Accounting Analyst
Collaborate with a passionate Zoo Crew in San Antonio
Choosing where to grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the place you choose to work at will support and guide you. With a diversity of passionate people, San Antonio Zoo is a place where you can collaborate with others securing a future for wildlife.
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As part of our finance team, you will prepare journal entries, reconcile multiple accounts, and investigates discrepancies. You will also assist the vault clerks in their daily tasks and act as a back-up as necessary. Additionally, the position works with management to ensure correct financial records are maintained and assists in preparation of workpapers and roll forward schedules for annual audit, tax, and regulatory reporting.
As an Accounting Analyst, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people in San Antonio. Here, you will make an impact by:
- Meet month-end and reporting deadlines.
- Conduct month-end and year-end close processes.
- Prepare journal entries and reconcile accounts.
- Investigates and reconciles discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
- Examine sales tax policies and prepare sales tax reports.
- Reconcile and report monthly revenue with third party revenue partners.
- Reconcile and report on pledges/contributions in conjunction with the Development department.
- Provide support for financial statement preparation.
- Contribute to the development of the operating budgets.
- Assist with all internal and external audit requests.
- Assist in monitoring the adherence to existing accounting policies.
- Issue banks and change funds to clerks and other authorized cash handlers.
- Reconcile cash received to control numbers.
- Prepare bank deposits.
- Perform Cashroom counts to ensure cash on hand is accurate.
- Place change order requests with the Zoo partner cash distributor when necessary.
- Monitor cash balance in ATMs; refilling and maintaining as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Secondary functions:
- Establish and maintain positive, cooperative, and effective working relations with fellow employees.
- Constantly exhibit a guest service attitude, a smile, and an obvious interest in guest comfort and service
- Communicate with the public in a courteous and tactful manner and assist guests with questions and directions to various areas of the Zoo. Address the guest - do not wait to be asked.
- Remove trash and debris from public areas; i.e. pick up litter whenever you see it.
- Any and all other duties as assigned.
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, the San Antonio Zoo recommends the following skills/qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
- Nonprofit accounting knowledge highly desirable
- Strong computer skills (MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams, etc.)
- Natural curiosity, eagerness to learn, a strong sense of urgency, and a positive, can-do/proactive desire to support a broad range of initiatives and tasks
- Exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple, competing priorities while delivering work of high quality, great efficiency, and timeliness
- Problem solving and critical thinking skills with an analytical, metrics-driven approach to solutions
- High personal integrity and responsible professional judgment with respect to confidential information, respect for others, honesty, and hard work
- Ability to work extended hours as necessary
- Must be 18 years of age or older with a clean driving record for vehicle operation.
- Successful candidates must complete a pre-employment National Sex Offender Search, Criminal Background Check, and Drug Screen.
- We enjoy year-round operation for all staff, must be available days, nights, weekends, and occasional special after-hour assignments.
The San Antonio Zoo is an equal opportunity employer. San Antonio Zoo will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.