Accounting Director

The Accounting Director reports directly to the CFO and leads a team of five accounting professionals responsible for the financial management, reporting, and budget execution of key operational areas of 3

CDC, including corporate operations, civic space management and programming, and business district management. The role ensures accurate and timely accounting, strong internal controls, and clear, useful financial reporting that supports effective operational performance across the organization.

Beyond day‑to‑day accounting oversight, the Accounting Director is expected to think strategically about how the function operates. This includes improving processes, strengthening internal discipline, and using financial results to identify trends, explain variances, and support stronger decision‑making. The position requires a hands‑on leader who can balance technical expertise, systems stewardship, analysis, process improvement, and people leadership in a complex, fast‑moving environment.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of five, setting clear expectations for accuracy, timeliness, and accountability.
• Provide structured review, coaching, and support to build staff capability and independence.
• Collaborate closely with the other Accounting Director to maintain consistent processes, documentation standards, workload balance, and quality expectations across the accounting function.
• Ensure staff understand how their work supports organizational goals and contributes to overall performance.
• Develop and maintain a structured onboarding and cross‑training program to ensure team resilience and continuity.
• Foster an environment where issues are identified early, discussed openly, and resolved constructively.

• Lead the annual budgeting process for assigned departments, translating operational plans into clear, realistic financial expectations.
• Serve as a strategic finance partner to operational leaders and staff by building strong working relationships, ensuring open communication, and helping them interpret financial results and the financial impact of operational decisions.
• Monitor financial performance throughout the year, identifying trends, issues, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide clear, actionable recommendations to department and organizational leadership.

• Oversee and manage month‑end close activities for assigned entities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Review key journal entries, reconciliations, and internal financial reports, ensuring issues are understood and resolved quickly.
• Maintain and strengthen accounting processes and internal controls to support reliability, consistency, and efficiency.
• Assist in maintaining and configuring business settings within the organization’s accounting systems to ensure accurate processing and reporting, coordinating with IT or vendors as needed.
• Ensure internal financial reporting is well‑organized, clear, and tailored to the needs of leadership, committees, and the Board.

• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and accuracy within accounting systems and workflows, and implement changes in coordination with IT or system vendors.
• Lead efforts to improve the clarity, timeliness, and usefulness of financial information used for operational decision‑making.
• Analyze financial results to identify trends and variances and to highlight opportunities for operational or process improvements.
• Help shift the function beyond producing results toward interpreting what they mean and guiding improvements.

• Prepare financial materials and analysis for leadership, committee, and Board discussions and participate in meetings as needed.
• Coordinate with external auditors for assigned entities and ensure timely, complete, and accurate support and documentation.
• Work closely with the CFO, the other Accounting Director, and finance leadership to ensure alignment in processes, reporting, and financial practices across the organization.
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