gifts are processed accurately and compliantly.
3. Perform gift adjustments and write offs of donors pledges as needed.
4. Coordinates matching gift program and ensuring that matching gift payments are properly entered into the system.
5. Perform detailed research on wide-ranging ad hoc requests for information regarding gifts including but not limited to providing clarity on donor intent.
6. Respond to department gift questions.
7. Ensure the integrity of financial information maintenance of gift donor and other financial data in compliance with applicable regulations and reporting guidelines.
8. Other projects assigned through supervisor.

EVENTS

1. Process event registrations and related payments ensuring transactions are accurately recorded and documented.
2. Prepare sponsorship invoices process related payments and monitor outstanding sponsorship commitments to support timely collection of event revenue.
3. Apply organizational policies and charitable giving regulations to event registrations and sponsorships including determining and recording charitable and non-charitable portions of payments and ensuring appropriate donor receipting and acknowledgements.
4. Respond to event registration sponsorship and payment inquiries and assist in resolving related issues.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Education: Associate degree in a Business-related field. Technical training and/or work experience can be considered in lieu of a degree.

Experience: Minimum of three years relevant work experience preferred

PHYSICAL & COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS

Ability to operate computers telephones and other standard office equipment. Ability to focus and complete work in a timely manner. Ability to occasionally bend stoop squat and lift or move objects up to 10 pounds.

COMPETENCIES

• Ability to interpret and apply gift administration policies charitable giving regulations and reporting standards to complex gift situations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Proactive self-starter results focused.
• Proven ability to prioritize projects and workflow and to use independent judgment to make decisions regarding daily operations.
• Resourceful dependable and willing to take initiative.
• Experience in exercising discretion and judgment and in maintaining the security of confidential and sensitive information and materials.
• Regularly produces accurate thorough professional work.
• Exercises a professional approach with others using appropriate tools of communication demonstrated ability to compose business correspondence.
• Strong keyboarding skills: proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word Excel) functionality as well as general office equipment knowledge.

Benefits:

The UND Alumni Association & Foundation supports employees through a highly competitive total compensation package that includes competitive pay and an excellent benefits package along with career growth opportunities and supports work-life blend for our employees.

Benefits at UNDAAF includes health insurance with employer contributions towards premium retirement plan with generous employer contributions employer paid life and long-term disability insurance paid holidays generous paid time off policy paid volunteer opportunities EAP UND tuition waiver summer hours. Other elective benefits available: flexible benefits plans dental vision STD cancer care hospital indemnity accident insurance voluntary life insurance for spouse and dependents.

The UND Alumni Association & Foundation recognizes that work-life blend is an important component of a larger picture of life responsibilities obligations goals and interests. We will make every effort in creating a work-life blend model that reflects life situations while also ensuring maximum productivity.

Statement:

In compliance with federal law all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the US and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. This position does not support Visa sponsorship for continued employment.