Accounting Manager

Overview

Oversee accounting, supervise staff, produce statements, ensure compliance for LIHI and its entities.

Key Responsibilities

• financial tracking
• grant invoicing
• audit liaison
• staff supervision
• policy development
• financial reporting

Tasks

This is a management level position responsible for accounting operations for the LIHI Agency and a growing number of related limited partnerships and limited liability corporations. Supervise a staff of 3 to 4 accountants. Oversee month-end, quarterly and year-end closing. Responsible for the production of monthly and quarterly financial statements for the entities, and for ensuring compliance with the financial terms of loans, grants, donations and operating agreements. -Track financial status of tiny house villages and shelters individually and as a program within LIHI. -Supervise and be responsible for all grant invoicing. -Serve as liaison to independent auditors for the annual audits of the various entities. -Advise and assist tiny house village managers -Hire, direct, train and evaluate accounting staff. -Engage with assigned training and comply with training deadlines -Supervise, train staff, and invoice funders of tiny house villages and enhanced shelters -Work with the CFO to develop accounting policies and procedures that ensure effective internal accounting controls and promote compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. -Produce timely and accurate financial statements for internal and external users of LIHI financial information. Generate various reports for internal use, loans, grants and investor compliance. -Serve as a resource to tiny house village and shelter programs. -Responsible for detailed research, analysis and interpretation of various accounting issues and reporting requirements. -Provide routine financial reports, analyze budget actual variance and bring up ineligible costs or other issues that could result in incompliance or financial deficit with Department of Special Project and Operations and escalate to senior management team if needed. -Work with Development Department and Finance Department development liaison closely to optimize the usage of funding when acquisition, rehab or new construction funding is involved in the project setup, -Serve as liaison with government funders.

Requirements

• cpa
• accounting
• supervisory
• english
• gaap
• bachelors

What You Bring

-CPA certification -Five years of Accounting experience with an Enterprise Level accounting system and a minimum of three years of supervisory experience -Able to read, write and communicate in English -Become proficient with accounting processes of property management -Bachelors degree in Accounting or related field -Must pass criminal background checks and drug screening -Have excellent oral and written communication skills -Knowledge and understanding of GAAP -Must have reliable transportation

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Benefits

Benefits for this position (pro-rated for part time employees) Pay Range: $108,000-120,000 annually -Employer-Paid Life and AD&D Insurance -403b offered for non-union employees -10 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday -401k offered for unionized employees (through OPEIU8) -Travel Assistance Program -Employer-Paid Medical, Dental, and Vision (with HRA, HSA & FSA options) -Employee Assistance Program -Generous vacation and sick leave -Aflac offered for all employees.

About Low Income Housing Institute (Lihi)

-It finances and manages over 1,700 units across multiple counties in Washington, including innovative tiny-home villages built in collaboration with local partners. -Their projects span permanent housing, transitional apartments, and hygiene centers—like a downtown rest stop offering showers, laundry, and toiletries. -Alongside real-estate development, they run case management, life-skills training, youth programs, and financial literacy workshops at housing sites. -Unlike typical nonprofits, they both own property and deliver on-site services—blending bricks-and-mortar with hands-on resident support.

Sector Specialisms

Security Clearance

-must pass criminal background checks and drug screening.