Finance and Accounting Manager

Company

Pacific Program Management (PPM) provides clients the leadership and management oversight of their work space strategy, space development, and space transitions for their people and business across the U.S. and Internationally.

PPM is a fast-growing, real estate project and program management firm that helps companies reimagine their workspace to enable the potential of people through a personalized, resourceful, and connected approach. Our people-centric ethos guides everything we do to create, implement, and operationalize customized workplace strategies to help clients achieve their business goals. Delivering an integrated solution through our three service lines of: Work Space Consulting, Capital Project Management, and Transition and Relocation Management, PPM gives clients the confidence to focus on what they do best.

People are at the heart of everything we do. We believe in building savvy, diverse teams that thrive in fast-paced, collaborative, agile and fun environments. Every member of the team has an integral role to play and has a direct impact on our future success, as well as the success of our clients and partners. Diversity to PPM means having a team that represents our communities and the clients we serve. Our people have different backgrounds and histories, experiences and expertise, and perspectives and opinions. We are not one piece of fabric, but many different pieces of fabric seamlessly stitched together. Our teams embody our STIHL values of Service, Trust, Integrity, Honesty & Leadership in our everyday actions, and our culture thrives on our balance of care with accountability. We are One PPM.

While we are committed to achieving success for our clients, we are also committed to our communities - and each other. With a company commitment to donate 1% of all revenue to non-profits serving communities where we work, our team regularly participates in philanthropic events and volunteerism. And in everything we do, we have fun! Because we recognize the mission of reimagining the potential of people starts with reimagining our own.

Key Company Info

• Founded in 2009 to provide value driven outcomes, and impeccable service to our Partners (Clients) and People in a personalized, resourceful and connected relationship
• Our diverse team of over 150 People allows for us to connect and build trust with a diversity of Clients and Communities
• Our Vision is to be the Partner of choice anywhere we can provide high quality outcomes and experiences with sustainable growth
• Our Mission is to continue to grow and help improve our people, partners and communities helping them define and guide them to greatness
• Our core PPM values are: Service, Trust, Integrity, Honesty, & Leadership.
• Our priorities and decision-making start with our People and Partners (Clients) followed by PPM Performance

We believe in building great teams that thrive in a collaborative and welcoming environment. Our approach is entrepreneurial and scalable, with the highest level of quality and professionalism. We balance care with accountability.

Job Summary:

The Finance and Accounting Manager is responsible for forecasting, budgeting and financial analysis as well as overseeing financial reporting, accounting and close related activities including accounts payable, accounts receivable, compliance and taxes, and internal controls. This position requires experience in both accounting and finance, addresses tight deadlines and is responsible for managing accounting and reporting cadence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate month-end and year-end close efforts across the enterprise to meet internal and external reporting deadlines
• Responsible for financial reporting and analysis, metrics reporting, improving financial intelligence, and processes to provide timely and accurate financial information to company leaders
• Support budget and forecasting activities across the enterprise
• Responsible for the accuracy and financial integrity of revenue and related account balances in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), contractual terms and conditions, law and regulations, tax reporting, including revenues captured from multiple jurisdictions
• Maintain and monitor appropriate system of internal controls and implement policies, procedures, and system modifications (both financial system and supporting applications) to ensure implementation of best practices and compliance with changing accounting standards
• Lead and manage the administration of invoicing operations and partner programs
• Provide progressive leadership to team to ensure on-going improvements (LEAN) to operations, service delivery and related business processes
• Remain aligned with evolving strategies and business requirements, as well as ensuring that policies, regulations and procedures are followed
• Provide best practices, leadership, resource management, work prioritization and operational oversight for cross functional team
• Organize and align staff resources, guide through major issues and find resolution
• Recruit, hire and establish individual and team job performance expectations and goals
• Coach/guide staff with system and job performance improvements and develop staff proficiency
• Develop and implement new procedures and features to enhance accounting and finance workflow across the enterprise
• Manage day-to-day accounting activities including accounts payable, expense reporting, payroll, accounts receivable, and tax
• Performs any other analysis and activities as requested by supervisor

Experience/Training/Education/Certification

• Minimum 5 years of accounting and/or finance experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA, Chartered Accountant or Public Accounting/Public Company experience preferred
• Strong analytical skills
• Possess a strong understanding of GAAP, accounting systems and applications, process improvement and internal controls
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities while meeting set deadlines for team deliverables
• Experience in successful partnerships across organizations and particularly with systems teams in delivering system solutions and reporting enhancements
• Experience with ERP systems and related reporting tools (e.g., Netsuite, etc)
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills, (e.g., pivot tables, xlookup, sumproduct etc.)
• Understanding of large-scale data mining and reporting tools (PowerBI, SQL, Alteryx)

Physical Requirements

• Some travel will be required to integrate, learn, and help improve our regional teams
• Regularly required to sit in front of computer for long periods of time

EEOC

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.