Manager, SEC Reporting

WHO WE ARE

JBG SMITH owns, operates, invests in, and develops a dynamic portfolio of high-growth mixed‑use properties in and around Washington, DC. Our creativity and scale enable us to be more than owners—we are place makers who shape inspiring and engaging places, which we believe create value and have a positive impact in every community we touch.

JBG SMITH has been named multiple times as one of the Washington Post’s Top Workplaces in the region and we pride ourselves in both our outstanding work environments and opportunities for career growth and advancement. Our corporate headquarters in Bethesda, MD. was designed to embrace new, modern ways of working in an office – with a variety of indoor and outdoor work spaces made for both privacy or collaboration and easy access to public transportation and all that Bethesda’s vibrant downtown has to offer.

The Manager, SEC Reporting is a key member of JBG SMITH’s Accounting Department, responsible for supporting all elements of the Company’s internal and external reporting, including the preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and filed with the SEC. The role combines hands‑on ownership of the quarterly and annual reporting process with technical accounting research and documentation across the Company’s most complex and judgmental areas.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Accounting, the Manager will serve as a technical resource across the organization, researching and documenting the accounting for significant and non‑routine transactions, drafting position memoranda, and communicating conclusions to senior leadership and external auditors. The position offers a high‑visibility opportunity to work on challenging and rewarding assignments and to collaborate with teams across the Company in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.

• Assist with the preparation and review of the Company’s SEC filings on Forms 10-Q, 10-K, and 8-K, and the annual Proxy Statement, including the work papers and analysis that support the financial statements, footnote disclosures, MD&A, and the calculation of our key financial metrics;
• Prepare and review quarterly and annual analyses over complex and judgmental areas, including impairment, equity transactions, held-for-sale designations, consolidations, equity method investments, leases, and noncontrolling interests;
• Lead meetings with senior leadership to review impairment analyses;
• Conduct technical accounting research, draft position memoranda applying authoritative literature and interpretive guidance to the Company’s transactions, communicating conclusions to both internal stakeholders and external auditors;
• Serve as a liaison to internal and external auditors, coordinating and providing timely support and resolving inquiries;
• Support the calculation and review of the Company’s key financial and non‑GAAP metrics (e.g., Core FFO, FAD, NOI, and Adjusted EBITDA) and assist in identifying the drivers of quarterly results;
• Support the annual review and ongoing maintenance of the Company’s SOX internal control environment, collaborating with control owners to keep process narratives over financial reporting accurate and current;
• Track pending and exploratory transactions, assessing their accounting and reporting implications on a timely and as needed basis;
• Monitor, assess, and document the impact of new accounting and SEC pronouncements and industry-driven developments, and assist in updating the Company’s accounting policies accordingly;
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with other departments including property, corporate, and capital projects accounting, portfolio management, asset management, legal, development, capital markets, investments, tax, and leasing; and
• Identify and support ad hoc projects as requested by senior leadership.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting;
• Active CPA license;
• Six or more years of experience in a Big 4 or national public accounting firm and/or with a publicly traded company, with a focus on SEC reporting and technical accounting;
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, SEC reporting requirements, and…