Accountant

The Peninsula Women’s Chorus, a leading Bay Area women’s choral organization for nearly 60 years, is seeking a part-time accountant. The primary duties of the accountant include reviewing, correcting, and maintaining financial records using QuickBooks Online and preparing reports for the board. The accountant is expected to perform a wide variety of tasks ranging from routine bookkeeping entries for transactions, to verifying the work of others, to preparing and analyzing reports to providing analysis and recommendations on financial concerns.

Time commitment: an average of 20 hours per month, including regular monthly activities and ad hoc activities.

Specific job tasks include:
monthly transaction review and data entry, including corrective actions with director of operations
bank reconciliation
maintaining the chorus books and tracking against budget
maintaining and improving chorus financial policies and procedures
attending boarding meetings when requested to provide financial analysis and reports for board members and report on finances
responding to ad-hoc queries from director of operations and finance committee
preparing reports for board meetings, grant applications and grant reports

Preferred qualifications:
Familiarity with QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online
Familiarity with non-profit accounting and taxes
Prior experience with an arts organization
Ability to prepare and maintain all tax related items (1099, 990, sales tax, etc)

The individual is to provide their own home office & equipment. May be remote; a San Francisco Bay Area location is preferred. Must be available evenings or weekends for meetings with committee members and volunteers.

Compensation: $32-43 per hour. Contracted rates negotiable.