Alaska Area Accounting Manager

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves:
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At HDR, our employee‑ownership model shapes everything we do, including how we support and care for our people. Our diverse service lines, including Water, Architecture, Building Engineering Services, Field Services, Power, Waste, Industrial, and Transportation reflect our commitment to shaping resilient, sustainable, and forward‑thinking communities around the world. Across these disciplines, our teams design and deliver solutions that safeguard public health, enhance quality of life, power innovation, and drive responsible growth.

Whether advancing clean water, creating healing and learning environments, engineering next‑generation facilities, or building the infrastructure that moves people and energy, our work is rooted in technical excellence and a shared sense of purpose. Our employee‑owners collaborate across specialties, combining creativity, precision, and deep expertise to solve the most complex challenges facing our clients and communities.

We are looking for an Accounting Manager in our Anchorage, Alaska office. This position will report to the Assistant Regional Accounting Director and collaborate closely with the Alaska Area Manager. In addition to an individual that possesses analytical skills, this individual must also possess leadership and management skills necessary to effectively orchestrate accounting support activities for a variety of operational driven processes and initiatives.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Lead, mentor and train local project accounting staff and manage all accounting functions.
• Work directly with Area Manager and Regional Controller to manage and coordinate department and project accounting systems to monitor department general ledger accounts, project budgets, invoicing, payables, receivables and other related financial information.
• Partner with Area Manager to analyze and support the monthly forecasting and annual budgeting processes including ad hoc analysis and reporting. Coordinate and review annual departmental budgets.
• Advise management on financial performance of departments and projects.
• Perform specialized accounting functions and establish internal controls for procedures and practices in accordance with company policies, accounting procedures and contractual obligations.
• Responsible for audit compliance with contractual requirements, which may include invoicing and reporting format, net fee projections and financial quality control.
• Supervise the activity of project accountants and accounting assistants for the collection of employee time and expense reports, verification of project numbers, resource codes, receipts, and contractual obligations.
• Make staffing recommendations to management.
• Select and/or deal directly with vendors related to department operations as needed.
• On a select basis, communicate and correspond directly with clients with respect to invoicing, receivables and project reporting.
• Maintain a small portfolio of projects to remain engaged in policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as needed.

• Bachelor’s Degree required; preferably in Accounting…