Corporate - Senior Accounting Manager

Location:

Home Office / Remote, WA 98004
Compensation: $130,000 - $150,000 DOE

• Medical, Vision, Dental
• 401(k) with 4% match
• Generous PTO

• Serve as a technical accounting leader with operational insight, executive presence, and manage complex multi‑entity environments.
• Oversee month‑end close process, support contract compliance, and partner cross‑functionally to deliver high‑quality financial information.
• Serve as accounting lead for assigned CCRC third‑party management contracts, partnering with operations, board, and finance leadership.
• Monitor and enforce financial controls, reporting timelines, and deliverables required under management agreements.
• Act as primary accounting contact for client Board of Directors and external stakeholders, presenting monthly and quarterly financial results and translating complex data into actionable insights.
• Support onboarding of new communities, CCRC management contracts, and acquisitions into TA systems and processes.
• Manage and oversee full month‑end and year‑end close process for assigned TA entities, ensuring timely, accurate, GAAP‑compliant financial reporting.
• Ensure balance sheet integrity through rigorous reconciliation review and issue resolution.
• Serve as a senior technical accounting resource, performing research, interpretation, and application of U.S. GAAP within FASB ASC framework, documenting conclusions for complex transactions.
• Lead technical accounting analysis and conclusions related to acquisitions, affiliations, restructurings, purchase accounting, opening balance sheet establishment, consolidation considerations, and intercompany eliminations.
• Prepare formal technical accounting memorandums for revenue recognition, lease accounting, fixed assets, capitalization, impairments, contributions, donor‑restricted funds, and other significant areas.
• Own preparation, review, and monthly sign‑off of all balance sheet account reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and audit readiness.
• Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules prepared by staff, resolving reconciling items timely.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial packages for affiliates or entities under management.
• Collaborate with Financial Reporting, Tax & Compliance, Operations, and Finance leadership to align accounting treatment with organizational objectives, regulatory requirements, and GAAP.
• Collaborate with external auditors as primary contact, coordinating audit requests, providing support and documentation, and addressing audit questions and findings.
• Identify and drive process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, standardization, and scalability of accounting operations.
• Act as key accounting stakeholder in system implementations and enhancements, including Workday Financials, ensuring accounting requirements are correctly designed and executed.
• Directly manage, coach, and develop accounting staff, setting clear expectations for quality, accountability, and technical rigor, and providing mentorship.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to support new initiatives, contracts, projects, and organizational changes, providing accounting guidance and financial insight.
• Promote Transforming Age's Mission, Vision, and Values and demonstrate commitment to the Culture of Excellence.
• Serve as main contact for Executive Directors for the affiliates and entities under management.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements with assistance of team members for all affiliates and entities under management.
• Assist in other corporate functions such as intercompany transactions, investment accounting, Form 990 tax reporting, company projects, accounting research, and more.
• Assist with special projects and ad hoc financial analysis as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
• 7+ years of accounting experience, preferably in non‑profit organizations.
• Active CPA license required; public accounting experience preferred.
• Experience in client‑facing roles including working directly with Board members.
• 4+ 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 ability to convey complex financial information to non‑financial stakeholders.
• Proficiency using financial software and systems, including advanced knowledge of Excel.