Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant
The Senior Accountant is responsible for many of the organization’s day-to-day accounting functions including bank account and general ledger reconciliations, credit card management, preparing journal entries, assistance with accounts payable/accounts receivable activities, recording investment activity, coordination of the annual audit, and preparing financial reports as requested. This position reports to the Controller.

Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Equity 
At Pittsburgh Public Theater, we aim to ensure that every individual who enters our space feels seen, heard, and valued. Our employees’ experiences and perspectives are key to our success, and we believe inclusion is everyone’s responsibility. Ideal candidates will contribute to a work environment that supports and nourishes the lives and experiences of our staff, community, and all those with whom we partner. Ideal candidates must be willing to broaden their multicultural competency and knowledge in support of our diversity, inclusion, and equity commitment. The Associate General Manager will join our team in working toward a welcoming, safe, multiculturally competent workplace.

Compensation
This is a full-time position with some flexibility to work remotely. The salary range for the position is $65,000-72,500, plus benefits.

Benefits include flexible work schedule and flexibility to work remotely; health insurance subsidized by Pittsburgh Public Theater ($682/month) with 5 plans available; dental and vision insurance 100% paid for by Pittsburgh Public Theater; paid time off (vacation, sick, and personal days), and 9 paid holidays; 401k retirement plan, with a 1% employer match available; discounted parking lease available for $165/month; unlimited monthly bus pass available for purchase; and four free tickets per Pittsburgh Public Theater production.

Role Tasks and Responsibilities

• Enter and process vendor invoices in Sage Intacct accounting software as they are received both physically and electronically

• Ensure invoice coding and allocation is correct as per our general ledger

• Process and mail vendor checks for weekly A/P run

• Vendor setup and maintenance

• Provide timely/accurate reports from the Sage accounting software as requested

• Processing donation and ticketing receipts via Tessitura subledger, and enter into Sage A/R ledger

• Issue monthly statements to delinquent customers

• Managing Company Credit Cards – transaction management, maintaining Sage/bill.com integration, monitoring user access, budget maintenance, ensuring items and coded and receipted in a timely manner, syncing transactions to accounting software.

• Provide timely/accurate reports from the Sage accounting software for the development department or other operational purposes

• Work with Controller on financial forecasting, including cash flow projection

• Create journal entries to properly account for payroll, benefits, unemployment, postage, and other expenses.

• Review and approve donation and ticketing receipts via Tessitura subledger

• Participate in month-end closing process, including account analysis/reconciliation

• Record all monthly investment activity, maintain investment schedule

• Maintaining and tracking balances of restricted funds

• Participate in the annual budgeting process

• Assistance with annual independent audit, 990, and other compliance activities

• Other accounting tasks, as requested

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting

• At least three years of non-profit accounting experience

• Knowledge of general financial accounting, including adherence to generally accepted accounting principles.

• Proficient with Sage accounting software, Paylocity payroll software, preferred

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Proficient in Microsoft 365

• Comfort with high-pressure, fast-paced situations.

• Ability to model and practice the values of artistic excellence, joyful collaboration, and resolute respect – especially when faced with challenges – through constructive, clear, solution-focused communication with fellow staff, supervisors, guest artists, and any other individual involved in the work at hand

• Possess an appreciation of the arts and passion for advancing the theater's mission

• Ability to demonstrate and support the Theater’s racial justice efforts by applying anti-racist tools and practices to individual and departmental processes and systems, and to contribute to a work environment that encourages knowledge of, respect for, and engagement with persons of all cultures, identities, and backgrounds (for more information see www.ppt.org/racialjustice)

Physical Requirements

• May need to occasionally move small boxes of records weighing up to 20 pounds throughout office or within 50 feet as part of the record retention and storage process.