Manager, Financial Reporting and Controls

Posting Expires: Feb 26, 2024, 11:59:00 PM

Minimum Salary: 117,499.20

MidPoint Salary: $146,869

Maximum Salary: 176,238.40

At the Port of Seattle, we anticipate making salary offers between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range. Offers will be based on experience similar to the Port job being applied for as well as a review of pay rates for Port employees performing similar work. Salary ranges are under review and subject to change.

Some of what you'll be doing:

In this role, you will serve to provide a key leadership role to achieve the Port of Seattle’s (Port) priority for fiscal integrity, financial transparency, and public funds accountability, including mitigating audit exposures.

You will provide senior level leadership to ensure Port’s accounting & financial reporting integrity and transparency for approximately $10 billion in capital assets and $1 billion in annual operating revenues, including the preparation of the Port’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR).

You will ensure legal/regulatory compliance, existence of solid internal controls over public funds/assets accountability, and risk exposure mitigation.

You will administer external audits, continuous process improvements, and proactively leverage financial systems and technologies.

You will manage the Port's centralized Financial Reporting operation and fiscal year end reporting (i.e. project year end with over 500 tasks) with stakeholders (within and outside of Accounting and Financial Reporting Department (AFR)) to ensure proper alignment of tasks with resources and a timely year end close.

You will serve as Subject Matter Expert and Advisor at the Port broadly to identify and initiate/manage actions to mitigate internal control weaknesses that pose risk exposures to Port financial processes, accounting and reporting, regulatory reporting, and guide Port departments.

You will interpret, research, apply and implement emerging and evolving accounting standards while aligning with Federal/State regulations, Commission policies, and Executive priorities.

You will proactively formulate, revise, and enforce Port-wide financial and accounting policies for proper public funds accountability and financial integrity, and to mitigate audit compliance findings in any of our many annual audits.

You will directly lead and manage a team three (3) Financial Reporting & Controls Analysts, CPA professionals. You will set direction and purpose for staff regarding team responsibilities and context within the organization.

You will serve as the key liaison for external auditors with decision authority among and between stakeholders (such as department leaders), which include effectively managing and resolving all accounting and financial reporting issues identified during the audit.

Who you are:

Experienced – You have ten (10) years of progressive work and leadership experience in large and complex organizations in all or combination of the following areas:

Technical Accounting Research

External Financial Reporting (e.g. SEC/ACFR Reporting)

Month/Quarter/Year End Close

Managing External Audits

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Internal Controls

Knowledge of business processes surrounding accounting operations (e.g General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Billing, Accounting Receivable, Intercompany Transactions, Payroll, etc.)

Basic Knowledge of OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit

Six Sigma/LEAN

You also have three (3) years of experience with a national Certified Public Accounting firm and five (5) years of progressive responsibility in management/leadership roles.

Educated – You possess a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting , or a related field, as well as an active Certified Public Accounting (CPA) license.

Desired – We hope you have five (5) years of experience in a large municipality such as multi-purpose Port or large hub airport. We also have you have Post-graduate educational focus in accounting, finance, or other relevant focus.

Committed to Equity – You will apply equity and exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices in all aspects of the work. At the Port of Seattle, equity is a daily responsibility and a foundational expectation for all Port employees.

Knowledgeable – You have broad-based knowledge in accounting and financial reporting, with an in-depth understanding and ability to accurately apply prescribed accounting standards relevant to both the private and government sectors (FASB and GASB standards). You have knowledge of SOX and COSO requirements (i.e. Internal Controls), auditing process and procedure requirements prescribed by American Institution of CPAs (AICPA) or Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the ability to work with complex accounting & financial reporting systems.

Leader – You have experience for providing leadership for and managing the work of a diverse accounting and financial reporting team including setting goals, conflict resolution, training, coaching, career development, and performance planning and appraisal. You have strong managerial skills including directing workflow and workload, goals setting, conflict resolution, training, career development, performance planning and appraisals.

Strong Communicator – You have excellent communication skills, oral and written and have the ability to communicate with all management levels, make presentations to groups of various sizes and organizational levels and effectively network with community and/or industry peer organizations.

Detail Oriented – You have strong attention to detail as well as the ability to grasp an organization-wide perspective and have excellent conceptual, analytical (including financial modeling) and problem-solving skills.

What else you need to know:

Work Schedule – Your normal work schedule will be Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (40 hours per week). Slightly more flexible start and end times are available in this role.

Work Environment - This work will take place in a hybrid remote/in-office setting at Management’s discretion.

Grade Review – The pay range and grade for non-represented positions are under review and subject to change as part of the Port’s work to implement a new pay program. This review is intended to ensure that positions are aligned with the new program that will be implemented in early 2024.

Washington State Residency Requirement – Employees must establish a residence in Washington state within 30 days of their first day of employment and must maintain a residence in Washington State during their employment with the Port of Seattle. If a position is eligible to telework, work performed while teleworking must be performed in Washington State.