Bookkeeper

Film Forum, an internationally recognized nonprofit cinema located in Lower Manhattan, seeks a pro-active, detail-oriented Bookkeeper. Successful candidates will be well organized, comfortable with standard accounting tasks, and have strong interpersonal communication skills. The office is small & friendly, but is a fast-paced and professional environment. This full-time position reports to the Director of Finance, and also works with many departments in the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Handling accounts payable and receivable
• Entering daily sales activity, and balancing deposits
• Analyzing and reporting of daily box office grosses
• Monthly reconciliations of box office grosses
• Recording journal entries
• Reconciling credit card activity with merchant services
• Reconciling monthly bank statements
• Managing contributions, membership, gift cards accounts, and reconciling with those departments monthly
• Assisting in annual audit preparation (July – August)
• Entering payroll and taxes and analyzing payroll account
• Preparing year-end tax reporting
• Analyzing and balancing General Ledger accounts
• Maintaining vendor records, and filing
• Produce financial settlement reports for films
• Corresponding with film distributors and other vendors
• Administrative support to the Finance Department

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2-4 years of accounting or bookkeeping experience; production or nonprofit accounting, a plus.
• Proficiency required in QuickBooks and Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel
• Hard-working, accurate and detail-oriented, with initiative
• Knowledge of Customer Relationship Manager databases a plus; Film Forum uses Tessitura
• Self-motivated with initiative
• Ability to think systematically to find ways to improve financial operations and to create automated systems and processes to make financial reporting more efficient
• Excellent communication skills and collaborative attitude
• Discretion with regard to confidential information