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At Brighton Jones, we’re a purpose-driven, client-focused team committed to helping individuals live richer lives. As one of the largest RIAs in the nation, we’ve built a culture of continuous growth, collaboration, and community—recognized with 15 consecutive “Best Places to Work” awards including Inc.com’s 2025 list, as well as national honors for community impact.We lead the industry in aligning wealth, passion, and purpose to help our clients thrive. With over $30 billion in assets under advisement, 300+ teammates nationwide, and a dynamic, team-based approach, we’re growing fast—and we’re looking for driven, curious individuals to join our #OneTeam. The Accounting Manager plays a critical role in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and scalability of Brighton Jones’ accounting operations.
This role oversees core accounting functions, leads the close and reporting processes, strengthens controls, and partners cross-functionally to support a growing, high-performance organization.
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Your Role:
- Manage core accounting functions including general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, tax, and treasury for Brighton Jones, its subsidiaries, and client entities.
- Lead monthly and quarterly close processes, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and compliance with U.S. GAAP and company policies; proactively identify issues and recommend solutions while maintaining consistency and leadership during close.
- Prepare and deliver accurate financial reporting packages and support external reviews and audits.
- Drive automation, system optimization, and process improvements to enhance efficiency, scalability, and data integrity.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in accounting practices and processes, providing clear, consistent guidance and education to non-accounting teammates.
- Develop, maintain, and strengthen accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls to safeguard assets and ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Supervise, mentor, and review the work of junior accounting staff, fostering growth, accountability, and high performance.
- Foster a respectful, high-integrity, and collaborative work environment that reflects company values and promotes a positive team culture.
Your Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field required.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience; a mix of public accounting and industry experience preferred. Experience in the wealth management industry is a plus.
- Experience working in an organization with at least $100M in annual revenue; private-equity-backed and high-growth environments preferred.
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, SEC requirements and controls, and partnership tax concepts (including basis tracking and K-1 implications).
- Proficiency with ERP systems (NetSuite preferred), Salesforce, and advanced Excel.
- Experience in maintaining continuous audit readiness through rigorous work-paper preparation and proactive resolution of complex accounting inquiries
- Demonstrated attention to detail with a consistent track record of producing accurate, high-quality work while maintaining efficiency.
- Proven expertise in spearheading automation initiatives, optimizing systems, and implementing process improvements
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to problem-solve and multitask in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes in cross-functional initiatives.
- This role is an in-office, full-time, and exempt position. We are a work from office culture with lots of flexibility.
Compensation
- Pay: $135,000 - $160,000 per year
- Benefits: Our benefits package includes, but is not limited to, health care benefits (medical/dental/vision), retirement benefits, paid time off (PTO), holiday flex-days, summer flex-days, company-paid holidays, parental leave, transportation benefits, unlimited volunteer time off, professional and personal wellbeing stipend, and other fringe benefits. Everyone in the organization has a clear path to ownership.
Visa Sponsorship: Please note, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for the position offered. Accordingly, we are unable to hire individuals who require, or will require, employment visa sponsorship either now or in the future. We are committed to building a business where all of our team members genuinely love where they work and are empowered to reach their full potential. We do this by building authentic relationships with one another, learning and growing continuously together, working hard while having lots of fun, and giving back to our community.Brighton Jones is a team founded on equity and respect, and we’re on a mission to help each other, our clients, and global community thrive.
We actively foster a compassionate and inclusive culture and are committed to creating a diverse #OneTeam where teammates can show up authentically.To the right individual, we offer very competitive compensation, a robust benefits package, an award-winning culture, and rewarding career growth. Brighton Jones provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or caste.
In addition to federal law requirements, Brighton Jones complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has offices. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses.
These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.Apply for this job
