Accountant

Responsibilities

• Prepares account reconciliations, clears all outstanding items from reconciling schedules, including all receivable related accounts to MoMA and associated suspense, allowance, clearance, and discount accounts.
• Applies payments to underlying customer records including cash, wires, and checks utilizing account payment applications.
• Processes credit card transactions from all revenue channels on an as needed basis.
• Covers the bill collection process, including initiating and monitoring the process of collecting for accounts extremely overdue by notifying the billing department and assisting during the collection period, including follow-up and reporting.
• Coordinates the bill collection process, including initiating and monitoring the process of collecting for accounts extremely overdue by notifying the billing department and assisting during the collection period, including follow-up and reporting.
• Generates monthly aging reports with reserve calculations.
• Creates month end prepaid and cash journal entries.
• Reconciles income statement and balance sheet general ledger accounts as required and assists with variance analysis.
• Maintains all receivables to the Museum, including lease tenants and auxiliary revenue streams (e.g., restaurant relationship).
• Calculates and maintains all receivables to the Museum, including lease tenants and auxiliary revenue streams (e.g., restaurant relationship).
• Supports the Manager of Investments, Fixed Assets and Donor Accounting with uploading monthly investment journal entries and fixed asset tasks.
• Implements the use of business intelligence systems to ensure process optimization.
• Develops a highly customer service focused environment with an anticipatory, participative, cooperative operating style.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting and minimum of three to five years accounting experience, preferably in a museum or not-for-profit environment.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP accounting and accounts receivable policies/procedures.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-starter and strong detail orientation with highly organized work habits.
• Experience and proficiency in Certinia (Accounting System) a plus.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and etc.), Word, and PowerPoint.
• Prioritizes and works efficiently with multiple priorities simultaneously with sound judgement in a fast-paced accounting environment.
• On-site presence is required four days per week, subject to change at management's discretion.
• This position is in scope of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI) DSS, therefore, any offer of employment for this position will be contingent on the satisfactory completion of a criminal background check.