Accounting Manager
ZGF Architects
- Portland, OR
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements and reports for the Firm’s management
- Prepare budget-to-actual variance reporting, analyzing data to provide valuable insights to the management team
- Actively participate in financial planning (annual income statement budgets and quarterly forecasts), collaborating with relevant teams and integrating your insights into the budgeting process; prepare balance sheet and cash flow forecasts
- Manage the general ledger and financial reporting process, including month-end and year-end accounting close, addressing challenges and ensuring accurate financial reporting
- Identify, research, investigate, and problem-solve GL account issues; review reconciliations and amortization schedules
- Identify process and system infrastructure gaps, proposing and actively assisting with process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy; Assess and implement necessary levels of internal control to eliminate risk exposure
- Maintain, implement and suggest improvements to accounting system; Actively participate in the upcoming ERP implementation
- Organize, update, and maintain accounting procedure documentation respective to the applicable areas of responsibility
- Lead the financial statement and overhead audit process, preparing detailed audit schedules and addressing auditor queries; assist in the preparation of the 401k audit as needed
- Manage various tax filings, including personal property tax returns, sales tax returns; Canadian GST, supporting schedules and documentation for the CPA firm filing annual partnership income tax returns, and affiliated companies’ tax returns; manage any audits required by the regulatory tax authorities
- Manage the records for affiliated companies, including the preparation of related tax work papers; oversee the accounting and GL integration of any newly acquired entities.
- Oversee the monthly reconciliation of intercompany accounts and reporting between the company’s domestic and international entities and other selected accounts as assigned.
- Review monthly bank reconciliations
- Review quarterly bank covenant documents
- Oversee partner payments (payroll/distributions/quarterly tax payments)
- Assist in general liability and professional liability insurance renewals
- Manage the process of providing information for the marketing proposals and survey requests
- Oversee the city, state and international business registration compliance
- Oversee requests for certificates of insurance
- Provide timely and accurate accounting information to internal customers on an ad hoc basis
- Support and manager other ad hoc requests as required
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience including at least 2 years in a managerial role
- Extensive experience in general accounting procedures and best practices
- Strong analytical and creative proactive problem-solving skills
- Highly accurate and organized with the ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously and meeting tight deadlines
- High degree of dedication to improvement and strong sense of ownership
- Initiative to implement changes and curiosity to enhance knowledge and skills
- Team player, with the ability to work independently and willingness to take on challenges in a rapidly growing and dynamic environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to interact effectively with management, team members, peers, and cross-functional teams
- Good work ethic – timely, reliable attendance, honest, dependable, conscientious, respectful and accountable
- Previous experience in digital transformations
- Accounting experience with a global/international company a plus
- Extensive knowledge and experience in the use of Microsoft Office software tools; Bluebeam
- Experience with Deltek Vision or Vantagepoint and Microsoft 365/aec360 financial management software very desirable
- Familiarity with FAR standards a plus
- Cover letter
- Resume