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Transforming Age HQ1
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1980 112th Ave NE
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Bellevue WA 98004
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This role pays $115k-$130k DOE and location.
Our Accounting Manager serves in a leadership role within the Accounting Department, responsible for overseeing complex accounting operations, ensuring GAAP‑compliant and timely financial reporting, and serving as a technical accounting authority for a portfolio of Transforming Age (TA) entities.
We are looking for a highly technical, judgment‑driven, and accountability‑focused Accounting Manager, with deep experience in U.S. GAAP, advanced research and documentation capabilities within the FASB Accounting Standards
Our Accounting Manager:
- Manages and oversee the full month‑end and year‑end close process for assigned Transforming Age (TA) entities, ensuring timely, accurate, and GAAP‑compliant financial reporting.
- Serves as a senior technical accounting resource, performing research, interpretation, and application of U.S. GAAP within the FASB Accounting Standards Codification framework, and documenting conclusions for complex and non‑routine transactions.
- Leads technical accounting analysis and accounting conclusions related to acquisitions, affiliations, restructurings, and other complex transactions, including purchase accounting, opening balance sheet establishment, consolidation considerations, and intercompany eliminations.
- Prepares formal technical accounting memorandums supporting accounting conclusions for areas including revenue recognition, lease accounting, fixed assets and capitalization, impairments, contributions and donor‑restricted funds, and other significant or judgmental areas.
- Owns the preparation, review, and monthly sign‑off of all balance sheet account reconciliations, ensuring reconciliations are complete, accurate, properly supported, and maintained in an audit‑ready state.
- Reviews and approves journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules prepared by staff, ensuring reconciling items are valid, timely resolved, and appropriately documented.
- Ensures the integrity of balance sheet accounts and financial statements through ongoing review, analysis, and corrective action as needed.
- Prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual financial packages for the affiliates or entities under your management.
- Partners closely with Financial Reporting, Tax & Compliance, Operations, and Finance leadership to ensure accounting treatment aligns with organizational objectives, regulatory requirements, and GAAP.
- Collaborates with external auditors by serving as a primary accounting contact, coordinating audit requests, providing support and documentation, and addressing audit questions and findings.
- Develops, maintains, and enforces accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls to support accurate financial reporting and compliance.
- Identifies and drives process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, standardization, and scalability of accounting operations.
- Acts as a key accounting stakeholder in system implementations and enhancements, including Workday Financials, ensuring accounting requirements are appropriately designed and executed.
- Directly manages, coaches, and develops accounting staff, setting clear expectations for quality, accountability, and technical rigor.
- Reviews staff work with a high degree of scrutiny, providing timely feedback and mentorship to elevate technical accounting skills and professional judgment.
- Collaborates cross‑functionally to support new initiatives, contracts, projects, and organizational changes, providing accounting guidance and financial insight.
- Serves as main contact for Executive Directors for the affiliates and entities under your management.
- Ensures compliance with all regulatory requirements with the assistance of your team members for all affiliates and entities under your management
- Assists in other corporate functions such as intercompany transactions, investment accounting, Form 990 Tax Reporting, company projects, accounting research, etc.
- Assist with special projects and ad hoc financial analysis as required
- Promotes the Mission, Vision, and Values of Transforming Age and demonstrate commitment to the Culture of Excellence.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
What you need to succeed:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
- 5+ years’ experience in accounting experience preferably in non-profit organization.
- Active CPA license.
- Public accounting experience preferred.
- 2+ years of people management or supervisory experience.
- Experience in multi‑entity, regulated environments (senior living, healthcare, nonprofit, real estate preferred).
- Experience supporting external audits and complex accounting reviews.
- Strong knowledge of financial principles, GAAP, and month-end close
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to convey complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders
- Proficient in using financial software and systems including advanced knowledge of MS Excel