Revenue Accountant
Toronto Botanical Garden
Full-time, Exempt
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
The Organization
Toronto Botanical Garden (TBG) connects people and plants, fostering sustainable communities and developing reciprocal relationships with nature through lifelong learning. With free admission and over 300,000 visitors annually, TBG is a dynamic cultural institution and community hub. In partnership with the City of Toronto, TBG is expanding its oversight from 4 acres to 35 acres, with exciting growth in earned and contributed revenue.
For more information, visit torontobotanicalgarden.ca.
Position Summary
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Revenue Accountant is responsible for end‑to‑end revenue accounting and revenue integrity across Toronto Botanical Garden’s diverse revenue streams. This role focuses on ensuring that revenue recorded in QuickBooks Online (QBO) is complete, accurate, fully reconciled to source systems, and analytically supported.
This position is ideal for an accountant who enjoys connecting operational systems to financial results, performing detailed reconciliations, and investigating and explaining revenue variances. While some transactional accounting is required, the role is primarily focused on reconciliations, analysis, and revenue control, rather than high‑volume bookkeeping.
Key Responsibilities
· Revenue Accounting & Recognition
o Own the reconciliation of all revenue feeder systems to QuickBooks Online, including Shopify, EventPro, Raiser’s Edge, Eventbrite and external parking contractor reports.
o Independently identify, investigate, and resolve timing differences, system mismatches, and posting discrepancies between source systems and the general ledger.
o Prepare and review revenue‑related journal entries, including deferred revenue, accruals, and true‑ups, in accordance with TBG’s revenue recognition policies.
o Reconcile and maintain key revenue‑related balance sheet accounts, including:
o Deferred / unearned revenue
o Accounts receivable
o Support timely and accurate month‑end close by ensuring all revenue streams are fully reconciled, documented, and review‑ready.
· Analysis & Reporting
o Perform monthly revenue variance analysis (actuals vs prior period, budget, and forecast), providing clear explanations for material fluctuations.
o Analyze revenue trends across multiple streams (events, programs, retail, memberships, rentals, and grants) to support management understanding and decision‑making.
o Proactively identify anomalies, or process gaps and recommend corrective actions.
o Partner with the CFO to translate operational revenue activity into management‑ready financial insights.
· System & Process Ownership
o Be the finance owner of revenue systems integration, ensuring data flowing from operational systems into QBO is complete, accurate, and appropriately summarized.
o Maintain a strong working understanding of how transactional activity in Shopify, EventPro, Raiser’s Edge, Eventbrite, and other systems translates into financial reporting.
o Assist in documenting and improving revenue workflows, reconciliations, and controls to strengthen audit readiness and reporting reliability.
o Support internal and external audits by preparing revenue reconciliations, supporting schedules, and explanatory documentation.
· Collaboration & Support
o Work collaboratively with the various departments to resolve revenue issues and clarify data flows.
o Respond to ad‑hoc revenue analysis requests and support special reporting initiatives as required.
Qualifications
o Post‑secondary education in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
o CPA designation or working toward designation an asset.
o 2–4+ years of accounting experience, ideally in an organization with multiple revenue streams.
o Demonstrated experience performing account reconciliations involving multiple source systems.
o Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate issues and explain results clearly to non‑finance colleagues.
o Experience with deferred revenue, event‑based revenue, or nonprofit accounting is an asset.
o Hands‑on experience with QuickBooks Online and advanced spreadsheet skills required (i.e. Pivot tables and Lookup Formulas).
o Familiarity with Shopify, EventPro, Raiser’s Edge, or similar systems is considered an asset.
o Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and comfortable working independently while meeting deadlines.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Toronto Botanical Garden is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a welcoming, safe, diverse, and inclusive environment. TBG's workplace has a long-standing policy of providing fair, equitable, and accessible opportunities for all employees and prospective employees. TBG encourages all qualified applicants for employment regardless of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, or disability status.
Location
North Toronto
777 Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario M3C 1P2
Job Type: Full-time, exempt
Pay: $55,000-$70,000 per year.
Benefits:
- Extended health care including: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Accidental Death and Employee Assistance Program
- Vacation and Holiday Pay, along with Wellness and Give-back days
- Botanical Garden membership.
- Free parking
- Along with many other benefits of working in a creative and beautiful place
Toronto Botanical Garden is committed to an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise [email protected] should you require any accommodation to participate in this posting, recruitment, selection, and/or assessment processes.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $55,000.00-$70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Vision care
Application question(s):
- How many years of relevant accounting experience do you bring to the job?
- Do you have a CPA designation? yes/no/working towards one
- Are you able to reliably commute to Toronto Botanical Garden at 777 Lawrence Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M3C 1P2?
- What makes you a strong candidate for this position?
Work Location: In person
