225 – 50e Avenue, Lachine, QC H8T 2T7 | Phone: 1-800-268-3781 or (514) 634-7015

Brian Ruse

Finance and office Administrator

Phone: 1-800-268-3781 Ext. 6151
Email: BRuse@united-church.ca

Brian Ruse is the Finance and Office Administrator for Conseil régional Nakonha:ka Regional Council (Region 13).  His primary responsibilities are the management of Region 13 finances and providing administrative support for meetings of Finance & Property, Mission Support, Bursary and Sabbatical Leave teams, and the Finance & Extension Board.

More specifically, Brian’s role is to:

Provide management (accounting support) of Region 13 finances

  • Prepare requisitions for and send all Region 13 cheques and charitable receipts
  • Receive and deposit all Region 13 receipts
  • Post all Region 13 transactions to Sage accounting software
  • Provide regular financial reports and monthly bank reconciliations 

Provide administrative support to Region 13 Mission Support and Bursary Committees

  • Ensure current application forms are distributed
  • Ensure that appropriate documentation is received to support grant applications (e.g. financial statements, reports of activities) and follow up if applications are not complete
  • Compile and assemble all proposal materials in preparation for review by the Committee
  • Make all meeting arrangements with applicants
  • Prepare and distribute letters to applicants informing them of funding decisions
  • Distribute cheques (quarterly for Mission Support)

Provide administrative support to Trust and Funds (Erskine & American Mountainside, F.W. Kelley, Good Samaritan, Trois Rivières, Bhal-Yun, Grand-Mère, etc.)

  • Ensure that appropriate documentation is received to support grants
  • Distribute cheques as required

Provide administrative support for the issuance of F & E Board Sabbatical and Bursary grants

  • Ensure current application forms are distributed
  • Ensure that appropriate documentation is received to support grants (transcripts, etc.)
  • Distribute cheques as required