Staff Accountant

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New York, NY, US

Salary Range: $75,000.00 To $82,500.00 Annually

We believe jazz is a metaphor for Democracy. Because jazz is improvisational, it celebrates personal freedom and encourages individual expression. Because jazz is swinging, it dedicates that freedom to finding and maintaining common ground with others. Because jazz is rooted in the blues, it inspires us to face adversity with persistent optimism.

Jazz is one of America’s most profound and enduring cultural contributions, inseparable from the story of this country, its history, its struggles, its democratic ideals, and its continuing evolution. We are stewards of that legacy. The three pillars of our work—
performance
, education
, and advocacy
— are one mission expressed three ways, each reinforcing and requiring the other two. You cannot perform without honoring the history that gives the music meaning. You cannot educate without the conviction that what you are teaching deserves to outlast you. You cannot advocate without the lived experience of the art itself. We look for people who feel that wholeness in full, across all three pillars.

The Staff Accountant is responsible for the financial processing and reporting of various monthly accounting transactions, ensuring accurate, timely posting to the ledger in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. They will maintain balance sheet accounts; reconcile asset accounts including cash and other contributed income.

• Manage the tracking, depositing, reporting, and reconciling of all contributed income.
• Review and recognize deferred ticket revenue from ticket sales. Track promotional expenditures charged back from 3rd party distributor.

• Prepare bank reconciliations. Calculate cost of goods sold and keep track of inventory.
• Analyze and reconcile balance sheet and income accounts monthly.
• Prepare adjusting journal entries as needed.
• Maintain the fixed asset schedule and prepare monthly depreciation expense entry.
• Review monthly results and adjust as required with input from operations personnel.

• Assist in the preparation of schedules and work papers for the annual audit.
• In conjunction with the CFO, Controller, and Director of Accounting, develop, implement, and maintain accounting policies and procedures.
• Assist in the preparation of schedules and materials for the annual operating budget cycle.
• Handle other duties and/or projects as required.

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of six years of professional accounting experience.
• Superior system skills including the ability to handle, merge and convert large data files between systems.
• Exemplary attention to detail, strong, organizational, reporting and general math skills.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask and manage various priorities and projects in a deadline-oriented environment.
• Ability to handle financial information with discretion.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships within the Finance department and with other departments.

• Prior experience in non-profit accounting.
• Prior experience with Oracle Net Suite, Tessitura, and Adyen systems.
• Knowledge of or interest in and appreciation of jazz and jazz culture.

The music is present here, literally and philosophically, and the…