Chicago Sun-Times

Accountant

• Perform monthly close and related accounting processes and analysis
• Analyzes and prepares monthly investment journal entries
• Prepares and posts monthly amortization of prepaid expenses
• Maintains fixed asset records and prepares and posts related journal entries for in-service placement and depreciation
• Responsible for monthly revenue reclassification and reconciliation
• Assist in the completion of the monthly financial statement close process
• Prepare monthly balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flow
• Prepare bank and balance sheet account reconciliations
• Assist with the preparation and maintenance of the annual consolidated and individual departmental budgets and quarterly forecasts
• Calculates and posts monthly Corporate Sponsorship commission and accruals
• Acts as primary liaison with the Corporate Sponsorship team and is responsible for monthly invoicing, account aging review, and ad hoc support and reporting
• Assists in grant reporting
• Provides accounting support for CPM’s annual financial audit, tax filings, and regulatory reporting
• Prepare budget-to-actual reports, perform variance analysis, and report significant issues to management
• Work collaboratively within the team, across the department, and with individuals external to Chicago Public Media
• Provide accounting support to management as requested
• Other responsibilities include but are not limited to participation in special projects or ad hoc analysis as assigned

Staff Accountant

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Create and analyze financial models and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to the executive team for decision-making around new initiatives and projects
• Explain complex financial concepts to non-finance partners in a clear and concise manner
• Lead annual budget and forecasting cycles, setting out timelines and managing department heads to stay on plan
• Prepare executive and Board level presentations and reporting on business and financial performance
• Seek out areas where we can improve existing financial efficiencies
• Project manage and lead third-party financial system implementations and training
• In conjunction with People and Culture, administer the SAG/AFTRA collective bargaining agreement
• Other duties as assigned

Senior Financial Analyst

Payroll

• Prepare and process bi-weekly payroll for all employees, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
• Maintain payroll records, including earnings, deductions, and benefits
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll regulations
• Reconcile payroll reports and resolve discrepancies
• Coordinate with HR on new hires, terminations, and compensation changes
• Prepare and distribute payroll reports to Accounting
• Review, code, and process vendor invoices in accordance with organizational policies
• Solicit and process vendor W-9s and ACH forms
• Reconcile vendor statements and resolve invoice discrepancies
• Respond to vendor inquiries in a timely and professional manner
• Ensure adherence to internal controls and accounting policies
• Assist with audit requests and year-end reporting requirements (1099 and NEC forms)
• Work with Senior Accounts Payable Coordinator on other duties as assigned

Payroll and Accounts Payable Coordinator

Operations

• Own the accurate and timely processing of all philanthropic gifts, including:
• Process all Development gifts and pledges in the CRM in coordination with the finance team
• Ensure data accuracy of constituent data, financial data, and reporting data
• Monitor pledge schedules and payment timelines
• Build and maintain reports as they relate to other areas of responsibilities within the job description.
• Monitor donor data managed with the CRM and provide support to ensure accuracy and standards of all Development donor data.
• Manage the operational execution of gift acknowledgments:
• Produce and distribute Development donor acknowledgment letters in a timely manner
• Maintain acknowledgment timelines and standards
• Maintain acknowledgment templates
• Manage the operational execution of Development tax letters:
• Produce and distribute annual donor tax letters for Development donors
• Provide data and tracking support for fundraising events and future campaigns:
• Manage event gift tracking
• Support registration data workflows
• Provide on-site support for Development events in coordination with the Events and Stewardship Manager.

Development Operations Associate

Accounting Manager

• Maintain general ledger by monitoring and ensuring accuracy of accounting transactions, journal entries, and reconciliations performed by the Accounting Supervisor, Staff Accountants, Senior Accounts Payable Coordinator, and Senior Revenue Coordinator.
• Lead the close operations of the accounting team, ensuring that the team adheres to a prescribed close calendar.
• Oversee Accounts Payable and Fixed Assets subledger close.
• Lead monthly departmental review meetings to analyze variances, establish accruals, and document corrections in preparation of monthly financial reporting.
• Partner in preparation of monthly financial statements and variance analysis for CEO financial reporting package.
• Lead accounting support and ensure readiness for CPM’s annual financial audit, tax filings, and regulatory and grantor reporting.
• Assist with corporate sponsorship financial operations, as needed.
• Participate in ACH approval and initiate wire transfers, as needed.

Data Scientist

• Identifying patterns that drive meaningful engagement, and building data models that tie those patterns to conversion outcomes
• Build models that estimate how stories may perform based on topic and format, and use those signals to support editorial planning and story budgeting
• Identify and quantify meaningful relationships between user behaviors and outcomes such as return visits and membership
• Build and improve models to improve the member experience and grow revenue
• Improve campaign targeting and email/newsletter performance through segmentation and modeling
• Provide guidance on experiment design and evaluate results, ensuring tests are statistically sound and insights are accurately interpreted and applied
• Quantify how product changes impact user experience
• Build user-level datasets and tools that support content recommendations, audience segmentation, and targeted product experiences on owned channels
• Work with analytics and engineering to support modeling and segmentation
• Drive adoption of models and outputs across teams
• Identify where data science can meaningfully improve decisions and lead the development of solutions to address those gaps.

Graphics Designer

• Work with CPM’s Marketing team to gain experience with branding, designing creative concepts and marketing strategies for radio shows, podcasts, events and more.
• By the end of the internship the Graphic Design & Marketing Intern will have experience with working with the Creative Manager on branding, executing marketing campaigns and assist in the creation of creative campaigns from concept to execution including but not limited to templating, layout design, social media asset creation, print, digital, video and physical assets.