Treasurer for Poetry Center San José

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Poetry Center San Jose is looking for a new treasurer, a volunteer position to help lead the organization effectively starting October 30, 2023!

Current treasurer is available and will provide guidance and onboarding. President and secretary will also provide guidance and onboarding for an easy and effective transition.

Poetry Center San José carries no debts or liabilities. Poetry Center San José is a member supported organization and is funded, in part, by grants from Applied Materials Foundation, the City of San Jose's Office of Cultural Affairs, Knight Foundation, Poets & Writers, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, SVCreates, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara and the California Arts Council and generous giving from Anne & Mark's Art Party and Brandenburg Family Foundation.


The treasurer is chief financial officer of the corporation. Powers and duties are:

(a) to supervise and control the keeping of adequate and correct accounts of

the corporation's properties and transactions, including accounts of its assets,

liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses and capital. Such account books shall be

maintained at the corporation's principal office and/or at such other place or places

as the board may direct;

(b) to have custody of all funds, securities, evidences of indebtedness and other

valuable documents of the corporation and, at the treasurer's discretion, to cause

any or all thereof to be deposited for the account of the corporation with such

depositary as may be designated from time to time by the board;

(c) to receive, or cause to be received, moneys paid in for the account of the corporation;

(d) to disburse, or cause to be disbursed, all funds of the corporation as may be directed

by the board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements;

(e) to render to the president and to the board, whenever they may require, accounts

of all transactions and of the financial condition of the corporation, and to open

books for directors’ inspections;

(f) to send, or cause to be sent, to the directors, not later than 120 days after the

close of the corporation's fiscal year, an annual report in accordance with California

Corporations Code Section 6321;

(h) to comply, or cause compliance, with all legal requirements imposed by Federal, State,

or local government, and with all restrictions imposed by donors on charitable contributions

accepted by the corporation;

(g) generally to do and perform all such duties as pertain to the office of the treasurer

and as may be required by the board.

Candidate should
* reside in the SF Bay Area;
* demonstrate knowledge of basic accounting practices;
* have skills managing data using Excel, does not need to be a CPA;
* be able to prepare Federal and State tax forms including SI-100, RRF-1 and CT-TR-1;
* produce timely financial reports for presentation to fellow directors on the board as needed;
* maintain methodical and clear record-keeping;
* have experience managing budgets to include restricted and unrestricted funds;
* be available to pay featured talent & vendors;
* be available to be contacted for ad hoc advice.

For more information about programming, visit:
www.pcsj.org,
www.youtube.com/channel/UC3P5aNclr4c92dsDhel7h6g,
www.facebook.com/poetrycentersanjose.