Finance and Accounting Specialist at SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC – San Francisco, California

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music is looking for a Finance and Accounting Specialist who will be responsible for performing full-cycle accounts payable tasks including but not limited to managing approval and coding; the timely disbursement of funds via checks, ACHs and wire transfers; maintaining accurate vendor database; and managing corporate credit card transactions. The incumbent is also responsible for assisting with payroll processing validation and backup tasks as well as cash receipts deposits and posting. The incumbent will perform other analyses and projects as assigned, and this position is 100% in-office.

Internally, the incumbent works closely with the Controller's team, and faculty, staff, and students in processing invoices.

Externally, the incumbent is the primary point of contact for vendors and corporate credit companies regarding SFCM accounts payable and credit card administration questions.

The Finance and Accounting Specialist will:

• Maintain accurate vendor database, including contact information, payment term and tax documentation
• Manage receipt and approvals for invoices.
• Provide training to employees on how to utilize Accounts Payable and related platforms
• Collaborate with and provide training to various departments to ensure proper coding and approval of invoices
• Process and record Accounts Payable transactions in general ledger
• Match invoices with contracts to ensure complete documentation and accuracy
• Verify and reconcile discrepancies between invoices, contracts and receiving reports
• Prepare and process payments to vendors via check, ACH and/or wire transfer in accordance with terms of payment and SFCM policies
• Manage corporate credit card access and limits, and may assist SFCM cardholders with issues
• Ensure expenditures on SFCM credit cards are documented and reconcile discrepancies
• Support federal and state vendor report filings, including but not limited to Form 1099, California nonresident withholding compliance, and California quarterly sales tax
• May assist with Payment-related projects as needed
• Assist with reviewing bi-monthly payroll
• Serve as Backup for payroll
• Support cash receipts processing (donations, student payments, etc.)
• Assist with other finance projects and assignments as needed

• Four years of prior accounts payable or general accounting experience preferred
• Detail-oriented with accurate data entry skills
• Experience with electronic document management systems for invoice and cash receipts processing
• Excellent communication and customer service skills

How to Apply

We prefer to receive applications through our website. This position will be open until filled.

About Us

SFCM's mission is to transform our students: artistically, intellectually, professionally and individually. Through the study of music at the highest level, our students learn to seek achievement in every endeavor, to convert challenges into opportunities, to understand the nature of excellence and to pursue their dreams with vigor and determination. We believe that inspiring the imagination, cultivating the artist, honing the intellect and developing the professional are the keys to launching innovative graduates who excel in any field.

SFCM loves to be at the center of good things happening in classical music: attracting the most creative musicians; students and alums doing incredible work ranging from landing positions at the world's top ensembles, to working at the intersection of music and technology in Silicon Valley, to starting their own organizations and even going to medical school; and offering additional programs locally and nationally like the Pre-College curriculum, the Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, and the new Center for Innovative Leadership. On top of this, SFCM recently opened the brand-new Bowes Center, which doubles the campus footprint, provides dorm room housing for the student body, brings state-of-the-art teaching facilities and three new performance halls to San Francisco's Civic Center arts corridor.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SFCM is a fully committed equal employment opportunity institution and welcomes applications from all qualified persons, including those who consider themselves to be of a race, national origin or ancestry that is not fully represented in musical arts programs in the United States. Personnel decisions regarding applicants for employment are made without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), status as a Vietnam-era veteran or special disabled veteran, age, citizenship, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.