Accountant, Bookkeeper​/ Accounting Clerk, Accounts Receivable​/ Collections

Nine PBS:
Accountant

Who We Are:

As an essential community institution, we magnify and deepen understanding of our community to help St. Louis flourish. We believe St. Louis is strongest when we work together toward a shared vision. By rallying around a common purpose, we move beyond barriers that have previously hindered our progress and take collective action toward meaningful, lasting impact.

We are a community‑licensed public media organization with more than 70 years of service to the St. Louis region. For generations, Nine PBS has been a trusted and enduring presence by connecting people through educational programming, meaningful storytelling, and shared experiences that reflect the needs and aspirations of our community.

Everything we do is rooted in our four core values:
Community, Trust, Equity, and Learning. These values shape how we care for one another as teammates and how we engage with our community. We believe meaningful impact begins with listening, understanding, and creating spaces where everyone feels seen, valued, and connected.

Every employee plays a role in advancing our human‑centered culture to ensure staff feel welcomed, supported, and empowered to thrive both personally and professionally. We believe work should be a joyful journey – one where collaboration, curiosity, creativity, and shared purpose inspire us to do our best work together.

We are proud of the talented individuals who make up our teams and the passion they show each day in service to our community. We walk with swagger and believe that we are “a really big deal!”

The Accountant role supports the financial stability and integrity of Nine PBS by performing day‑to‑day accounting functions across general ledger accounting, accounts payable, and accounts receivable. This role works collaboratively across departments, follows organizational accounting policies, and adheres to financial policies, internal controls, and established procedures. A strong understanding of bookkeeping is required.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail‑oriented, collaborative, and eager to learn. They approach their work with professionalism, discretion, and a service mindset.

The following primary responsibilities are vital to successfully meeting the expectations of this role in an effective and efficient manner. This is not an exhaustive list and areas of focus may fluctuate between the primary and secondary responsibilities, as needed.

• Monitor the Accounts Payable email inbox.
• Process accounts payable including vendor set up, ensuring proper approvals, accurately coding, and entering invoices into a computerized accounting system.
• Manage invoices and payments related to vendors that are set up for autopay or electronic payments outside of Ramp software.
• Process employee company credit card transactions, which currently exist in Ramp. This includes ensuring accurate coding, documentation, and approvals for each transaction.
• Maintain new vendor documentation including W‑9’s and vendor questionnaires.
• Process accounts receivable billing including generating invoices and entering them into the computerized accounting system for distribution.
• Process incoming cash receipts related to accounts receivables.
• Follow‑up on all past due accounts receivable by collaborating with appropriate internal contact. This includes sending monthly AR aging reports to the appropriate personnel.
• Prepare bank reconciliations.
• Prepare the labor distribution report in order to record payroll in the accounting system.
• Prepare the insurance and pension allocations.
• Manage fixed assets including depreciation schedules and asset retirements.
• Assist with monthly closing entries and relevant balance sheet schedules.

These are additional activities that are expected to be performed within this position.

• Serve as backup support for check and cash deposits that arrive at the station.
• Serve as backup support for other general administrative tasks.
• Other duties as assigned.

Associate’s degree preferred, with three years of accounts payable and/or…