Accounting Compliance & Special Projects Manager

Accounting Compliance & Special Projects Manager – Washington, DC

Beacon Hill Financial is working with a local organization that is seeking a highly organized Accounting Compliance & Special Projects Manager to oversee and coordinate a high volume of time‑sensitive, compliance‑driven accounting workflows across our community association portfolio. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced environment, excels at managing parallel deadlines, and ensures deliverables move where they need to go accurately, efficiently, and on time.

The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in accounting operations, a solid understanding of the audit and tax process, and the ability to lead staff while driving structure, clarity, and accountability across workflows. If you enjoy building repeatable processes, maintaining rigorous documentation standards, and supporting cross‑functional accounting initiatives, we encourage you to apply.

• Coordinate federal, state, and local tax filings for community associations, partnering with auditors and tax preparers.
• Manage compliance workflows, including gathering documentation, preparing approval packages, tracking deadlines, and ensuring timely submission.
• Maintain regulatory portals, system access, and association registrations.
• Coordinate tax‑related payments, property tax tracking, allocations, and true‑ups with accounting teams.
• Support annual budget preparation, template updates, fee validation, and QA reviews.
• Oversee annual audit timelines, request lists, document submissions, draft coordination, and audit adjustment entries.
• Assist with association onboarding/offboarding, including GL mapping, banking review, balance imports, and data transfer.
• Build and maintain trackers, calendars, and checklists to improve process visibility and reduce last‑minute escalations.
• Document processes, identify workflow bottlenecks, and recommend operational improvements.
• Lead and support a team of accounting staff to ensure timely execution of compliance deliverables.

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.

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