Sr. Manager, Accounting

World Vision is seeking a seasoned and mission-driven leader to join our Finance team as a Senior Manager of Accounting and Reporting
. In this role, you will lead a critical accounting function that ensures the integrity, accuracy, and stewardship of financial resources that directly support World Vision’s global mission. As a leader within Finance, you will oversee financial reporting, audit readiness, and risk management while developing a high-performing team and driving continuous improvement across accounting processes and systems. At World Vision, we are going to the ends of the earth, often where no one else goes, to serve the most vulnerable.

Your leadership in this role will directly enable that impact by ensuring strong financial governance, transparency, and operational excellence.

Role: Sr. Manager, Accounting

Reports to: Corporate Controller

Location: Hybrid or Remote with willingness to travel bi-monthly to headquarters in Federal Way, WA. Preferred candidates are located in the Pacific or Mountain time zones

Travel: up to 25% domestic and international

Required Experience: Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in accounting (eight years). CPA required.

Preferred Experience: Non-profit accounting/assurance, IRS regulations and automation tools highly desired

Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the U.S.A for any employer.

Lead the work of accounting and reporting staff to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial and operational reporting and controls in compliance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and other regulatory requirements. Manage consultation to internal business customers including risk assessment and development of business solutions aligned with applicable regulations. Help carry out our Christian organization’s mission, vision, and strategies. Personify the ministry of World Vision by witnessing to Christ and ministering to others through life, deed, word and sign.

Keep Christ central in individual and corporate life. Actively participate in and contribute to the spiritual disciplines of the organization (Christian conduct, chapel, prayer, worship, devotions, and leadership of devotions); incorporate WV Core Values into decisions within scope of role.

Build, lead and inspire a high-performing team.

• Lead, mentor and coach staff to develop subject matter expertise and drive process improvement initiatives, technology implementations, and other automated solutions.
• Manage goals, budget, and priorities for the department and monitor performance.
• Hire, fire, train, counsel, evaluate, and recommend salary increases and promotions for those under direct supervision.

Leverage expert knowledge of accounting regulations, industry trends, and best practices to develop and implement accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls that ensure accuracy, adequate safeguarding of assets, and compliance with applicable regulations.

Manage month-end close process, oversee general ledger accounting functions (including resolving overdue/unreconciled balances) and ensure timely and accurate financial statement issuance.

Manage and coach team to assess and monitor risk and internal controls within assigned portfolio. Ensure risks and control gaps are identified and develop recommendations to mitigate, implementing changes as needed.

• Review and approve audit plans, monitor progress for timely issuance, address auditor questions, and provide documentation as needed.
• Develop solutions to address new accounting guidance, recommending changes to policy and process and implementing as required.

Lead complex projects and initiatives for the department including technology implementations/upgrades, financial analysis to support senior management decision-making, and other initiatives with broad organizational impact.

Develop and lead education, training, and client service to various areas of World Vision on financial policies, procedures, tools and systems.

Work collaboratively with team members when assigned to work as part of a team.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Maintain awareness of corporate goals, objectives,…