Staff Accountant
Listed on 2026-03-15
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Retail
Financial Reporting
THE ORGANIZATION
The San Francisco Symphony is among the most adventurous and innovative arts institutions in the United States, celebrated for its artistic excellence, creative performance concepts, award-winning recordings, and standard-setting education and community engagement programs. Since it was established in 1911, the Symphony has grown in acclaim under a succession of distinguished music directors:
Henry Hadley, Alfred Hertz, Basil Cameron, Issay Dobrowen, Pierre Monteux, Enrique Jordá, Josef Krips, Seiji Ozawa, Edo de Waart, Herbert Blomstedt, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Accounting Department
Finance Division
Work Status
Full-Time
FLSA Status
Exempt
Location of Job:
Davies Symphony Hall
San Francisco, CA
Salary
Pay Grade I
$77,850.
Schedule
Hybrid (2-3 days in- office required)
Regular Hours
9 am-5 pm
Reports To
Assistant Controller
Supervisory
No
THE ORGANIZATION
The San Francisco Symphony is among the most adventurous and innovative arts institutions in the United States, celebrated for its artistic excellence, creative performance concepts, award-winning recordings, and standard-setting education and community engagement programs. Since it was established in 1911, the Symphony has grown in acclaim under a succession of distinguished music directors:
Henry Hadley, Alfred Hertz, Basil Cameron, Issay Dobrowen, Pierre Monteux, Enrique Jordá, Josef Krips, Seiji Ozawa, Edo de Waart, Herbert Blomstedt, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
The San Francisco Symphony presents more than 200 concerts and presentations annually for an audience of nearly 350,000 in its home of Davies Symphony Hall and around the Bay Area. A cornerstone of its mission, the San Francisco Symphony provides some of the most extensive education and community programs offered by any American orchestra. The Symphony’s free music education experiences engage students in grades 1–12 throughout the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), serving more than 25,000 students annually.
In 2001, the SF Symphony became the first American orchestra to launch its own in-house record label SFS Media. Recorded live in concert and engineered at Davies Symphony Hall, SFS Media recordings showcase music by contemporary composers as well as core classical masterworks. San Francisco Symphony radio broadcasts, the first in the nation to feature symphonic music when they began in 1926, today carry the Orchestra’s concerts across the country.
In 2004, the SF Symphony launched the groundbreaking multimedia Keeping Score series on PBS-TV and the web; the series was made available for unlimited free streaming on the Symphony’s You Tube channel in 2020. In 2014, the San Francisco Symphony inaugurated Sound Box, an experimental and eclectic live music series, which takes place in an alternative performance space located backstage at Davies Symphony Hall.
In 2023, the San Francisco Symphony partnered with Apple for the launch of a new classical music streaming app, Apple Music Classical, and has since released 15 spatial audio recordings of live concert performances through the app. For its adventurous programming, the Symphony has been honored 19 times by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and the Symphony’s recordings have garnered France’s Grand Prix du Disque and Britain’s Gramophone Award, as well as 17 Grammy® Awards.
Job Summary
The Staff Accountant is a key member of the San Francisco Symphony’s Accounting Team and reports directly to the Assistant Controller. This position plays a critical role in the monthly close of the financial statements as well as annual audits. The Staff Accountant will work closely with the Controller, Accounting Manager, and other members of the Accounting and Finance team.
The successful candidate demonstrates strong accounting skills, communicates effectively with a variety of audiences, excels at meeting deadlines, and pays close attention to details. The ability to multi-task is also critical.
Responsibilities
- Prepares journal entries and monthly reconciliations for assigned accounts.
- Assists with reconciliation of clearing accounts.
- Assists with preparation of the daily…
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