Accountant, Financial Reporting, Accounts Receivable​/ Collections

Overview

The Accountant is primarily responsible for managing and recording daily financial transactions including the preparation of the bi-weekly payroll allocation into the general ledger, assists finance managers in the monthly and yearly financial close process including reconciliations, and assists in the annual operating and capital budgeting process.

• Record daily bank transactions (deposits and payments) in GL
• Prepare the bi-weekly allocation of payroll data to the GL
• Process cash receipts (deposit checks, cash) as necessary
• Enter wire payments in accounting software and electronic donations in fundraising software
• Enter daily museum retail store activity in GL
• Review AP and AR aging reports and follow up with staff responsible for pending transactions
• Invoice outside entities for accounts receivable
• Assist finance managers in the monthly, and yearly financial close process including account reconciliation
• Assist in annual budgeting process

You are patient and open-minded with positive and effective verbal and written communication skills. You enjoy working in a collaborative, goal oriented, and time sensitive environment. You love solving problems and creating new ways of accomplishing tasks that meet the needs of all stakeholders. You set challenging goals and achieve them while also taking advantage of promising opportunities.

• B.
  
  A. or B.S. in Accounting or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3 or more years of accounting experience. Not for profit experience a plus.
• Strong computer skills with proficiency in Word and Excel; advanced Excel skills including v-lookups and pivot tables.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work responsibly with confidential information.
• Proficiency with cloud-based accounting software and other accounting applications.
• Experience in organizations with 10+M budgets preferable

The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) is an audience-centered, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone is welcome. Mia is mission driven, generous, agile, emotionally aware, and positive, and endeavors to create a workplace culture where staff are responsible for one another, to our visitors, and to themselves to do the best work possible.

Health and Wellness: Mia offers comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, and vision coverage. We have a wellness and employee assistance program to support your overall wellbeing.

Financial Security: We provide financial peace of mind with a variety of options, including a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for health expenses and a Dependent Care Account (DCA) for dependent care expenses. Our 403(b) Retirement + Savings Plan includes a percentage of salary contribution from Mia after two years of employment (and minimum hours and age eligibility requirements are met).

Additional Perks: In addition to paid vacation, personal, sick days, enjoy a balanced work-life with a 37.5-hour work week and 13 paid holidays.

Join Mia and enjoy a workplace that values your health, financial security, and personal development, all while contributing to a vibrant cultural institution.

Mia is committed to championing policies and practices that value diversity, foster equity, and empower an accessible and inclusive environment. Our strength lies in the diversity among the broad range of people who contribute their time and talents to Mia. We consider inclusion and accessibility a driver of institutional excellence and seek out diversity of participation, thought, and action. It is our aim, therefore, that our employees, trustees, interns, and volunteers reflect and embrace these core values.

Mia is recognized by the Age-Friendly Institute’s Certified Age Friendly Employer (CAFÉ) program that identifies organizations committed to being the best places to work for employees aged 50+.

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