Controller

Job Title:

Controller

Reports to:

Chief Financial Officer

Department:

Finance

Supervises:

Department Staff

Date Written/Revised:

08.29.2025

Work Schedule:

40 hours per week Monday-Friday. Hybrid work schedule eligible. This role requires occasional night and weekend hours to support events philanthropy and representing MOPOP; some travel may be required.

Salary:

$130000 - $150009.60

Position Summary

Partnering closely with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) the Controller is a critical leadership position at MOPOP. This role requires a hands-on and collaborative approach and holds responsibility for managing the General Ledger Internal/External/Tax Reporting functions compliance and more. The Controller will provide also oversight of the annual audit and other department-wide projects and processes. A successful Controller is experienced in efficiently balancing delegation and guiding team activities to ensure a high degree of timeliness and accuracy. This includes effective checks and balances and coaching direct reports. This key role will also direct MOPOPs relationship with auditors banks and other external parties and will support the organizations senior leadership team bringing best practices and an informed perspective.

Essential Job Duties (other duties as assigned)

• Monthly and annual close and reporting
• Annual audit
• Ensure accurate and timely filing of all local and state tax returns
• Perform bank reconciliations for the depository and general accounts
• Manage and provide oversight and review function over all reconciliation month end/annual close procedures
• Oversee preparation of interim and annual financial statements ensure timely distribution of financial statements
• Manage the input of the annual budget into the accounting system
• Assist with Board and Finance Committee reporting
• Identify and implement efficient processes procedures and workflows
• Identify potential areas of strength and or concern in processes that affect project accounting and financial reporting and recommend improvements as needed
• Recommend and implement policies and procedures to improve customer service ensure internal controls are operating effectively and streamline operations
• Work to identify and resolve any control weaknesses
• Provide oversight of the Revenue Accounts Receivable Expense and Accounts Payable functions
• Regularly communicate formally and informally Organization and department goals policies plans and priorities
• Provide variance analysis
• Collaborate with peers Senior Leadership Team and project leaders to provide accurate useful and timely financial information analysis and trends and recommendations to facilitate effective project division and organizational decision-making which focuses on maximizing long-term profitability
• Develop and maintain professional relationships as a valued business partner who is collaborative with a high degree of integrity
• Participate in and possibly lead cross-functional committees and teams
• Develop and promote cross-departmental relationships and synergies within the organization
• Direct the development of timely effective routine financial analysis of all facets of the Organizations business operations and provide recommendations to key managers on areas of opportunity and operational direction
• Provide information on budgets and expenditures to departmental administrators to assist them in making informed financial decisions

MOPOP Community:

• Support our internal culture which inspires and empowers our staff to live our mission to its highest standards.
• Contribute to a consistent customer service standard across all departments.
• Work to ensure customer service is ingrained at the core of the team and is reflected outward to our guests and other staff.

Preferred/Desired Qualifications

• CPA required
• Not-for-profit experience required
• Sage Intacct experience required
• Bachelors degree in accounting or related field or equivalent experience
• 4-6 years related experience some public accounting experience preferred
• Ability to work independently and exercise a commitment to ethical conduct
• Excellent interpersonal verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with a dynamic range of individuals and teams and foster a positive and cooperative relationships within and outside of MOPOP
• Demonstrated ability to exercise good judgement and commitment to integrity while working with sensitive and confidential financial transactions
• Strong leaderships skills and ability to apply a solutions-oriented mindset across the department

Benefits

This regular full-time position includes Medical/Vision insurance Dental insurance Life/AD&D/LTD insurance 3.08 hours of accrued Vacation per bi-weekly pay period Seattle Sick/Safe 7 Floating Holidays (prorated first year dependent on hire date) 8 Company Holidays paid throughout the year EAP 401k plan with vested match schedule once eligible and subsidized transportation benefits for Orca Pass or parking.

Why MOPOP

Were really glad youre thinking about joining the team at MOPOP! We believe pop culture is a universal language capable of building connections across a range of people no matter our differences in race religion gender age sexual orientation ability education socio-economic status ethnicity country of origin or any other characteristic that makes us who we are. For more than twenty years we have been showcasing how music film fashion video games sports and more spark those connections and create a lasting cultural impact.

MOPOP provides both a physical space and an emotional and intellectual opportunity for people from any background to explore find and build community and recognize their own creative potential. This applies not only to our guests but also to our staff be it in designing an educational program to engage the next generation of creators trying to reach a new audience with a marketing initiative preserving an artifact in our collection or providing excellent customer service to a visitor. If this sounds like something youd be into wed love to hear from you!

MOPOPs Mission and Commitment to Diversity Equity Inclusion and Accessibility

Our mission is to activate the world-shaping power of pop culture through participative experiences discovery and play. We believe pop culture connects us and that it is powerful complex alive and who we are. MOPOP is actively committed to ongoing learning in the areas of diversity equity inclusion and accessibility (DEIA). In partnership with our community we hope to also develop safe spaces for their application. This includes taking steps to continue increasing our awareness of institutional -isms as well as uncovering and undoing the ways they show up in museum culture. We recognize this is a process that requires intentionality energy and resources and we are developing a DEIA framework that can cultivate a work environment and museum experience that is truly welcoming for all.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that having staff interns and volunteers with diverse backgrounds enables us to better meet our mission and encourage BIPOC women and LGBTQIA2S individuals to apply. We acknowledge that our work to build safe spaces and better systems for traditionally marginalized groups is ongoing and will require constant vigilance and expect all MOPOP employees to be part of our DEIA journey.

Please email if you need reasonable accommodations during the application or hiring process.