Description:

Under general supervision, the Site Accountant oversees all accounting and financial processes for Circus World Museum within the Division of Museums and Historic Sites of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The incumbent is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining procedures for a wide variety of fiscal activities. The primary function of this position is financial oversight and processing using the State of Wisconsin’s STAR (financial) system and the Historical Society’s point of sale system, CounterPoint. The Site Accountant will handle such things as cash handling, revenue processing and reconciliation, payment processing and tracking, revenue tracking and reconciliation, purchasing, and budgeting and forecasting. This position will monitor all revenue and expenditures at Circus World Museum in compliance with State of Wisconsin statutes, rules, policies and procedures, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and operating budgets.

At Circus World Museum, the Accountant will oversee the collection of and accounting for revenue including, but not limited to, ticket sales, membership purchases, retail and food sales, special event income, grants, and gifts. This role will partner with other Site Accountants and/or Financial Specialists and the central Finance Team to reconcile bank accounts and perform other month-end and year-end tasks for the Division. The Site Accountant may also be assigned to perform certain functions for other Museums or Historic Sites.