Revenue Accountant

Job Title: Revenue Accountant

Reports to: Controller

Department: Finance

Supervises: Does not supervise others

Work Schedule: 40 hours per week, 5 days per week, hybrid work eligible

Salary: $34 - $39

Position Summary

The Staff Accountant is responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of MOPOP’s revenue and accounts receivable operations. This role ensures seamless integration across systems (Tessitura, Momentus, and Sage Intacct), maintains strong internal controls, and provides reliable financial data to support decision-making.

This position plays a key role in strengthening revenue processes, improving efficiency, and supporting audit readiness in a complex, high-volume environment.

Essential Job Duties (other duties as assigned)

· Performs work in Sage Intacct, Tessitura, and Momentus

· Performs daily cash reconciliation between GL accounts and all bank accounts

· Performs monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations of assigned key accounts

· Ensures all backup and supporting documents are loaded into the accounting system

· Participates in monthly, quarterly, and annual close, ensuring accuracy and compliance with GAAP requirements

· Responds promptly to requests for information or clarification from internal departments in compliance with departmental service level agreements (SLA’s)

· Supports earned revenue cycle for ticketing, venue experiences, group sales, public programs, travelling exhibits, and education by:

o Generating invoices, obtaining payments, and recording deposits in all applicable systems

o Monitoring client deposits and payments and communicating payment status to internal stakeholders promptly

o Managing the A/R collections process and striving to maintain A/R under 30 days

o Running and reviewing monthly ticketing pre-sale deferrals and daily loading of revenue entries from the ticketing and advancement system of record to the accounting system

o Maintaining schedules for unearned income (deferred ticket, program, and education revenue, and venue experience deposits)

o Performing monthly reconciliations between ticketing system of record (Tessitura) and accounting system (Sage Intacct) for earned revenue

o Performing monthly reconciliation between signed contracts in venue experiences system of record (Momentus) and accounts receivable in the accounting system (Sage Intacct)

o Reconciling and true up ticketing partner revenue (including CityPass and TopTix)

o Preparing monthly partner commissions revenue journal entry

· Supports contributed revenue cycle for advancement, membership, and fundraising events by:

o Facilitating incoming payments and communicating proactively

o Maintaining monthly schedules and journal entries for unearned income (deferred membership revenue)

o Performing monthly reconciliations between ticketing and advancement system of record (Tessitura) and accounting system (Sage Intacct) for earned and contributed revenue

· Supports annual financial statement audit by:

o Preparing audit schedules and workpapers

o Meeting milestone deliverable deadlines

• Works with the Controller and CEO, to develop and implement policies and procedures to strengthen internal controls and improve efficiency

MOPOP Community

• Support our internal culture which inspires and empowers our staff to live our mission to its highest standards.
• Contribute to a consistent customer service standard across all departments.
• Work to ensure customer service is ingrained at the core of the team and is reflected outward to our guests and other staff.

Preferred/Desired Qualifications

Required:

· Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (or equivalent experience)

· 3–5+ years of accounting experience, preferably in revenue or nonprofit environments

• Strong understanding of GAAP and revenue recognition principles
• Experience with financial systems and reconciliations

Preferred:

• Experience with Sage Intacct, Tessitura, or similar ERP/CRM systems
• Experience in nonprofit, museum, or cultural institutions
• Experience working with multi-revenue streams and deferred revenue

Core Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities
• Ability to work cross-functionally and communicate effectively
• Continuous improvement mindset with interest in process optimization

Benefits

This full-time position includes Medical/Vision insurance, Dental insurance, 3.08 hours of accrued Vacation per bi-weekly pay period, Seattle Sick/Safe, up to 8 Company Holidays paid throughout the year, EAP, 401k plan with vested match schedule once eligible, and subsidized transportation benefits for Orca Pass or parking.

Why MOPOP?

We’re really glad you’re thinking about joining the team at MOPOP! We believe pop culture is a universal language capable of building connections across a range of people, no matter our differences in race, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, ability, education, socio-economic status, ethnicity, country of origin, or any other characteristic that makes us who we are. For more than twenty years, we have been showcasing how music, film, fashion, video games, sports, and more spark those connections and create a lasting cultural impact.

MOPOP provides both a physical space and an emotional and intellectual opportunity for people from any background to explore, find and build community, and recognize their own creative potential. This applies not only to our guests, but also to our staff — be it in designing an educational program to engage the next generation of creators, trying to reach a new audience with a marketing initiative, preserving an artifact in our collection, or providing excellent customer service to a visitor. If this sounds like something you’d be into, we’d love to hear from you!

MOPOP’s Mission and Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

Our mission is to activate the world-shaping power of pop culture through participative experiences, discovery, and play. We believe pop culture connects us, and that it is powerful, complex, alive and who we are. MOPOP is actively committed to ongoing learning in the areas of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA). In partnership with our community, we hope to also develop safe spaces for their application. This includes taking steps to continue increasing our awareness of institutional “-isms,” as well as uncovering and undoing the ways they show up in museum culture. We recognize this is a process that requires intentionality, energy, and resources, and we are developing a DEIA framework that can cultivate a work environment and museum experience that is truly welcoming for all.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that having staff, interns, and volunteers with diverse backgrounds enables us to better meet our mission and encourage BIPOC, women, and LGBTQIA2S+ individuals to apply. We acknowledge that our work to build safe spaces and better systems for traditionally marginalized groups is ongoing and will require constant vigilance and expect all MOPOP employees to be part of our DEIA journey.

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Please email jobs@mopop.org if you need reasonable accommodations during the application or hiring process.

Don't meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At MOPOP, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you are excited about a role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the candidate we are looking for!