Accounting Manager

• Co-lead close optimization and efficiency initiatives, identify manual processes, build roadmaps, and drive improvements that reduce manual effort and strengthen scalability across the accounting organization
• Own close communications, facilitation, and tracking, maintaining the operational rhythm of the close cycle
• Overhaul and maintain the artifacts, templates, and frameworks used to coordinate close activity across the accounting org
• Lead recurring cross-team accounting programs, such as close management and consolidation, driving standardization and coordination across teams
• Provide oversight of the intercompany program; partner with Tax, Legal, Treasury, and Compliance to confirm that shared services and transfer pricing agreements are operating as intended, and flag issues that need to be addressed
• Represent accounting in Zillow Group–wide strategic projects such as M&A integrations, new entity formation, and reorganizations, and project-manage the execution of related activities across the accounting organization
• Develop and enhance operational policies and internal control frameworks to ensure SOX compliance
• Deliver financial analysis and develop metrics that provide insight into close processes, supporting efforts to drive optimization, standardization, and scalability
• Own the accounting for a focused set of close areas, including expense accruals, ensuring that related journal entries and reconciliations are accurate and well supported
• Act as a reviewer of intercompany activity across a defined subset of entities operating under shared service and transfer pricing agreements, ensuring settlements are recorded accurately and in accordance with those agreements
• Author or review monthly fluctuation analyses and month-end close documentation for owned areas.

• Manage the order entry and billing process, ensuring accurate and timely invoicing
• Own the AR aging review and drive resolution of past-due balances
• Set collections priorities and strategy — determine which accounts need escalation, payment plans, or credit holds
• Investigate and categorize root cause of at-risk balances and report exposure to the senior leadership team
• Recommend write-offs and reserve adjustments
• Own AP processing oversight — exception handling, invoice approvals, and vendor query resolution
• Manage vendor relationships and resolve payment disputes
• Own payment run planning and disbursement scheduling
• Maintain AP aging and open liability reporting
• Administer the corporate credit card program — card issuance, spend limits, expense coding/reconciliation, and policy compliance
• Own procurement process and systems on behalf of AP; purchasing decisions remain decentralized with the business, but AP owns the P2P workflow, vendor onboarding, and procurement platform administration
• Lead implementation of a procurement tool and process, including P2P workflow, vendor onboarding, and approval routing
• Drive continuous improvement of AP processes, including exception handling, invoice workflow, and payment operations efficiency
• Evaluate and optimize collections effectiveness, including cash application accuracy, collections workflow, and reporting
• Support Salesforce integration on the quote-to-cash side, ensuring order entry and billing data flows cleanly into AR
• Lead system evaluation and ensure proper setup and configuration across the AR/AP toolset
• Manage the day-to-day work, quality, and performance of the AR and AP team
• Own and maintain AR/AP procedural documentation and controls
• Establish a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement across the transactional accounting function
• Serve as the primary point of contact for AR/AP-related audit requests from external auditors.

Manager, Accounting Operations

• Own the end-to-end accounts payable (AP) function, including invoice processing, vendor payment runs, subledger-to-GL reconciliations, aging review, and month-end accruals.
• Oversee and develop the AP team — including the Team Lead and AP Specialists — through goal-setting, performance reviews, coaching, and day-to-day support.
• Prepare month-end reconciliations and variance analysis, investigating and explaining significant fluctuations to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Manage and enforce AP internal controls, with a focus on fraud prevention around vendor banking changes, duplicate payments, and high-risk transactions.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and modernize AP workflows, whether through process redesign, automation, training or AI-powered and agentic tools to reduce manual effort, increase accuracy, and scale the function as the business grows.
• Oversee the P-Card and T&E programs, including policy compliance, platform configuration, card issuance, and vendor coordination.
• Approve invoices in accordance with the Spend and Transaction policy, confirming proper GL coding, PO matching.
• Coordinate and execute vendor payment runs, including intercompany payments, and partner with Treasury on funding requests to ensure payments are made accurately and on time.
• Support vendor management, including new vendor setups, banking updates, payment term optimization, and escalated dispute resolution.
• Support internal and external audit requests related to accounts payable documentation and controls.
• Support shared services initiatives and partner with the Director, Accounting on cross-functional priorities and department-wide projects.
• Take on additional projects and responsibilities as the business evolves and Accounting team needs shift.

• oversee financial operations and ensure accurate recording of financial transactions
• lead financial reporting and analysis
• develop a team maintaining integrity of financial data
• manage accounting processes and compliance with principles
• analyze general ledger activities
• ensure compliance with internal controls and accounting policies
• implement process improvements
• coordinate and support external audits
• assist with development of financial policies and procedures
• collaborate with tax advisors
• determine accounting software tools for transactions
• allocate work assignments and manage workloads
• provide guidance and support to team members

• lead, coach, and develop a team of accounting professionals
• oversee rebate accounting, including receipts, payments, and reserves
• design and maintain strong internal controls and support SOX testing and audits
• serve as a subject‑matter expert on rebate‑related business initiatives and new contracts
• review key reserves and recommend adjustments to senior management
• identify and implement process improvements and automation to increase efficiency
• partner with internal teams, auditors, and senior leaders (VPs, Directors)

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