Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant Quinn Evans is a nationally recognized architecture and design firm and recipient of the American Institute of Architects' 2024 Firm Award. Our process is informed by the past to address today's complex challenges and design our shared future. We are technical experts, caretakers, conveners, and listeners. We identify the solutions that best serve the community and the long-term life of a place. We bring expertise in cultural and sustainable stewardship to every aspect of our practice and projects. Our projects encompass a variety of project types including public sites, museums, and visitor centers, civic, performing arts, educational, and hospitality, to multi-family housing. Team building is critical to our practice. Together, we create better work and more fulfilling professional lives. We do this through a culture that fosters constructive engagement leveraging a diversity of staff, practice, client communities, and points of view. Be a part of a collaborative and diverse team that is designing ways for places and people to thrive today and tomorrow. Quinn Evans is one of the largest women-owned design practices in the country. We take pride in our diverse team and workplace culture. We emphasize leadership, innovation, teamwork, and professional development. We offer competitive compensation, a supportive hybrid work environment, and opportunity to make a difference through work on unique and impactful projects. We contribute to and advance our profession through sponsorship and team member leadership positions. This includes the American Institute of Architects, Association for Preservation Technology, membership in the President's Circle of the National Organization for Minority Architects (NOMA) and as a signatory of the 1.5C COP26 Communiqu. Responsibilities Participate in establishing financial objectives, operational plans, and policies. Implement financial plans, policies, procedures, and practices that support the corporate plans and objectives. Communicate and adhere to financial operating policies and procedures at staff and departmental levels. Assist in maintaining the firm's relationships with professional services providers such as bankers, independent auditors, insurance agents, plan administrators, and vendors. Develop internal controls to ensure validity of financial reporting, promote adherence to policies and procedures, and promote effectiveness and efficiency of operations. Developing accounting practices with collaboration from the team. Work with the Accounting team to promote team collaboration for a one team approach with the Design team. Pilot the development of benchmarking, monitoring, and analyzing firmwide and departmental metrics. Manage annual collection of tax data for CPA (Certified Public Accountant) firm, Workers Comp audit, and 401k audit documentation. Oversee year-end financial statements Act as an added resource to management regarding financial matters. Lead efforts to maintain and enhance the usage of the accounting information system as a Project Management resource. Assist Project Accountant(s)in Project setup and invoice entry as needed. Qualifications Experience: 10+ years of progressively responsible financial leadership roles, preferably in the architecture or engineering industry. Education: Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or Business Management. Understanding that accounting provides a service to both our internal and external clients. High standard of professionalism. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization and with staff at remote locations with a distinctive culture. Strong problem-solving skills, creativity, and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses. Enthusiasm for executing positive changes. Ability to manage challenging issues and handle conflict appropriately. Technology: Proficiency in a Windows environment is essential. Experience working in Deltek is preferred. Quinn Evans is an equal opportunity employer, offering employment to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation/gender status, Veteran's status, and disability. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage women and diverse applicants to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr