Staff Accountant at Chicago Children's Museum

Position: Staff Accountant

Department: Finance and IT

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer

About Chicago Children's Museum: About Chicago Children's Museum: Chicago Children's Museum (CCM) is committed to improving children's lives by creating a community where play and learning connect. We embrace creativity and collaboration, we never stop learning, and we remember to stop and play along the way. CCM's staff is a dedicated group of curious individuals who embrace the playful spirit of childhood. Every employee is empowered to reach their potential and be recognized for the impact they have on our organization, visitors, and the community we serve. Over its 42-year history, Chicago Children's Museum has provided innovative exhibits, arts programs, STEM experiments, imaginative play, and more to over 11 million children and their caregivers. Located at Navy Pier, the museum is intentionally designed for experimentation, creativity, and the universal pursuits of childhood. CCM focuses on accessibility, inclusion, and learning for all children, ensuring valuable and memorable experiences for all visitors.

General Job Function: The Staff Accountant communicates policy and procedure to the organization that supports accountability and proper performance of stewardship over CCM's assets. The staff accountant processes all transactional accounting information, performs general accounting functions, and provides internal and external customers with financial analyses and reports.

Principal Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Processes transactional accounting data for assigned areas of responsibility. Areas of responsibility include, but not limited to, accounts payables, payroll, cash management, cash receipts, and petty cash.
• Prepares account reconciliations for assigned balance sheet and income statement accounts.
• Prepares journal entries and account analyses, as necessary, to ensure proper accountability and internal control of CCM's assets.
• Performs monthly close procedures to provide management with CCM financial results on a monthly basis.
• Provides internal and external customers with accounting support, including but not limited to reports, analyses, and manpower.
• Supports the museum's work in diversity, equity, access and inclusion and actively ensures that DEAI principles are upheld in all work with fellow staff, visitors, community and other external partners.
• Enthusiasm for learning and mastering new skills on an ongoing basis; willingness to be informed/certified/trained through institution-offered courses and to work within Diversity, Equity, Access, Inclusion (DEAI) frameworks and actively engage in learning about these frameworks
• Perform special projects, as necessary.

Position Qualifications

• B.S. or B.A. in Accountancy or comparable experience
• 5yrs experience A/R, A/P, journal entries, reconciliations without degree or 1-2 years accounting experience with degree
• Strong Organizational Skills
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles & basics
• Strong computer skills with demonstrated proficiency in spreadsheets
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• High value of ethics, dependability, and reliability
• Possess an equity mindset and cultural humility
• Positive can do attitude
• Strong teamwork values, cooperation, and professionalism are essential

Salary Range: $50,000-$55,000 per year.

Hours: This is a full-time/exempt position, working an average of 37.5 hours per week. This is a hybrid position with 3 days on-site and 2 days remote.

Benefits:

This position is eligible for very competitive medical, dental, vision, Life, Long-term Disability, and Short-term Disability insurances, 401k after six months of service with matching contributions pending eligibility, as well as 14 days PTO and 12 Sick Days annually (accrued monthly).

Don't check off every box in the requirements listed above? Please apply anyway! Studies have shown that marginalized communities - such as women, LGBTQ+ and people of color - are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Chicago Children's Museum shares an enthusiasm for learning and mastering new skills on an ongoing basis – so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still consider submitting an application.

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