Accounting Manager

Zillow•Remote-WA, WA

19d•$103,200 - $164,800•Remote

About The Position

The Accounting Manager joins Zillow's Close and Consolidations Accounting team, which is part of the Accounting and Controllership organization. The role combines financial transformation, close management, and targeted hands-on accounting. Its primary focus is to advance close and consolidation initiatives, lead programs and projects, and improve efficiency, reduce manual effort, and strengthen scalability. The manager also owns close communications, facilitation, and the artifacts and frameworks that keep the accounting organization’s close cycle on track, while maintaining ownership of selected close responsibilities such as expense accruals and intercompany settlements. The position is categorized as remote. Remote employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and work from a physical location of their choice that must be identified to the Company. U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 states, with limited exceptions. The role is eligible for equity awards. The stated annual base pay range for California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington state, and Washington, DC is $103,200 to $164,800; the range may not apply to other locations.

Requirements

8+ years of progressive accounting experience.
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
Strong foundation in US GAAP.
Skilled in preparing and reviewing journal entries and reconciliations with a critical, analytical approach.
Demonstrated ability to lead or support cross-functional projects and programs while balancing execution with strategic priorities.
Strong communication and facilitation skills, including comfort presenting to leadership and driving cross-functional alignment without direct authority.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and build structure where none exists.
Advanced Excel skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a large public company environment.
CPA.
Experience in intercompany accounting, multi-entity consolidation, and exposure to international subsidiaries and transfer-pricing processes.
Process-improvement and automation orientation, with a track record of developing scalable solutions.
Experience with Workday Financials or another large ERP and similar data tools.

Responsibilities

Co-lead close optimization and efficiency initiatives, identify manual processes, build roadmaps, and drive improvements that reduce manual effort and strengthen scalability.
Own close communications, facilitation, and tracking to maintain the operational rhythm of the close cycle.
Overhaul and maintain artifacts, templates, and frameworks used to coordinate close activity across the accounting organization.
Lead recurring cross-team accounting programs, such as close management and consolidation, driving standardization and coordination.
Provide oversight of the intercompany program and partner with Tax, Legal, Treasury, and Compliance to confirm shared services and transfer pricing agreements operate as intended and flag issues.
Represent Accounting in Zillow Group-wide strategic projects, including M&A integrations, new entity formation, and reorganizations, and project-manage 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 and support optimization, standardization, and scalability.
Own accounting for a focused set of close areas, including expense accruals, ensuring related journal entries and reconciliations are accurate and well supported.
Review 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.