Corporate - Accounting Manager

Location

1 Transforming Age HQ1 1 1980 112th Ave NE 11 Bellevue WA 98004 1 This role pays $115k-$130k DOE and location.

About the Role

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