Newport Aquarium

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Newport Aquarium

Newport Aquarium Senior Staff Accountant – Newport Aquarium – Newport

Full Time

Newport, Kentucky, United States

Posted 4 weeks ago

Job Description

Love numbers and love animals?

As a Senior Staff Accountant, every day, you will contribute to our mission of creating memories worth repeating by connecting our guests with the wonders of the aquatic world. Our Senior Staff Accountant ensures accuracy in all daily accounting functions, financial and account analysis and special assignments. The Accounting team prepares journal entries, reconciles balance sheet accounts, prepares invoices and other accounts receivable tasks. Accurate accounting supports department and divisional leadership in stewarding our resources well and making decisions throughout the year that impact our business trajectory.

If you are passionate about animals, education or conservation this could be the perfect position for you. Be the envy of your friends and peers when you tell them that a penguin walked into your work space or that you decompress by touching stingrays in our 17,000-gallon touch pool.

Newport Aquarium offers amazing perks for team members. In addition to health insurance coverage and paid time off, visit the aquarium whenever you want, share complimentary tickets with friends and family, enjoy discounts on food and beverage, merchandise from our gift shop and candy from Sweet Dreams Candy Company.

Looking to pursue your education without the debt? As a Newport Aquarium Team Member, you qualify for free tuition through Grow U with hundreds of programs available from certifications to college prep to associates and bachelors degrees. Many of these programs are fully-funded. Learn more at: https://www.newportaquarium.com/Careers/Benefits/GrowU

Required Skills

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting is required
Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in accounting is required
Must have experience with month-end close process, preparing journal entries, analyzing and reconciling general ledger accounts
Must have knowledge of general financial accounting. Experience with deferred revenue is a plus
Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent attention to detail, be accurate, and thorough
Must be able to meet required deadlines and have excellent organizational and time management skills
Must be able to work individually, as well as be part of a team
Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills across all levels of an organization
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite software, SQL database-based accounting systems (JD Edwards preferred), Microsoft Outlook e-mail systems. Experience with ticketing and sales systems a plus
Strong interpersonal skills and ethics that generate and sustain a positive team atmosphere and professional environment
Ability to work a flexible schedule including evenings, weekends and holidays. Ability to respond to emergencies when needed
Successful completion of credit and background check
Salary range: $60K to $85K

YOU CAN EXPECT:

You can expect to work on projects that have never been done before – ideas that are unproven, and concepts that make people smile. You can expect to have fun and be treated with respect the minute you start…and through to the end. You can expect to work in an environment that is highly innovative and low in politics – truthful and filled with smart people!

And most of all, you can expect to work hard and make a difference in our world by helping to bring families closer together.

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What We Will Not Refund

No refund will be provided as a result whether directly or indirectly of the following:

Alcohol or substance abuse; or conditions or physical complications related thereto of a Ticketholder or a Ticketholder’s Immediate Family Member;

Any general restrictions imposed on traveling or gathering as a result of COVID-19;

Any consequence of war, invasion, acts of foreign enemies, hostilities (whether war be declared or not), civil war, rebellion, revolutions, insurrection, military or usurped power, riot, civil commotion strikes, lockout, terrorism, malicious intent or vandalism, confiscation or nationalization of or requisition or destruction of or damage to property by or under the order of any government or public or local authority;

Nuclear reaction, radiation, or radioactive contamination;

Terrorism;

Pollution or threat of pollutant release;

Any unlawful acts committed by a Ticketholder or Ticketholder’s Immediate Family Members

The Event being canceled by the venue or promoter for any reason (including bad weather);

Lost or stolen Tickets;

Dental treatment, except as a result of an Injury to sound natural teeth;

Participation in any military service, maneuver or training exercise not overseas;

Inability to obtain a visa required for travel;

Making a false or fraudulent refund application or support a refund application by false or fraudulent document, device, or statement;

Submitting your refund request more than 45 days after the Event;

Any expected or foreseeable events not listed under the What We Will Refund section

General Conditions

You must provide sufficient documentation to verify your refund request falls under one or more of the reasons listed in the What We Will Refund section.

You must make all necessary arrangements to arrive at the event on time.

You must not be aware of any material fact, matter or circumstance, at the time the refund protection was purchased, which may give rise to a refund request.

You must take all reasonable precautions to prevent or reduce any request for a refund

Definitions

Accident means an unexpected, unintended, unforeseeable event.

Active Military Duty means serving in the armed forces.

Common Carrier means an entity licensed to carry passengers for hire by air, or on land or water. Common Carrier does not include vehicle rental companies.

COVID-19 means Coronavirus disease known as COVID-19.

COVID-19 Test means any positive test for COVID-19 that can be evidenced and requires a Ticketholder to self-isolate.

Event means an experience or a series of experiences, with specified or expiration dates, that a Ticketholder reserves, registers, attends, or participates in such as sports, performing arts, camps, tournaments, conferences, lodging, specialized classes, spa treatments, or other similar experiences.

Illness means a sickness, infirmity, or disease that begins after the Ticket is purchased, which prevents the Ticketholder from attending the Event, and is not a Pre-existing Condition.

Immediate Family Member means a Ticketholder’s spouse, parent, child, foster child, stepchild or child-in-law.

Injury means bodily injury caused by an Accident, directly and independently of all other causes and sustained on or after the purchase date and before the Event Date.

Mechanical Breakdown means a mechanical issue that prevents a vehicle from being driven, a flat tire requiring professional roadside assistance, or a vehicle becoming inoperable. Mechanical breakdown does not include running out of fuel, the need for routine maintenance, or inoperability because of lost, unavailable, or stolen keys.

Natural Disaster means flood, wildfire, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, blizzard, or avalanche that is due to natural causes.

Physician means a licensed/qualified medical practitioner who is practicing within the scope of his or her license/qualification and who is licensed to prescribe and administer medication and to perform surgery that is appropriate for the condition and locality. A Physician does not include someone residing in Your home, an Immediate Family Member, or Your in-laws (parent, child, sibling), aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or legal guardian.

Refund means:

Money returned to You by the supplier;

Any credit or voucher for future events You receive or are entitled to receive from the supplier; or

Any credits, recoveries, or reimbursements You receive or are entitled to receive from Your employer, a credit card issuer, or any other institution.

Spouse means a Ticketholder’s lawful spouse as defined by law and includes civil unions and domestic partners.

Ticket means the registration or reservation required to attend or participate in an Event and paid for in full by You. A ticket is deemed used once the Ticketholder attends any part of the Event.

Ticket Cost means the total amount paid for one Ticket, including any prorated taxes, fees, and shipping costs. Ticket Cost does not include costs added after the refund protection has been provided.

Ticketholder means the person to whom this ticket is issued and has an incidence of ownership under this ticket. Ticketholder does not include a Ticket Reseller.

Ticket Reseller means a person or entity that buys tickets for the purpose of resale and includes any marketplace designed to facilitate such resale. Ticket Reseller includes ticket scalpers and ticket brokers.

THE “GLOBAL REFUND PROGRAM” IS A PROGRAM OF JSV EVENTS LIMITED WITH REIMBURSEMENTS MADE BY VERICLAIMS, INC. POWERED BY FANSHIELD INTERNATIONAL, LLC AS AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF JSV EVENTS LIMITED (REGISTRATION NO 10712264)

If you are age:

Then an interview is:

13 and younger

Generally not required

14-79

Required (some exceptions for renewals)

80 and older

Generally not required